Speakers

Jakub Świerzawski, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Civil Engineering, and Applied Arts at the Academy of Silesia. Together with Nina Juzwa, he co-authored the book “Thoughts Dreams Places. Polish Architecture in Contemporary Innovation” (NIAiU, 2021), which received the Vitruvius Prize 2022 from the Architecture and Urban Planning Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Minister of Development and Technology Award for Best Publications in 2022. In 2023, Routledge published the English edition of the book titled “Polish Architecture in Contemporary Innovation. Thoughts, Dreams and Places” He curated the exhibition “Transformation. Katowice 1989–2018” as part of the series “Identity. 100 Years of Polish Architecture” (NIAiU). Author and co-author of research papers, his doctoral thesis, “Curvilinearity in Architecture. History. Contemporary. Ideas. Examples” (supervisors: Nina Juzwa, Jan Salm), was awarded by the Minister of Investment and Development in 2019. His experience with architectural studios nurtured his interest in designing public utility buildings.