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prof. dr hab. inż. arch. Lucyna Nyka

Biography

Lucyna Nyka (Ph.D., D.Sc., Prof.) is a Professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Gdańsk University of Technology, in 2008-2016 a Vice-Dean for Research, and since 2016 – Dean of the Faculty of Architecture.   

Her research interests focus on issues concerning water-related architecture and urban landscapes. She is the author and co-author of many projects focused on urban renewal. She was an author of the EU-founded (Audiovisual and Cultural Agency) Intensive Program ‘Bridging the City – Water in Architecture, Urban Spaces and Planning’, co-author of ‘Sensing the City – Designing Urban Experience’ and ‘Art & Science– Synergy of Technology and Art in the City Spaces’.  She is an author of the ‘Reclaiming the Royal Brook in Gdańsk’ project co-financed by Pomeranian Foundation for Environmental Protection and Water Management, participated in the project ‘Think BETA - Evolution of Smart Cities’ co-financed by German Federal Ministry for Education and Research. Since 2011 she has been a Faculty coordinator  of the international CEEPUS ‘Urban Innovation Network’ programme and a visiting expert to European Workshop on Waterfront Urban Design (Lusófona University Lisbon). She is an invited guest lecturer and studio critic at many European universities. In the years 2011-2012 Lucyna Nyka was a member of the Research Committee by the European Association for the Architectural Education (EAAE), and in 2012-2014 an EAAE Council member, since 2011 – Member of the Architecture and Urbanism Committee by the Polish Academy of Science (PAN). She is an editorial board member and a reviewer to several journals in Poland and abroad, e.g. Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture, David Publishing Co., New York, Architecture and Urbanism Quarterly (Kwartalnik Architektury i Urbanistyki) issued by Polish Academy of Science, Architectus, etc.

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