Client: Tomaszów Mazowiecki city municipality within city public budget project. The project was a part of research carried out by Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Faculty of Interior Design " Polish Cultural Landscape. Identity, dialog with the landscape and sustainable architecture ASP/AW/16/S/99"
Design team: Dariusz Śmiechowski (coordinator, architect) Beata J. Gawryszewska (landscape architect), Ewa Zielińska (sociologist), Maciej Łepkowski (philosopher, urban activists), Grzegorz Stępniak (graphic designer, artist), Anna Wilczyńska
My role: Landscape architect, graphic designer
Activities: Questionnaires, workshops with paper model of the area, public consultations and debates
Location: Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland
Date: 2016
PART 2
Client: Tomaszów Mazowiecki administartion of the blockhouse area
Design team: Beata J. Gawryszewska (coordinator, landscape architect), Ewa Zielińska (sociologist), Maciej Łepkowski (landscape architect, urban activists), Anna Wilczyńska, Dariusz Śmiechowski (architect) Anna Maquet (landscape architect, graphic designer, illustrator)
My role: Landscape architect, graphic designer
Activities: Questionnaires, workshops with paper model of the area, public consultations and debates
Location: Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland
Date: 2016/2017
Among several consultations, I have been involved in the development of the post-soviet blockhousing area in Tomaszów Mazowiecki.
It was one of the most valuable and challenging experiences in the work of a researcher and landscape architect. There was a very limited budget and a very large, complex area to be covered. One of the concerns was also to get to know with inhabitants and get their trust since the place seemed to be forgotten and barely developed. Lack of playgrounds, benches and poor quality greenery was one of many issues!
We proposed a systematic approach consisting of buffer green areas, a central park (around the culture house), new playgrounds and alleys with benches. Informally created gardens (often happening in those areas in Poland) were appreciated and considered in the development plan.
