Aktualności | The Faculty of Architecture at the Gdańsk University of Technology

On March 31, 2025, a group of 6th-semester students took part in a training session for architects organized by the eduArch team at the Collegia dormitory. The main theme of the training was universal design and the design of educational spaces. At the end of the session, participants had the opportunity to hear about the dormitory project from architect Joanna Wojtas, one of the co-designers of the building. The initiative for attending the training was taken by PhD. DSc. Eng. Arch. Piotr Marczak and PhD. DSc. Eng. Arch. Elżbieta Marczak.

On April 5, 2025, the exhibition „Czerwień”: Obrazy (eng. “Red”: Paintings) opened at the Dom Zarazy in Oliwa.

Last year, we informed that three of our students qualified for the finals of the PRIX SARPFR 2024 competition (a contest for the best engineering theses organized by the Association of Polish Architects in France). Among them was Alicja Kaźmieczak's project "The Flower of Kalsa – a cultural center for the Kalsa district in Palermo." For her project, she received the First Prize from the Pomeranian Regional Chamber of Architects, a honourable mention from SARP, and a special mention in the aforementioned PRIX SARPFR 2024 competition.

Mrs. Danuta Olędzka was associated with TriCity for most of her life. In 1952, she obtained a Master's degree in Architecture from the Faculty of Architecture at Gdańsk University of Technology. From 1952 to 1965, she worked as an assistant at the Department of Utility and Industrial Construction at our Faculty. The following year, she began working as a designer at the Gdańsk Office of General Construction Design, where she worked until 1982.

Professor Maria Jolanta Sołtysik has received the Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski Medal "For Outstanding Contributions to Gdynia." An architect associated with the Faculty of Architecture at Gdańsk University of Technology, she contributed to the promotion of Gdynia’s architecture and urban planning in Poland and Europe. She created the theoretical foundations for the protection of modernist heritage in Gdynia.

-We announced this competition with the goal of obtaining a high-quality architectural and urban concept for the reconstruction of Długie Ogrody Street, which will allow for the extension of the Royal Route as a representative public space- said Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, the Mayor of Gdańsk. The competition was organized by the Gdańsk Road and Greenery Management Board. The resolution of the competition was not an easy task. 12 qualified specialists debated for hours to select the winners.

Among the 365 applications submitted to the Department of Culture of the Marshal's Office of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, two projects by female researchers from the Faculty of Architecture were awarded the 2025 Cultural Creators Scholarship of the Marshal's Office of the Pomeranian Voivodeship (UMWP).

The following individuals received the distinction:

These were the latest competitions organized by the City of Gdańsk in collaboration with the Faculty of Architecture. Present at the announcement were representatives from the city: Emilia Lodzińska, Deputy Mayor of Gdańsk for spatial development and housing, and the architect of the City of Gdańsk, Prof. Piotr Lorens. Gdańsk University of Technology was represented by the Rector, Prof. Krzysztof Wilde, and the Vice-Dean for Education and Studies Programmes, Ph.D., D.Sc. Eng. Arch. Magdalena Podwojewska.