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[academic experience]

I hold an MSc in Architecture and Urban Planning from Gdańsk University of Technology (GUT) in Poland. Additionally, I completed a program in Architecture for Sustainable Design at Politecnico di Torino (POLITO) in Italy through the Erasmus+ programme. Currently studying a Master in Design for Emergent Futures at Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC). My academic journey has allowed me to work on projects of various scales, ranging from small-scale architecture to urban and strategic planning with future scenarios. I have gained experience in diverse contexts, including Poland, Colombia, France, and South Africa, which has broadened my perspective and heightened my sensitivity to different needs and cultural contexts.

[professional experience]

As an architect and landscape designer, I’ve gained professional experience in Poland and The Netherlands, taking an active role in project design and visual storytelling. My expertise includes public space design, climate adaptation, biodiversity restoration, and future scenarios. Additionally, as a volunteer-designer in Portugal, Italy, and Spain, I gained valuable insights into simple, ecological solutions drawn from natural cycles and learned the importance of local communities in sustainable design and living. Currently, I conduct independent research and work on competition projects as an interdisciplinary designer, integrating insights from various fields to address complex challenges and striving to create a vision of a symbiotic, regenerative future.

[handmade experience]

In my design practice, I emphasized the importance of experimentation and multisensory engagement, valuing hands-on exploration alongside digital work. My approach included testing the growth of materials using mycelium, constructing a tiny house with handmade biomaterials, participating in building projects and workshops, and engaging in permaculture and food forest initiatives. These experiences collectively underscored my practical commitment to tangible design solutions across diverse locations, including Poland, The Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, and the UAE.

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I am an interdisciplinary designer with expertise in public space design, climate adaptation, biodiversity restoration, and future scenarios with an active role in design and visual storytelling.

My professional journey spans knowledge and experience internationally, in interdisciplinary design studio, landscape architecture offices, informal collective and sustainable volunteering projects. My current research in design focuses on more-than-human cohabitation, interspecies communication and the exploration of the potential of mycelium in design and ecosystem planning with support of artificial intelligence. My work is not just moved by professional ambitions, but comes as an extension of my personal mission and belief in creating designs that not only serve immediate purposes, but also contribute to a healthier, regenerative, symbiotic future.

I am an interdisciplinary designer with expertise in public space design, climate adaptation, biodiversity restoration, and future scenarios with an active role in design and visual storytelling. My professional journey spans knowledge and experience internationally; in interdisciplinary design studio, landscape architecture offices, informal collective and sustainable volunteering projects. My current research in design focuses on more-than-human cohabitation, interspecies communication and the exploration of the potential of mycelium in design and ecosystem planning with support of artificial intelligence. My work is not just moved by professional ambitions, but comes as an extension of my personal mission and belief in creating designs that not only serve immediate purposes, but also contribute to a healthier, regenerative, symbiotic future.

I am an interdisciplinary designer with expertise in public space design, climate adaptation, biodiversity restoration, and future scenarios with an active role in design and visual storytelling.

AI for the built environment. Intelligent networks: use of mycelium in ecosystem planning. 2024
Narratives of post-human ecologies: Utopian worlds for the technological singularity. 2024. Together with F. A. Martinez
MASZ | ROOM PAVILION. Circular sustainability in sanitation architecture. 2023
Climate-adaptive interespescies housing in the Amazon's Ribeirinho communities. 2024. Together with F. A. Martinez + C. Simonetti
Hybrid spaces. Answer to the shaping of contemporary urban areas. 2019
Biolent city. Resilient territories. 2019. Together with M. Strus