Honorata Grzesikowska

Honorata Grzesikowska ARCHITECT | URBAN DESIGNER | RESEARCHER

Prizes

2016-17

1st Prize Winning entry International Invitied Competition Mixed-use masterplan of 28ha for 2000 inhabitants as an extension of the city Malacky in Slovakia Working as Urban Designer and Architect for Eduard Balcells

2014

1st Prize Winner Open International competition Europan 12, Barcelona Masterplan of a new sustainable and adaptable neighborhood of 6ha in Barcelona facing the future metropolitan park of La Sagrera and for the connection of it with other big metropolitan parks Co-author

2016

2nd Prize Winner Open International competition Europan 13, Barcelona Self-sufficient social housing block in Marina del Prat Vermell and urban planning proposals with a goal to create new residential structures with the threefold quality of regenerating, re-naturalising and re-industrialising the city Co-author

2012

1st Prize Winning entry International Invitied Competition 13 hectares masterplan for the new sustainable neighborhood as an extension of the town of Hilversum (The Netherlands) Working as Urban Designer for DeZwarteHond

Competences

I am prepared and able to participate in all phases of the design process, starting from preliminary project concepts and analysis, through designing, to drawing final illustrations, visualisations, writing and preparing books and presentations. My experience includes:

• Research and in-depth analysis • Carrying out site, public space and context appraisal • Preparing site drawings and needed documents • Creating preliminary project concepts • Preparing a vision statement • Designing • Developing presentation materials to support project team’s design and marketing efforts: illustrations, diagrams, vizualisations, cad plans and sections, 3d • Programs: Autocad, Adobe Master Collection, Sketchup, 3dMax • Developing solutions for complex design problems • Drawing up a set of planning and design principles • Designing the movement network and a development layout • Preparing presentations • Mentoring less experienced staff • Collaborating with a range of professionals across local authority and private service areas • Writing design policies • Advising elected politicians, local government officers or developers on design aspects of development • Languages: English, Polish, Spanish, Catalan

Experience URBAN DESIGNER, ARCHITECT AND RESEARCHER WORKING WITH DIFFERENT TEAMS OF PROFESSIONALS

2016-17

2016

2016

2015

2014

Masterplan Mesto Malina, Malacky, Bratislava (SK) Urban Designer and Architect in the project of the mixed-use masterplan of 28ha for 2000 inhabitants as an extension of the city Malacky in Slovakia. Commission acquired as a result of a 1st Prize winning entry in a restricted competition Threshold Glories, Barcelona (ES) Architect in the competition entry for the design of four apartment blocks of 300 dwellings Europan 13, Barcelona (ES) Co-author of the 2nd Prize Europan 13 in Barcelona winning entry - Self-sufficient social housing block in Marina del Prat Vermell and urban planning proposals with a goal to create new residential structures with the threefold quality of regenerating, re-naturalising and re-industrialising the city The New urban Fabrik, Barcelona (ES) Co-author of the commission by the Municipality of Barcelona - Study for the Modification of the Barcelona Global Masterplan (MPGM), comprising a 30ha site in an industrial area close to the Sagrera High-Speed Train Station, the future central station of Barcelona Europan 12, Barcelona (ES) Co-author of the 1st Prize Europan 12 in Barcelona winning entry - Masterplan of a new sustainable and adaptable neighborhood of 6ha in Barcelona facing the future metropolitan park of La Sagrera and for the connection of it with other big metropolitan parks

2014

2014

2015

2014

2014

2014

Europan 12, Ciney (BE) Co-author of the international open ideas competition entry of a masterplan of an adaptable new neighborhood of mix uses with train station and offices in Ciney Hans Christian Andersen’s House of Fairytales, Odense (DK) Co-author of the international open ideas competition entry for the fairytale museum and garden of Hans Christian Andersen Uniejow Town Revitalisation (PL) Co-author of the international open ideas competition entry for the design of program and spatial urban study and architectural concepts of chosen parts of the historical city Greenwashing Business Sites (NL) Co-author of a book in a comic form about nature as a booster for the revitalization of business sites in the cities Reinvented Square, Warsaw (PL) Co-author of the international open ideas competition entry for the redesign of a square in the center of Warsaw RiverPolska (PL) Co-author of the research investigation published in Atlantis (TU Delft Urban Design Magazine) about the rivers as driving force for developing cities, on the example of Poland

Experience 2012-13

ARCHITECT, URBAN DESIGNER IN KUIPER COMPAGNONS ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

Warta River Development Strategy 2030, Poznań (PL) The large-scale urban design project commissioned by the Municipality of Poznań (PL), which involves designing watersensitive strategies for the growth and regeneration of the city along the 5km long stipe of the river Warta in Poznań

2010-12

ARCHITECT, URBAN DESIGNER IN DE ZWARTE HOND ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

Anna’s Hoeve Masterplan, Hilversum (NL) 1st Prize winning entry in a restricted competition for a masterplan of a new 13ha sustainable neighborhood in Hilversum Hinterland - Research Investigation (NL,BE,DE) Scan of spatial-economic perspectives to find cross-border solutions for the shrinking border areas of three Euroregions in the European Union Vision on spatial integration of the road N31 in Harlingen (NL) Restoring and replenishing broken landscape and urban structures in the places where Harlingen can convey its identity to the region and it’s visitors Pla urbanístic Kampen (NL) Masterplan of the city center of Kampen, detailed architectural concepts for two apartment buildings and civic center

Mirror Rotterdam (NL) Research investigation for a future vision of densification of the city center of Rotterdam Meerstad City Extension Masterplan in Meeroevers (NL) Reshaping the inner streets of residential block to find new solutions of less invasive parking solutions appearance

2015

EXPERT REVIEWER THE UNIVERSITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN

Expert reviewer in the urban design master courses of the University of Liechtenstein, Institute for Architecture and Urban Planning

2010

ARCHITECT, URBAN DESIGNER LFA - LONDON FESTIVAL OF ARCHITECTURE

Education 2010

‘Designing in Sustainable Transport’ course Westminster University, London, UK

2010

‘Understanding Place Making - Sustainable Communities’ Homes & Communities Agency Academy, UK

2009-10

Master in Urban Design University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Built Environment, Tilburg, the Netherlands

2004-09

Master in Architecture and Urban Design Poznan University of Technology, Institute of Architecture and Spatial Planning, Poland

Contact: HONORATA.GRZESIKOWSKA@GMAIL.COM Personal website: HONURB.COM Useful resources for city makers: URBANITARIAN.COM