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Załącznik3B–SUMMARYOFPROFESSIONALACHIEVEMENTSdrinż.arch.MagdalenaCzałczyńska-Podolska

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SUMMARYOFPROFESSIONALACHIEVEMENTS

Appendix3B

SZCZECIN2019



TABLEOFCONTENTS

1.Biographicaldata..................................................................................................3

2.Possesseddiplomasandacademicdegrees...........................................................3

2.1.MasterofScienceinArchitecturalEngineering.....................................................................3

2.2.Doctoraldegreeinengineering.............................................................................................3

2.3.Postgraduatestudiesdegree.................................................................................................3

2.4.Additionaltrainingandcourses(selected)............................................................................4

3.Informationaboutpreviousemployment..............................................................4

3.1.Employmentinacademicinstitutions...................................................................................4

3.2.Employmentindesigninstitutions........................................................................................5

4.Indicationoftheachievement*resultingfromart.16(2)oftheActof14March2003onAcademicDegreesandScientificTitlesandDegreesandTitlesinArts(JournalofLawsNo.65,item595asamended)..........................................................................5

4.1.Thetitleofscientificachievementpublished........................................................................5

4.2.Author/authors,title/titlesofpublication(s),yearofpublication,nameofapublishinghouse......................................................................................................................................................5

4.3.Presentationofthescientific/artisticgoaloftheabove-mentionedworkandtheresultsachieved,togetherwithadiscussionoftheirpossibleuse..........................................................6

5.Discussionofotherachievements.......................................................................14

5.1.Scientific,research,professionalandartisticachievements...............................................14

5.2.Didacticachievements.........................................................................................................28

5.3.Organisationalachievements,scientificcooperationandmakingsciencefamiliartopeople....................................................................................................................................................31



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1.Biographicaldata

Fullname:MagdalenaCzałczyńska-Podolska

Dateandplaceofbirth:05/04/1977,Szczecin

2.Possesseddiplomasandacademicdegrees

2.1.MasterofScienceinArchitecturalEngineering

Master's Degree in Architectural Engineering earned at the Faculty of CivilEngineeringandArchitecture,SzczecinUniversityofTechnology,26thOctober2001.

Diplomathesistopic:ExhibitiongroundsinSzczecin.

Supervisorofthesis:Ph.D.Eng.ofarch.JanTarczyński,

2.2.Doctoraldegreeinengineering

Doctoraldegreeinengineering,inthefieldofarchitectureandtownplanningearnedattheFacultyofArchitectureoftheWrocławUniversityofTechnology,13December2006.

Title of doctoral thesis: Shaping daily recreation areas in the context of people'sneedsforrecreation(ontheexampleofSzczecin).

Supervisororthedoctoralthesis:Prof.Ph.D.hab.Eng.ofarch.AdamM.Szymski,

Reviewers:Ph.D.hab.Eng.ofarch.AlinaDrapella-Hermansdorfer,Prof.PWr,Prof.Ph.D.hab.Eng.ofarch.WojciechZabłocki

2.3.Postgraduatestudiesdegree

Postgraduatedegreeearnedat theFacultyofArchitectureof thePoznańUniversityofTechnology,2012.

Thesis topic: Factors of effective planning and shaping the recreation areas in thecity'sspatialstructure.

Thesissupervisor:Prof.Ph.D.hab.LechZimowski.



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2.4.Additionaltrainingandcourses(selected)

Landscape resolution – legal aspects – training conference, Faculty of Law andAdministration, University of Szczecin, September 2017; VectorWorks Landscape –2D and 3D design course on Vectorworks (Nemetschek), July 2017; Sustainablebuilding assessments – a training on 10 insights into a sustainable building, PolishGreen Building Council (Polskie Stowarzyszenie Budownictwa Ekologicznego), April2017; “LandscapeProtection”– trainingon landscapeaudit and the landscape law,RegionalDirectorateforEnvironmentalProtection,GorzówWlkp.,September2016;acourse on psychological reasons for difficulties and failures at school, PUW,December 2014; Academic Advanced Composition & Reading, Foothill College, LosAltos, CA, summer semester 2010/2011; a course on equipment of playgrounds –safetyrequirementsandprinciplesofoperationaccordingtoPN-EN1176:2008seriesof standards, Technical Inspection Office, Wrocław, April 2009; Landscapearchitecture:Meetings of professionals, a training, Szczecin,April 2009;April 2008;Art therapy, Manalaz, Arte Terapia, Szczecin, November 2007; Colour and stainedglass, Aspar studio, Szczecin, April 2002; Course of designing with AutoCAD,MatKomp, Szczecin, 2001; Course on entrepreneurship titled “ABC of Business –runningacompany”,InBITInstitute,Szczecin,2001/2002.

3.Informationaboutpreviousemployment

3.1.Employmentinacademicinstitutions

February 2017-present: Assistant Professor at the Chair of ContemporaryArchitecture, Theory and Methodology of Design, Faculty of Construction andArchitecture,WestPomeranianUniversityofTechnologyinSzczecin;

April 2009 – February 2017: Assistant Professor at the Chair of LandscapeDesign,FacultyofEnvironmentalManagementandAgriculture,WestPomeranianUniversityofTechnologyinSzczecin(mergerofAcademyofAgricultureandSzczecinUniversityofTechnology)–maternityleavefrom31/07/2008to2/12/2008andparental leavefrom1/10/2009to30/09/2011;

July2007–March2009:AssistantProfessorattheChairofLandscapeDesign,FacultyofEnvironmentalManagementandAgriculture,AcademyofAgricultureinSzczecin;

January 2007 – June 2007: Graduate Assistant at the Chair of Landscape Design,Faculty of EnvironmentalManagement and Agriculture, Academy of Agriculture inSzczecin;



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3.2.Employmentindesigninstitutions

June 2007 – July 2008: architect's assistant, E+E Kołłątaj Reczka Design Studio,Szczecin;

July2003–November2004:designer'sassistant,PUH“TRIBE”S.C.,Szczecin;

July2001–November2002:interiordesigner,BiurotechnikaS.C.Szczecin;

2001–2003:cooperationwithPORTALDesignOffice,MetropolisArchitectureOffice,designerTadeuszFiszer;

4.Indicationoftheachievement*resultingfromart.16(2)oftheActof14March 2003 on Academic Degrees and Scientific Titles and Degrees andTitlesinArts(JournalofLawsNo.65,item595asamended)

4.1.Thetitleofscientificachievementpublished

Thearchitectureofaplaceofplay.Playasafactorofintegrationof/intheurbanspace.

4.2.Author/authors,title/titlesofpublication(s),yearofpublication,nameofapublishinghouse

Czałczyńska-Podolska M., The architecture of a place of play. Play as a factor ofintegrationof/intheurbanspace.Amonograph,Szczecin,WydawnictwoUczelnianeZachodniopomorskiego Uniwersytetu Technologicznego w Szczecinie (PublishingHouseoftheWestPomeranianUniversityofTechnologyinSzczecin),2019.

Reviewersbeforepublishing:

Ph.D.hab.Eng.ofarch.AlinaDrapella-Hermansdorfer,Prof.PWrPh.D.hab.Eng.ofarch.AgataZachariasz,Prof.PK



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4.3. Presentation of the scientific/artistic goal of the above-mentionedworkandtheresultsachieved,togetherwithadiscussionoftheirpossibleuse.

4.3.1.Topicsofwork

The monograph entitled “The architecture of a place of play. Play as a factor ofintegrationof/intheurbanspace.”,publishedin2019bythePublishingHouseoftheWestPomeranianUniversityofTechnologyinSzczecin,isaresultofmylong-standinginterestinsocialaspectsoflandscapearchitecture,theinfluenceofspaceonhumanbehaviour,especiallythatofchildren,andanexpressionofconvictionthatthebasisofspatialsolutionsshouldbeagoodunderstandingofahumanbeingasanindividualandamemberofcommunity.

The research topic is theplaceofplay in the city space inevolutionary, typologicaland behavioural aspects and its importance both for an individual and for a socialgroup.Myintentionwastoexaminethepossibilitiesofusingtheintegrativepotentialofplayinshapingtheplaceofplayandthepublicspace.Theresearchwasbasedonthedefinitionofplayand itsessence, singlingout theconceptof theplayingspaceand place of play, as well as development of an original behaviour observationmethod leading to thediscoveryofplay-inspiring factors thatcauseplay toemergeandcontinue.

This study examined the relationships between landscape architecture, townplanning,socialandenvironmentalpsychologyandsociology.Inmyeyes,theplaceofplay is a sort of sensitivematrix inwhichwe can notice certain social attitudes. Atraditionalplaygroundwithequipment,designedforaspecificagegroup,maybeanattempt to manipulate a social group, control and influence their behaviour. Thisattemptmayindicatethatplayseenasbysocietyasasourceofchaosandathreattoorder.On theother hand, a placeof play arranged as a space that canbe createdindependently may indicate that the local community has matured to truedemocracy,wherethereisaplaceandreadinessforconsciousjointparticipationofindividuals in the public space. Its certain features and solutions may provokeexclusionfromthegroupandtheformationofaspecificsocialhierarchyonthebasisofphysicalcompetencesorstimulateintegrationatdifferentlevelsinspaceandwithspace. Place of play is by no means a simple set of devices, but a system ofrelationshipsbetween "spaceandbehaviour"havinganumberofpropertieswhichmakeupthearchitectureofaplaceofplay,i.e.specificwayofarrangementofspaceanditsfeaturesaswellasusersandtheirbehaviour.

Contemporarycitiesarefullofplacesofplay,which,althoughdesignedtoentertain,aredevoidofplay-inspiringfactors–theydonotentertainnorintegrate.Thismeansthatnoteveryplaceofplayisoneinitsessence.Manyplacesofplayarenothingbut



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thename.Someplacesofplayaredistinguishedbytheirarchitecture–basedontheessenceofplay–i.e.howspaceisarrangedandequipped,somearecharacterisedbythepresenceofplay-inspiringfactors(specificspatialfeaturesandelements)andanabove-averagenumberofobservedformsofintegrativegamesandactivities.Placesofplayhavingalltheabovefeaturesfunctionasplayspaces.Aplaceofplayasaplayspace is a peculiarmulti-faceted integration platformof great importance not onlyfor a child but also for a person as an individual and amember of a social group.Identificationofawell-designedplaceofplay(i.e.onefunctioningasaplayspace)ispossible through the analysis of the architectureof theplaceof play andwatchingpeopleplaying(formsofplay).

Therefore, a key part of the research was the study of the spatial-behaviouralstructure of selected places of play, including the study of the influence of spatialfeaturesofacontemporaryplaygroundonchildren'sbehaviouraimedatexplainingthemechanismsmakingaplaceofplay functionasaplay space.This researchwasstartedandcarriedoutintheUnitedStates,California,aspartofaresearchproject,whichwaspresentedafterforconsultationbyProf.PatsyEubanksOwens(UniversityofCalifornia,Davis).TheinvitationfromherandthecertificateofresearchIcarriedoutinCaliforniahaveprovidedmewiththeconvenienceandsafetywhenobservingusersofplacesofplay(mainlychildren)andcollectingdata.Iconductedthisresearchby my own, original method of observation, a kind of a 10-minute freeze-frame,basedona special form,whichwasa combinationof aquestionnaireanda classicbehaviouralmap.Theformwassodesignedtoallowmecollectingalargeamountofdataonmyownandrecordinginformationonthelocationofuserswithintheplaceofplayandformsof theirbehaviourandeventhedurationofactivity. Icollectedatotalof2212observations,whichIanalysedstatisticallyusingthePearsoncorrelationcoefficientandanalysisofvariance(ANOVA).Iusedthestudiesofspatial-behaviouralstructure to investigate the influence of selected spatial features on the playpotential (playability) of the zones identified in the analysed places of play and toidentifythefactorsmakingplayemergeandcontinueinaplaceofplay.

My research also included typological and evolutionary studies of places of play,which were aimed at explaining the direction of changes in the place of play andchangesintheperceptionofthephenomenonofplayinthepublicspaceofthecity(and the child’s location in the space). They led to the presentation of my owntypologyofplacesofplay,aswellastotheidentificationoftypesofplacesofplayinthe city. I have also attempted to relate the discoveredmechanismsof play in theplace of play to the public space. During my work, I have collected materialconcerning70placesofplay.Mostoftheplaces,asmanyas46,areexampleslocatedabroad(mainlyintheUnitedStates,butalsoinGermany,Denmark,NetherlandsandNorway).Asa result, a comprehensiveandmulti-threadedstudyhasbeencreated,whichshedsnewlightontheissueoftheplaceofplay.



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4.3.2.Objectivesandcentralthesis

Thispaperpresentsresearchfocusedontheintegrativevalueoftheplaceofplay,towhich I attach particular importance in the era of ubiquitous commercialization,globalization and standardization and conditionsunderwhich it functions as a playspace. The research is aimed to determine the conditions for the use of theintegrativevalueofplayinshapingboththeplaceofplayandthepublicspaceandtodrawattentiontotheenormoussocialvalueofplacesofplayunderestimatedbythepublic.

Themainobjectivesofmyresearchwere:

1. Identificationoftheelementsofthespatialarrangementandspatialfeaturescalledthe architecture of place of play, which creates conditions for a place of play tofunctionasaplayspace.

2. Ialsodesiredtodeterminethepossibleuseofplayspaceasintentionallycreatedplaceendowedwithintegrativepotentialinshapingthepublicspace(conditionsforaplaceofplaytofunctionasaplayspace).

Thespecificobjectiveswereasfollows:

1. Analysisofplacesofplayinthecityspaceinevolutionaryandtypologicalterms,leadingtotheindicationofdirectionsofitsspatialtransformationsandsociety'sroleinthecontextofbothanindividualandasocialgroup(typologyofplacesofplay).

2. Analysis of places of play from a behavioural point of view, leading to theidentification of play-inspiring factors and mechanisms of the place-of-playfunction(typologyofplay-inspiringfactors).

Forthesepurposes,Ihaveformulatedanumberofauxiliaryquestions,suchas:Whatisplay,theessenceofplay,theplayspaceandtheplaceofplay?Whatdirectionofchange is indicatedby theevolutionof theplaceofplay in thepublic space?Whattypesofplacesofplay canbedistinguished in spaceandwhat is their value in thecontextoftheintegrativepotentialofaplaceofplay?Whatmechanismsandspatialfeatures (play-inspiring factors) create thephenomenonof play in space andmaketheplacesofplayexistasplayspaces?Whatistheintegrativeactionofaplayspace?They ultimately lead to the most important issue: What happens to public spacewhenitbecomesaplayspace?

BasedontheseobjectivesIdevelopedthefollowingthesis:

Identificationofawell-designedplaceofplay(i.e.aplacefunctioningasaplayspace)is possible thanks to the observation of: people playing (forms of play) and thearchitecture of the place of play, which is characterised by the presence of play-



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inspiring factors in the form of specific spatial features and solutions. Thearchitectureoftheplaceofplay,understoodintermsofarrangementandfurnishingof space,hasadecisive influenceonwhetheragivenplaceofplaybecomesaplayspace. Play space is a product of the action of play-inspiring factors, i.e. featuresdirectlyrelatedtotheessenceofplay(playascommunicationandcreation),andisakindofspatialphenomenon,whichinvolvesamulti-facetedintegratingrole(inspaceandwithspace).Theessenceofplay is, in thiscontext,a factorof integrationof/inurbanspaceandcanbeconsideredabasisforshapingpublicspace.

4.3.3.Discussionofthemostimportantresearchresults

Theanalysedplacesofplaywereconsideredintermsof:

– evolution and typology – leading to the explanation of changes in how thephenomenonofplayisperceivedinthepublicspaceofthecity(andthechild'splace inspace), thedeterminationof thedirectionofchanges inplacesofplayandindicationofitsdifferenttypes,

– behaviour–aimedattheidentificationofplay-inspiringfactorsandmechanismsof place-of-play functioning and the possibility of using the identified play-inspiringfactorsforthefunctioningofthepublicspace.

I.Changesandtypologyofaplaceofplay

I have analysed places of play in terms of evolution and typology on the basis ofhistorical and interpretation studies with the use of source materials (e.g. artmonuments, collections of old toys, memoirs) as well as analyses of old andcontemporary solutions forplacesofplay.Researchhas shown that changes in thevision of play and of a child over the centuries have disintegrated the play space,whichhaslargelylostitsoriginal,integrativeanduniversalnature.Therelatedspatialtransformationsconcerned: separationof theplaceofplay fromthepublic space–formerly, children played in the children's everyday space (public and private),nowadays–theyplayinaseparateplace(aplayground,achild'sroom);segregationoftheplaceofplay–formerly,playwasseenasanactivityinvolvingbothadultsandchildren, takingplace ina family'sor social group’severyday space (common livingspace), nowadays – it is seen as children's realmandoccurs in places intended forthem; specialisation of a place of play – formerly, play took place in a spacecharacterised by universality of a thought-up scenario of play, resulting from thenecessity to adapt and create it jointly (child as a (co-)creator of play and space),nowadays–inaspacewiththefeaturesofaready-madeproduct,whichshouldmeetmoreandmoreneedsandexpectations(childasaconsumerandrecipient).

Currently, a place of play (such as a playground) is not usually a place for jointparticipationand integration,andthepublicspacedoesnot functionasaspace for



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playing together. Toachieve theobjectives set forplay, theplaceofplayhasbeeninspected,adjustedand isolated.Today, themost common formofplaceofplay isthecontemporary(commercial)playground,whichprovesthat,intheunderstandinganddesigningaplaceofplay,thereexist:intentionalborderlines–aplacetoplayasastandardsetofdevices;semanticborderlines–aplacetoplayasaplacetocontrolchildren;syntacticborderlines–aplaceofplayasaground.Theinteractionsoftheseborderlines are embodied in a mature form of a contemporary (commercial)McDonald'splaygroundfurnishedwithready-madeequipment, isolatedfrompublicspace,offeringsafe(controlled)activities.Thisembodimentiscontrastedbyaplaceof play contained in the public space, integrated with the city, enabling users tocreateitjointlyandstimulatingexploration–aplacethatfunctionsasaplayspace.

Thepolarisedfunctioningofplacesofplaywasnoticedandconsideredanoutcomeofthechangesdiscussedabove.Thisunderliesintroducingmyowntypologyofplacesof play,which goes far beyond the classical division into traditional, contemporaryand adventure playground. My classification is based on the degree to which theexistingplayequipmentallowstheuserstotransformit.Ineachofthethreecurrentsthat I identified: classic, alternative and mixed, I singled out several types andvarietiesofplacesofplay.Theclassifiedplacesofplaycanbeadditionallyassignedtoone of three types of spaces: play spaces, non-play spaces and quasi-play spaces,which differ in terms of the architectural elements of a place of play and users'behaviour.Thisclassificationresultsfromthreewaysofseeingaplay,determiningaspecificapproachinshapingaplaceofplay.

Themostdesirable is aplaceofplay functioningasaplay space, fully realizing theessenceofplayandcharacterizedbygreatpossibilitiesofshapingthespacebyusersandjointparticipationinitsfunctioning(playiscreationandcommunication).

II.Thearchitectureofaplaceofplayfunctioningasaplayspace

Behaviouralanalysesofplacesofplayallowedtheidentificationofplay-inspiringfactorsand mechanisms of function of play space, and then the identification of desirableelementsofthearchitectureofaplaceofplay.Onthebasisofobservationsandanalysesofcollecteddata,anumberofremarksweremade,including:

– playing in space develops according to a repetitive pattern and requires aspecificarrangementofzones;

– eachplaceofplayhasitsownpathofplay(i.e.arepetitivearrangementofzonesthatchildrenvisit);

– aparticulartypeofaplaypathisanactivity loopstimulatingmultiplerenewalsofplay;

– analysed spatial features do influence children's behaviour but their impactvariesinstrengthdependingonthetypeofazone;

– complementaryfeaturesofazoneandthearrangementoftheplaygroundthatfollowsthenaturaldevelopmentofplaycanincreasethepotentialofaplace;



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– thesizeofplaygroundisimportantforitsintegrationpotential;– the phenomenon of zero-presence zones or defunct play zones results from

specificsolutions(e.g.multiplicationofplayzones);– the type of a playground does not determine its potential, rather its spatial

featuresdo.

The observations enabled me to identify primary and secondary play-inspiringfactors.Theplay-inspiringfactorsofnarration,creationandlimitationturnouttobecrucial for a place of play to function as a play space (as a whole) and to beresponsible for theemergenceandcontinuanceofplay in space.Secondary factorsinclude the cultural factor with supportive effect and the factor of form withconditionaleffect.

Theconsiderationoftheintegratedactionofplay-inspiringfactorsinarchitectureofplaceofplayopensthewaytowardsbuildingaplayspaceandtriggeringintegrationprocesses taking place at three levels: integration behaviours and interactionsbetweentheparticipantsinspace(1stlevelofintegration);interactionbetweentheparticipantsandspace(2ndlevelof integration);creationofconnectionsbetweenaplace of play and the city (3rd level of integration). Each of the indicated levels ofintegrationisbasedontheinteractionofcertainplay-inspiringfactors.

Theuseofplay-inspiringfactorsinrelationtoeachofthethreelevelsofintegrationofaplayspaceallowsforfulluseofitsintegrativephenomenonandisthebasisforindicating the architectural determinants of a place of play functioning as a playspace. The architectural determinants of a place of play,which I have identified inrelationtoeachofthethree levelsof integrationofplayspace,mayformthebasisfor the evaluation of a place of play. The evaluation based on the analysis of thearchitecture of a place of play in relation to each of the three spheres of the playspace integration allows indicating the integration sphere whose function isdisturbed.Theidentificationofadysfunctionalintegrationlevelanditsfeaturesanddysfunctionalelementsshouldbetreatedasabasisfortakingconcretestepstowardschangesinthedevelopmentandshapingtheplaceofplay.Theuseoftheevaluationofaplaceofplay(existinganddesigned)basedontheanalysisoftheirarchitectureinthecontextofthethree integration levelsmayeffectivelychangethecommonwayoftheirshaping,andcontributetothecreationofplacesfunctioningasplayspaces.

III.Publicspacefunctioningasaplayspace

Iattemptedtorelatetheresultsofanalysesofthefunctioningofaplaceofplayasaplayspacetothefunctioningofpublicspaceandthecity.

Usually, we are dealingwith a city inwhich there are strictly designated places ofplay.My field research and public opinion polls among the inhabitants of Szczecinhaveshown,amongotherthingsthat: identifiedplacesarecharacterisedbyasmalldiversity in terms of functional solutions and aesthetics; contrary to stereotypes,



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playgroundsarenot consideredby childrenandyoungpeople tobe their favouriteplaces to play, whereas they are often well perceived by adults and indicated byadults as their favourite place; the role of shopping malls as places of play arebecomingincreasinglyimportant,especiallyamongchildrenandadolescents,forthelatter group they are even a favourite place of play; places of play indicated asfavouritearenotusuallythemostvisitedones.Unfortunately,theveryexistenceofplacesofplayinthestructureofthecitydoesnottranslateintotherealizationoftheideaofplayspace.Systematizationofplacesofplay (bythe locationofaplaceandsuch criteria as itsnatureand socio-spatial value) additionally allows tonotice thattheimportanceofplacesofplayfromtheperspectiveofchild'severydaylife,butalsoofallusers(regardlessofage),doesnotnecessarilycoincidewiththemeaningoftheplacesintheurbanspace.

Thephenomenonof integrationofplayismostfullyutilizedintheconceptofacitywithplayinpublicspace(playablecity). Introducingplayintopublicspacesisbasedontwobasicconcepts.Itisdonebymanifestingplayandprovokingtoitorbuildingandinterferingwithspace.Onthebasisoftheanalysedexamples,Iindicatedactionsandspatialmeasuresimportantforshapingpublicspaceasaplayspace.Thisisnotarandom set of solutions, because we find here direct links to the defined play-inspiring factors. Identifying spatial measures related to the essence of play (play-inspiringfactors)andatthesametimepossibletouseinthepublicspaceallowsforitsconsciousdesigningandshapingasaplayspace.

Identifiedplay-inspiringfactorsarethereforeimportantnotonlyforthecreationofaplace of play but also for the public space. Play has a universal nature and theelementsofarchitectureofaplaceofplaythatareimportantforthecreationoftheplaceofplayasaplayspaceturnouttobedesirableinshapingofthepublicspace,both in the case of revitalized and new urban spaces, integrating many levels, insocialandspatialterms.Playspaceshouldbeseenasakindofphenomenonandanidealandstrivingtomakeitrealisadesirabledirectioninsearchofanewandbettermodelnotonlyforaplaceofplaybutalsoforpublicspaceofacity.Attemptstoputthisidealintopracticeareseeminglyonlyasearchforfuninthespaceofthemoderncity.Infact,itisasearchforanewimageofacitythatisfriendlynotonlytochildrenbut to all its inhabitants. Playing in a place of play functioning as a play space is afascinatingmanifestationofjointparticipationandbroadlyunderstoodintegrationinspace.Asabasisforthecreationofspace, itcanserveasakindofremedy,makingspace unique and close to people and integrating people, places and the city atmultiplelevels.

4.3.4.Valuesoftheworkandpossibilitiesofitsuse

The published studies on playgrounds, to date, have been primarily handbooksdevoted todesigningplaygrounds. Theydidnot seek tounderstand theessenceofplay, andeven less to discover themechanismsof its functioning in space and the



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possibilityofadaptingthemtothearchitecturalsolutionsofaplaceofplay.Theworkbringstoresearchtheoriginalandcomprehensivelypresentedproblemsofaplaceofplay,indicatingnewsolutionsanddesireddirectionsinshapingurbanspacebasedonan integratedapproach todesignandknowledgeaboutmanandsociety.Theworkhascognitive,methodical,application-relatedandeducationalvalues.

The cognitive value results from work's innovativeness. The observations andconclusions regarding the functioning of a place of play, including the impact ofcertainspatialfeaturesandtheeffectofcertainsolutionsandtheway,inwhichplaycomesaboutandlasts inspace,arescientificdiscoveriesandcanplayanimportantroleinchangingtheexistingwayofshapingspaceforchildrenandcontributetotherealisation of a space that fully matches the nature of play. No similar, cross-disciplinary research, analysing places of play in such a complex way, has beenconductedsofar.TheworkalsopresentscompletelyneworredefinedconceptsandPolishcounterpartswereproposedfortermsexistinginEnglishliterature.Particularlyimportantarenewconcepts,relatingtoarchitectureofaplaceofplayandresultingfromobservations,suchas:play-inspiringfactors(e.g.narration,creationandclosingfactor), play path, activity loop, defunct play zone, zone of particularly active play,zeroactivityzone,aswellas termsconcerningnewtypesandvarietiesofplacesofplay identified by the author, such as contemporary family playground, sculptingplaygroundorcreativeplayground.

Theapplication-relatedandmethodicalvalueoftheworkliesinitspracticaluse.Thedeveloped methodology of observation can be used in other works exploring therelationship between space and user behaviour. The results concerning thearchitectureofaplaceofplaycanbeusedfordesignandevaluationpurposes.Theidentificationofarchitecturaldeterminantsofaplaceofplaycanbeusedtoevaluatethe quality of existing or designed solutions, and also serve as guidelines for thedesign of places of play. In contrast to the classicmethod, the author'smethodofobservation based on the use of a specially prepared form allows collectingmuchmoreinformation,includingthedurationofactivity.Evenasinglepersoncancollecta large amount of data even, and the encodingmethod ensures anonymity of theobservedpersons.

Thevalueofworkalso lies in itseducational role. Ihope thatmyobservationsandreflectionswillchangetheperceptionofplayinthecityspace,provokeattentiontothe quality of the designed places of play and their real playability value, andencouragereflectionontheapproachtoshapingthemandthepublicspace.Thewayofshapingaplaceofplayisanimageofhowplayandachildispredominantlyseeninagivensociety; it isakindofmatrixofcertain ideasandtransformations.Althoughrelativelysmall,aplaceofplayworks likeamirror, inwhichonecanseesocialandspatial problems, as well as the local community’s maturity to integrate andparticipatejointlyinthecityspace.



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Theworkisintendedforawideaudience,firstofall,architects,urbanplannersandlandscape architects, but also for all those who are familiar with the problems ofdesigningplacesofplayandshaping theurbanspace.My intentionwas topresentplacesofplay inadifferentperspectivethanbeforeandtoshowtheirrelationtoagood quality public space. I aimed to broaden the knowledge and awareness ofdesignersanddecision-makers indesigningandshapinggoodqualityplacesofplay,as well as to inspire and stimulate a broader discussion on the need for a newapproachinthisarea.

5.Discussionofotherachievements

5.1.Scientific,research,professionalandartisticachievements

5.1.1.Beforeobtainingmydoctoraldegree

In 1996, I undertook studies at the FacultyofCivil EngineeringandArchitectureof theSzczecin University of Technology, in the field of Architecture and Urban Planning. In2001,IdefendedmyMaster'sthesisentitled:“ExhibitionparkinSzczecin”andgraduatedwith very good merit. Already during my studies, my interests focused on the socialaspects of designing space. What turned out to be of key importance was myparticipation in the national contest "Playground in the city" organized by the"Architektura-Murator” monthly in 2001. The President of Wrocław has awarded myworkandasaresult,Iwasinvitedtoparticipateintheconference:6thNationalSeminar"Backyards2001"organizedbytheMunicipalOfficeinWrocław.Thisconferenceturnedout to crystallizemy interest in landscape architecture and further professional careerplans.

In November 2002, I started doctoral full-time inter-faculty studies at the Academy ofAgricultureinSzczecinandbecameadoctoralstudentattheChairofLandscapeDesignattheFacultyofEnvironmentalManagementandAgriculture.Mydoctoralthesisentitled"Shapingareasofeverydayrecreationinthecontextofhumanrecreationneeds(ontheexampleofSzczecin)”wassupervisedbyProf.Ph.D.hab.Eng.ofarch.AdamM.Szymski,Onthe13thofDecember2006,Idefendedmydoctoralthesisand,bythedecisionoftheArchitectureFacultyCounciloftheWrocławUniversityofTechnology,Iwasgrantedthedoctor’sdegreeinengineering,inthefieldofarchitectureandurbanplanning.

Mydoctoralthesisresearchedandanalyseddailyrecreationareasinhousingcomplexesinthecontextofsocialneedsandthepossibilityofmeetingthemin7selectedhousingestates located in Szczecin. Many cities have housing developments similar to thoseselectedforanalysis,builtfromearly1970sto1990s.Theanalysisofconditionsfordailyrecreation in housing complexes, which included the determination of the values oflocation, landscapeandprogramme;mainnuisances,aswellasthesurveyofresidents'



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opinions, led to the indication of whether recreation needs can be satisfied. Theconducted research allowed to draw conclusions primarily on the current state ofmanagement of housing complexes indicate the main sources of dysfunction of dailyrecreationareasandmeasuresinthefieldoflandscapemodellingandspatialactivationdesired to meet the recreational needs. Characterization of recreation needs andfeaturesofspaceswhichsatisfytheseneedstakingintoaccountthevariabilityofneedsandtheirspecificitycorrespondingtodifferentagegroupsallowedmetoformulatethesecondgroupof conclusions – strictly definedprogrammeblocks,which are guidelinesfortheproperdefinitionoftheprogrammeofdailyrecreationareas.Theseconclusionswereelaborated topropose schemesof recreationareasofhousing-complex-wideandneighbourhoodnature,whichcanbeflexiblyadjustedtolocalconditionsandneeds.AnimportantpartofthestudywasthecomparativeanalysisandfieldresearchofselectedhousingcomplexeslocatedinGermany,DenmarkandSweden.

In theperiodprior tomydoctorate (2002-2006), Ipublished8articlesandpresented9papers at national and international conferences, mainly participating in garden artconferences organised every year by the Institute of Landscape Architecture of theCracowUniversity of Technology and subsequent editions of the Forum on LandscapeArchitecture.

I believe that the following events were relevant formy research and development. Iparticipated in an external seminar organized by the Faculty of Architecture of theWrocławUniversity of Technology entitled “The Path ofGreat Landscape Complexes –Cottbus, Bad Muskau, Dessau, Potsdam, Berlin, Germany" in 2004 and in the 7thInternational Summer Academy, Fachhochschule Neubrandenburg (August-September2003),aswellasastudytriptoLvivattheinvitationofProf.HalynaPetryshynfromtheLvivPolytechnic.TheexperienceIgainedfromparticipatingintheexternalseminar,apartfrom their professional value, thereafter turned out to be a valuable model for theorganization of classes for the post-graduate studies of landscape architecturecoordinated by me. My participation in the summer school organized for doctoralstudents by Fachhochschule in Neubrandenburg was helpful for the development ofscientific cooperation with Prof. ing. Thomas Oyen. In the following years, thiscooperation resulted in scientific consultations ofmy doctoral thesis and an invitationfromProf.Oyen toparticipate ina researchprojectbeingdeveloped.Theeffectofmystay in Lviv and my interest in photography was the photo exhibition entitled "LvivGardens" organized in theAmfiladaGallery at the PomeranianCentre for Education inSzczecininDecember2004.

I tried to combinemy academic work with commercial activities, such as cooperatingwith Szczecin's architectural firms. Duringmy doctoral studies, I worked as an interiordesigner,creating fit-outdesigns,andthenasanassistantdesigner,performingdesign,inventoryandcalculationworkrelatedtotheheat lossofbuildings.Mypassionforart,supported by participation in various courses and pieces of training (e.g. "Colour andstainedglass",paintingonglass,workshops"GlassDecoration")alsoenabledmetogiveprivatelessonsindrawingandpainting.



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5.1.2.Afterobtainingmydoctoraldegree

After receiving my doctor's degree in engineering, I first worked as an assistantprofessor at the Department of Landscape Design, Faculty of EnvironmentalManagementandAgriculture,AR/ZUT(2007-2017),andthen–attheDepartmentofContemporary Architecture, Theory and Methodology of Design, Faculty of CivilEngineering and Architecture at ZUT in Szczecin (since 2017). My scientific andresearch interests were focused on three main subject areas, still related tolandscape architecture. For me, research on the borderline between landscapearchitecture, urban planning, environmental psychology and sociology has beenparticularlyimportantasonethatconcernsshapinganddesigningplacesofplayandtheintegrativeandtherapeuticpotentialofvariouslandscapearchitectureelements.Alsostudiesonmethodsoflandscapeevaluationandintegrationofarchitectureandlandscape.Overtime,myscientificactivityhasfocusedonthreeclearresearchareas:

– placesofplayforchildren,– socialaspectsoflandscapearchitecture,– landscapestudies.

1stresearcharea:placesofplayforchildren

Inmymainresearcharea,placesofplayforchildren,Ihaveincludedstudiesontheevolution of places of play and their different types, the analysis of solutions forplacesofplaythatareattractivetodifferentagegroupsandtheirneeds,andstudiesonthetypologyofplacesofplayandtheimpactofplayground'sspatialfeaturesonchildren'sbehaviour,aswellas the integrating roleofplay in thepublic space.Themost important publications, apart from the discussed habilitation monograph,include8reviewedpapers,including:

articles:

[1A] Czałczyńska-Podolska M., 2014. The impact of playground spatial features onchildren'splayandactivity forms:Anevaluationof contemporaryplaygrounds’playandsocialvalue,JournalofEnvironmentalPsychology,38,132–142(articleontheMSHE1list“A”);

[2A] Czałczyńska-PodolskaM.,2016.Contemporaryplaygroundasattractivespace/Współczesny plac zabaw jako atrakcyjna przestrzeń, Space and Form, 26.B-01,27–38;

[3A] Czałczyńska-Podolska M., 2012. Wczoraj i dziś ogrodów dziecięcych: wposzukiwaniualternatywdlakoncepcjipost-and-platformiklasycznychogrodówdziecięcych, / Yesterday and today of children's gardens. The search foralternatives to classic post-and-platform children's gardens, TechnicalTransacions,6-A(19),263–270;

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[4A] Czałczyńska-Podolska M., 2010. The evolution of a playground. Koncepcjaprzestrzeni zabawdla dzieciw Europie i Stanach Zjednoczonych na przestrzenilat /The concept of spaceof play for children in Europeand theUnited Statesovertheyears,SpaceandForm,13,73–88;

[5A] Czałczyńska-Podolska M., 2010. Plac zabaw jako przestrzeń prowokującaróżnorodneformyzabaw/Playgroundasaspaceinspiringvariousformsofplay,LandscapeArchitecture,4,46–53;

monographchaptersorconferencepublicationsindexedinWoS:

[6A] Czałczyńska-PodolskaM.,2018.Contemporaryfamilyplaygroundasadesirabledirection of evolution of play areas for children, Social Sciences & Arts, 5thInternationalMultidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and ArtsSGEM2018,SGEM2018ConferenceProceedings,5(5.3),3–10;

[7A] Czałczyńska-Podolska M., 2016. Jordan gardens against the background ofcontemporary children's gardens, in: Park miejski ‒ znaczenie w przestrzenizurbanizowanej/The importanceofacitypark inurbanisedspace,Monograph539,ed.K.Hodor,K.Łakomy,Publ.PK,Kraków,111–126;

[8A] Czałczyńska-PodolskaM.,2007.Ogrodyzabawirekreacji jakomiejscarealizacjipotrzebrekreacyjnychróżnychgrupwiekowych/Gardensofplayandrecreationasplaces formeetingtherecreationalneedsofdifferentagegroups, in:Terenyzabawiodpoczynkudlaosóbwkażdymwieku/Playandrestareasforpeopleofallages,Vol.2,ed.I.Wojewoda,M.E.Drozdek,Publ.PWSZ,Sulechów,83–92.

SinceIfocussedonplacesofplay,thistopicbecometheareaofmyresearchaftermydoctorate.In2009,IpreparedaresearchprojectandaskedProf.MarkFrancisfromUniversity of California, Davis, an authority in the field of landscape architecture,whetheritwaspossibletoconductresearchinhisfacilityasavisitingresearcher.ThechoiceofbothCaliforniaandtheUniversityofCaliforniatoconductresearchwasnotaccidental. UC Davis is an important centre for landscape architecture research,includingplacesdedicatedtochildrenandyoungpeople.Californiaisdistinguishedasaplacewithalongtraditionofestablishingpublicplaygroundsandsearchingfornewsolutions for space (e.g. this is the only state having 2 adventure playgrounds andexamples of various types of places of play, including works by world-renownedarchitects).After IwasrecommendedbyProf.MarkFrancis,whoretired, I receivedan invitationandapproval forthepresentedresearchplanfromProf.PatsyOwens-Eubanks, who specializes in the social aspects of space design, including socialparticipationanddesigningforyoungpeople.Afterall,Iworkedonmyownresearchproject,modifyingtheresearchplanaccordingly.DuringmystayintheUnitedStates,Icollectedalotofresearchmaterialondifferentsolutionsofoldandcontemporaryplaces of play and observation of behaviour in selected places of play. ValuableexperiencewasmyvisittoaresearchcentreatUCDavis,specializinginresearchonchildren's behaviour, whose specific research ground is a playground with gardennature (designed by S. Herrington). After returning to Poland, I elaborated new



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threads and the research material was significantly expanded by examples ofplaygrounds in Poland and other European countries and questionnaire surveysamongtheresidentsofSzczecin.

In conclusion, the results of my studies in this area, apart from the habilitationmonograph discussed in chapter 4, include 5 articles in peer-reviewed scientificjournals (list A and B of the MSHE) and 3 chapters in peer-reviewed scientificmonographsand3scientificarticlesintendedforgeneralpublic.Ialsopresentedmyresearch during 4 speeches at scientific conferences: Contemporary familyplaygroundasadesirabledirectionofevolutionofplayareasforchildren–aspeechat the5th InternationalMultidisciplinary ScientificConferenceonSocial Sciences&Arts,SGEM2018,Albena,24August-2September2018;Canamodernplaygroundbe attractive – a speech at the 17th Landscape Architecture Forum "Landscapeevaluation – when a landscape becomes attractive?", 9–10 October 2014,Świnoujście; Yesterday and today children's gardens: the search for alternatives tothe post-and-platform concept and classic children's gardens – a speech at theScientific Conference "Historical and contemporary gardens in the cityscape", 4–5November2011,Kraków;Gardensofplayand recreationasplaces formeeting therecreational needs of different age groups – a speech at the Scientific Conference"Thegreeneryofcitiesandvillages”–Playandrestareasforpeopleofallages,18-19October2007,Kalsk.

Apartfrommyhabilitationmonograph,themostimportantpublicationisthearticle:Czałczyńska-Podolska M., 2014. The impact of playground spatial features onchildren’splayandactivity forms:Anevaluationofcontemporaryplaygrounds'playandsocialvalue,JournalofEnvironmentalPsychology,38,132–142(listA,ISSN0272-4944–45pt.).

2ndresearcharea:socialaspectsoflandscapearchitecture

Mysecondresearcharea,social aspectsof landscapearchitecture,concerns issuesrelated to the design of special-purpose landscape architecture elements, such asschoolgardens,hospitalgardens,andutilitygardens.Ianalyselandscapearchitectureelementsinthecontextoftheirsocial,primarilyintegrativeandtherapeuticrolesaswell as social involvement. Themost importantpublications in this area include13peer-reviewedpapers,including:

articles:

[1B] Czałczyńska-Podolska M., 2018. Kształtowanie przestrzeni przyjaznejczłowiekowinaprzykładachwybranychkoncepcjizagospodarowaniaprzestrzenimiejskich / Shaping man-friendly space based on examples of selected urbanspacedevelopmentconcepts,TekaKomisjiUrbanistykiiArchitekturyOddziałPAN/ Portfolio of Urban Planning and Architecture Commission, PAS Division, 46,181–191;



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[2B] Czałczyńska-Podolska M., Rzeszotarska-Pałka M., 2017. Public engagement inthe design process for landscape architecture objects, TechnicalTransactions/CzasopismoTechniczne,12,47–62;

[3B] Czałczyńska-Podolska M., Rzeszotarska-Pałka M., 2016. The possibility ofcreatinganintegratingschoolyard/Możliwościkreacjiintegracyjnegopodwórkaszkolnego,SpaceandForm,27,175–190;

[4B] Czałczyńska-Podolska M., Rzeszotarska-Pałka M., 2016. Possibilities to createintegrative school backyard on the example of selected school premisesmanagement projects /Możliwości kreacji integracyjnego podwórka szkolnegona przykładzie wybranych projektów zagospodarowania terenów szkolnych,SpaceandForm,28,209–226;

[5B] Czałczyńska-Podolska M., Rzeszotarska-Pałka M., 2016. Hospital garden as aplaceoftherapyandrecovery,Kosmos/Cosmos.ProblemyNaukBiologicznych/ProblemsofLifeSciences,4,609–619;

[6B] Czałczyńska-Podolska M., Rzeszotarska-Pałka M., 2016. Spaces that heal andintegrateas inspiration foranew lookon themoderncity /Przestrzeniektóreleczą i integrują jako inspiracja dla nowego spojrzenia nawspółczesnemiasto,SpaceandForm,28,165–180;

[7B] Czałczyńska-PodolskaM.,2015.Fromamuseumtoacentreofsocial life–themodernconceptofbotanicalgardens.Odobiektumuzealnegodocentrumżyciaspołecznego – współczesna koncepcja ogrodu botanicznego, TechnicalTransactions/CzasopismoTechniczne,5A(5),79–91;

[8B] Czałczyńska-PodolskaM.,2014.Utilizationandpreservationofhistoricgardensand development of garden tourism / Użytkowanie i ochrona zabytkowychzałożeń ogrodowych a rozwój turystyki ogrodowej, TechnicalTransacions/CzasopismoTechniczne,5-A(10),131–138;

[9B] Czałczyńska-Podolska M., 2012. Współczesne ogrody użytkowe w StanachZjednoczonych / Contemporary utility gardens in the United States, TechnicalTransacions/CzasopismoTechniczne,8-A(30),263–270;

monographchaptersorconferencepublicationsindexedinWoS:

[10B] Czałczyńska-PodolskaM.,Rzeszotarska-PałkaM,2019.Tamingtheurbanspace,in:IOPConf.Ser.:MaterialsScienceandEngineering,471,1-8,[art.no.092045];

[11B] Czałczyńska-PodolskaM.,Rzeszotarska-PałkaM.,2016.Return to the ideaofahomelycity,in:BacktotheSenseoftheCity,InternationalMonographBook,ed.J.R.Cladera,Publ.CentredePolíticadeSòliValoracions,332–334;

[12B] Czałczyńska-Podolska M., Rzeszotarska-Pałka M, 2016. Social landscapearchitectureasthemissinglinkintheshapingofurbanpublicspaces,w:Bridginga Gap. Proceedings of The ECLAS Conference, ed. P. Bauer, M. Collender, M.Jakob,L.KettererBonnelame,P.Petschek,D.Siegrist,Ch.Tschumi,Rapperswil,Switzerland,177-180;



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[13B] Czałczyńska-Podolska M., Rzeszotarska-Pałka M., 2014. Forms of socialgardeningandhortitherapyaselementscreatingcommunityinspace,in:Futureof the cities – cities of the future. vol. 2. Monograph. Cracow University ofTechnology,Kraków,65–82.

I consider thematerial I have collected on community gardens, edible school yardgardensandbotanicalgardenstobeveryimportantforresearchinthisarea.Trendsobservedintheshapingofthesegardensmaybeappliede.g.intheconstructionandreconstruction of social space and shaping the neighbourhood space in housingcomplexesormayhelpinfindinganewmodelforshapingallotmentgardens[7B,9B,13B].

The example of the Edible Schoolyard garden, in Berkeley, and the analysis of itsfunctioningwasmyinspirationandabasisforinitiatingresearchingintegrativeschoolyards. The topicof integrationand therapeuticpotentialof space in the contextofschool grounds management seemed to me to be worth particular attention anddraftingofaresearchproject.Thetopic"Possibilitiesofusinglandscapeandgardentherapytostrengthentheintegrationandtherapeuticpotentialofaschoolyard"wasentered for theOPUS competition. Although the project did not receive funding, Ipartially conducted it as an individual research topic, cooperating with selectedschools. Themainobjectiveof the researchwas to define thepossibilities of usinglandscapeandgardentherapy inthemanagementofschoolyardandtodefinethekey conditions for its functioning as a therapeutic and integration space. Selectedideasandconceptsof shaping thespacewereanalysed inorder to identify thekeyspatial features for thecreationof integrationspace inaschoolyard [3B],andthenthe possibilities of building such schoolyard on selected examples of school landdevelopmentprojects[4B].

Theintegrationandtherapeuticvaluesofspacewerealsothesubjectsofstudiesonthe development of selected hospital areas [5B]. The aim of the research was toindicate spatial criteria that build therapeutic space (one stimulating recovery) andcriteria that contribute to the perception of the hospital environment as human-friendly. My daughter's disease and the need to treat her abroad were difficultpersonal experiences having a significant impact on my research. ComparativeanalysisofselectedhospitalgardensinPolandandtheUnitedStatesallowedmetoidentifythecriteriaforbuildingtherapeuticspacefromthepointofviewofdifferentgroups of users. The possibilities of using the positive influence of the garden andspacearrangementintherapyandintegrationwerealsoconsideredinthecontextofusingitinthepublicspace,analysingselecteddesignsandurbanspaceprojects.Theanalysis led to the indication of the possibility of using elements of hortitherapy,sociohorticultureandparticipatoryarchitectureintherealisationoftheideaofacityclosetopeople[6B]andtheidentificationofkeyelementsforthecreationofhuman-friendlyspaceandthedefinitionofacity friendly topeople[1B],aswellas theso-called taming the urban space [10B, 11B, 12B]. In the area of social aspects of



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landscape architecture, there are also studies on social involvement carriedout onselectedexamplesoflanddevelopmentprojects.Comparativeanalysesincluded:thedesigning process, the way the local community is involved in it and the use ofelementsstrengtheningthelevelofsocialinvolvement[2B].

Insummary,asaresultofworkinthisareaofresearch,spatialfeaturesimportantfortheintegrativenatureofspacewereidentifiedandpossibilitiesofstrengtheningtheintegrativenatureof spacebyusing, amongother things, elementsofhortitherapyandsocio-horticulture in relation tovarious formsof landdevelopment,whichmaybecome a specific link connecting both a group of peers and the entire localcommunitywereindicated.

As a result of research carried out in this area, I published 13 articles in peer-reviewed journalsandmonographsanddelivered7papersatscientificconferences(Shaping a human-friendly space on the examples of selected concepts of urbanspacedevelopment–aspeechatthe20thForumofLandscapeArchitecture,21–23September2017,Kraków;Socialinvolvementintheprocessoflandscapearchitecturedesign – a speech at the International Scientific Conferences entitled “Objects,Architecture, Environment”, 26 April 2017, Rumia; Social landscape architecture asthe missing link in the shaping of urban public spaces – a speech at the ECLASConference 2016 “Bridging the gap”, 11–14 September 2016, Rapperswil,Switzerland; Spaces that heal and integrate as inspiration for a new look on themoderncity–aspeechatthe6thInternationalScientificConferencefromtheseries“PhenomenaofBorderland”,14October2016,Szczecin;Hospitalgardenasaplaceoftherapyandrecovery–aspeechatthe2ndInternationalconferencetitled"Humanecology", 9–10 June 2016, Szczecin; From amuseum to a centre of social life – amodern concept of a botanical garden – a speech at the Scientific Conferenceentitled“Contemporarythreatstohistoricalgardens”,5–7November2014,Kraków;Contemporary utility gardens in the United States – a speech at the scientificconference entitled “Utility gardens and their place in garden art”, 8–9 November2012,Kraków).

3rdresearcharea:landscapestudies

The third area of my research – landscape studies – is the issue of landscapeevaluation and the search for new methods of spatial evaluation, creating theidentity of a place on the basis of landscape values as well as attractiveness andevaluationofgreenareas(inhousingestatesandinacity’sgeneralarea)fortherestand recreation opportunities (which is a direct continuation of research in theframework of my doctoral thesis). These issues were considered primarily in thecontextoftheculturallandscapeandvaluesofselectedlocalitiesofWestPomeraniaandSzczecin, in linewith the subjectof statutory research.Thepublications in thisareainclude16peer-reviewedpapers,including:



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monograph:

[1C] Petryshyn H., Czałczyńska-Podolska M., Sochacka-Sutkowska E., Pilarczyk A.,2012. Budowa tożsamości Szczecina w oparciu o wykorzystanie kulturowychwartości krajobrazu nadrzecznego miasta / Creating the identity of Szczecinusingtheculturalvaluesofthecity'sriversidelandscape,Publ.Hogben,Szczecin;

articlesinjournals:

[2C] Czałczyńska-Podolska M., Rzeszotarska-Pałka M., 2019. Guidelines forrevitalizationofruralareasbasedonlandscapestudies/Wytycznedorewitalizacjiobszarów wiejskich w oparciu o studia krajobrazowe, TechnicalTransacions/CzasopismoTechniczne,2,5–18;

[3C] Czałczyńska-PodolskaM., Rzeszotarska-PałkaM., 2018.Useof landscapeauditmethodology for the cultural-aesthetic values evaluation (casestudy)/Wykorzystaniemetodyki audytu krajobrazowegow ekspertyziewartościkulturowo – estetycznych krajobrazu (studium przypadku), LandscapeArchitecture,1,16–31;

[4C] Czałczyńska-Podolska M., 2012. Factors of effective planning and shaping ofrecreation areas in the city, Portfolio of Urban Planning and ArchitectureCommission,LublinPASDivision,VIII/1,35–45;

[5C] Czałczyńska-PodolskaM.,Sochacka-SutkowskaE.2016.Landscapevaluesoftheembankment of the Odra river in Szczecin and the degree of their use forcreatingthecity's identity/Wartościkompozycyjno-krajobrazowenabrzeżyOdrywSzczecinie a stopień ichwykorzystaniadlabudowy tożsamościmiasta,SpaceandForm,26.B-01,89–104;

[6C] Czałczyńska-Podolska M., 2007. Ocena miejsca zamieszkania w aspekcierealizacjipotrzebrekreacyjnychmieszkańców/Assessmentofhowwellaplaceof residencemeets the inhabitants’ needs for leisure, Czasopismo Techniczne.SztukaOchrony i kształtowaniaśrodowiska /Theartofpreservingandshapingtheenvironment,10,123–125;

chaptersofmonographsorconferencepublicationsindexedinWoS:

[7C] BalW.,Czałczyńska-PodolskaM., 2019. The roleof integrationof architectureand landscape in shaping contemporary urban spaces, in: IOP Conf. Ser.:MaterialsScienceandEngineering,471,1–12,[art.no.072020];

[8C] BalW.,Czałczyńska-PodolskaM., 2019. Landscape and cultural aspects of thecoastalareaofWesternPomeraniaas factorsofdevelopmentofmaritimeandnautical tourism. Identification and definition of conditions, in: IOP Conf. Ser.:MaterialsScienceandEngineering,471,1–10,[art.no.102034];

[9C] Bal W., Czałczyńska-Podolska M., 2018. The integration of architecture andlandscapeasamodelfactorforassessmentofthecultural landscape, in:SocialSciences&Arts,5thInternationalMultidisciplinaryScientificConferenceonSocial



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SciencesandArtsSGEM2018,SGEM2018ConferenceProceedings,5(5.3),621–628[copy–appendix8.C];

[10C] Bal W., Czałczyńska-Podolska M., 2018. Shaping the public space of healthresortsintermsofhistoricalandcontemporaryperspective,in:SocialSciences&Arts,5th InternationalMultidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social SciencesandArtsSGEM2018,SGEM2018ConferenceProceedings,5(5.3),537–544;

[11C] BalW., Czałczyńska-Podolska M., 2017. Analysis of socio-spatial relations andlinkscreatedonthebasisof landscapeandarchitecture integration, in:S.ARCH2017: SustainableArchitecture. Proceeding of the 4th InternationalConferenceS.ARCH-201707-09 June 2017, Hong Kong, Get it published Verlag, Erlangen,502–514;

[12C] Czałczyńska-Podolska M., Rzeszotarska-Pałka M., 2016. Protection of thehistorical structure of greenery in the spatial layout of Szczecin, in:Ukrainian-Polish architectural visions: A look through the times and epochs., BeketovNationalUniversityofUrbanEconomy,Kharkiv,81–91;

[13C] Czałczyńska-Podolska M., 2015. The importance of green areas in therevitalisation of housing complexes, in: Greenery in urban renovationprogrammes [monograph], ed. M. Kosmala, Polish Association of SanitaryEngineersandTechnicians,ToruńBranch,Toruń,177–185;

[14C] Czałczyńska-PodolskaM.,2012.LandscapeidentificationasabasisforaplantomakeembankmentavailablebasedontheexampleoftheOaklandWaterfrontinCalifornia, in:The identityofa city landscape,Monograph,ed.H.Petryshyn,E.Sochacka-Sutkowska,Publ.ZUT,Szczecin,195–200

[15C] Czałczyńska-Podolska M., Sochacka-Sutkowska E. 2009. Assessment of thepotentialcreatedbytheRiverlandscapefortheformingoftheidentityofaportcity (based on the example of Szczecin), in:Water in the Townscape, vol. 2,Monography, ed. A. Januchta-Szostak, Poznań University of TechnologyPublishingHouse,Poznań,61–72;

[16C] Czałczyńska-PodolskaM.,2008.Therealisationofrecreation-relatedneedsinahousing estate — assessment of conditions and possibilities of theirimprovement, in: Housing and environmental conditions in post-communistcountries, Monography, ed. B. Komar, B. Kucharczyk-Brus, Publ. SilesianUniversityofTechnology,Gliwice,82–93.

Idiscussedthesubjectoftheattractivenessofgreenareasforhousingcomplexesin4peer-reviewedarticlesandonearticlenotrequiringscientificexpertise.Ipreparedasynthesisandsummaryofmydoctoral thesisaspartofacomparativeanalysisofthe possibilities of meeting the recreational needs in selected Polish and foreignhousing complexes [6C]. As a consequence of my studies and search for goodpracticesinthedevelopmentofhousingcomplexes,ImadecontactwiththeDanishBuilding Research Institute (Sbi) Aalborg University, Department of Housing andUrban Renewal – a leadingDanish science and research centre dealingwith issues



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suchasconstructionandimprovementofthequalityofsolutionsandurbanrenewalas well as I cooperated with housing estate councils in Szczecin. The problem ofproperdevelopmentofhousing complexgroundswasdiscussed indetailbymeonthe examples of selected housing complexes. The analysis of location, landscape,programme, opinions of residents and inconveniences in recreation led to thediagnosisofrecreationopportunitiesandtheindicationofactionsimportantfortheimprovementofconditionsinthisrespect[16C].Inmystudies,theevaluationofthedevelopment of housing estates was based on my pyramid of recreational needsinspiredbytheMaslowpyramidofneeds,whichmaybeaninterestingalternativetoother methods of evaluation, due to the multi-faceted approach to the issue ofrecreation. In the next article based on the analysis of selected examples ofrecreation areas, I sought to identify factors important for effective planning andshaping recreation areas in the city and to indicate the desired directions for therevitalization of green areas and specific actions improving their attractiveness forrecreation [15C]. Research on the attractiveness and evaluation of green areas inhousingestateswasthesubjectofmythreespeechesatthefollowingconferences:25thForumofLandscapeArchitecture“Landscapeplanning”,16–17November2012,Lublin–KazimierzDolny,11thScientificandTechnicalConference“CityGreenery–NaturalResourcesoftheCity”,“GreeneryinRevitalizationofthePublicSpace”,7–9October2015,ToruńandInternationalCongressofPolishLandscapeArchitects,22–22September2007,Kraków.

The issue of identity creation,which is being elaborated in landscape studies, wasmainlyaddressedbymewithintheInternationalresearchprojectoftheMinistryofScienceandHigherEducation:"CreatingtheidentityofthecityofSzczecinbyutilizingculturalqualitiesofitsriversidelandscapes"carriedoutintheyears2010-2012underthe direction of PLw2and ZUT3Prof. Halyna Petryshyn. The subject of our researchwastheWesternandEasternOderriverbelt,morethan30kmlong, locatedwithinthebordersofSzczecin,togetherwiththesurroundinglanddevelopmentandgreenareas.Theareascoveredbytheresearchwereanalysedintermsofhistoricalculturalvalue,contemporaryformsofuseandimportance,accessibilityandlandscapevalues.On the basis of the evaluation, I indicated the centres of Szczecin's landscapeidentification and the existing and possible to create functional and panoramaconnectionsbetweentheminordertointegratetheriverandriversideareaswiththecity. An important part of my research was the comparative analysis of certainsolutionsfortherevitalizationofwatersideareasinselectedcities,whichIconductedduringmystayintheUnitedStates.Fieldstudies,functionalandlandscapeanalysesaswell as historical and interpretative analyses of sourcematerialswere aimed atindicatingthefactorsofwaterfrontdevelopmentandwaystohighlighttheiridentityaswell as searching for elements of revitalisation programmes and specific spatial

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solutions that canbeused inPoland. The researchwaspublished in a co-authoredmonograph[1C]andinthreepeer-reviewedarticles[5C,14C,15C],aswellasitwaspresented at the International Scientific Conference, Water in the Townscape, 13February2009inPoznań.

ThethirdissueIraisedinthefieldoflandscapestudieswaslandscapeevaluation.Theexpert opinion on cultural and aesthetic values of the landscape for the DrawskoPomorskie municipality has become the basis for the analysis of usefulness andlimitationsofthelandscapeauditmethodologyforstudiesonlandscape[2C,3C].Thecurrentformofauditmethodologyneedstobesupplemented,primarilyinordertoadaptitsdegreeofdetailtolocalneedsandtotakedueaccountofthescenicvalueofthe landaswellasthecomplexityofurban landscapes(cityscapes).Theanalysescarriedout also allowed to identify areaswhich, due to a significant decline in thelandscape value, require an analysis of the legitimacy of their further protectionwithin the "PojezierzeDrawskie" Protected LandscapeArea,which is a lake region.Thediscussedissuesbelongtothemainstreamofthestatutoryresearchundertakenin the Chair of Landscape Design (research project "Research on the landscape ofWesternPomerania").

The imperfectionsor limitationsnoticed intheexistingevaluationmethods inspiredme to search for new criteria of space evaluation, corresponding to thecontemporaryspatialrequirementsandthespecificityofurbanareasandlocalitiesofWestPomerania. Ielaboratedthis topicbyanalysingandevaluatingselectedtownsandurbandevelopments,whicharepartofoneoftheresearchcurrentsoftheChairof Contemporary Architecture, Theory and Methodology of Design concerningcultural landscape.The integrationofarchitectureand landscapewasadoptedasamodel factor of cultural landscape evaluation. The studies carried out by our duet(W.BalandM.Czałczyńska-Podolska)focusedonthepossibilitiesofinterpretingtheintegration of architecture and landscape, attempts to define it and the search foruniversal factors whose synergistic action contributes to the integration ofarchitectureandlandscape,aswellasthedevelopmentofcriteriafortheevaluationof spatial solutions desired for the integration of architecture and landscape.Possibilities of interpreting the integration of architecture and landscape andsearchingforactivitiesintegratingspaceidentifiedintheformofuniversalfactorsarepresented in two subsequent articles [7C, 11C]. The third article [9C] presents anoriginal method of spatial evaluation representing a holistic approach to theevaluation of the cultural landscape. The basis for the development of evaluationcriteria isanoriginaldefinitionoftheintegrationofarchitectureandlandscapeasasynergyoffactorsinfluencingboththespatialandsociallayer.Thedevelopedcriteriafortheevaluationoftheculturallandscapewerethebasisfortheanalysisofselectedurbandevelopments inWestPomerania,evaluationof the jointactionof the listedfactorsandverificationofthepositivespatialandsocialroleoftheselectedsites.Asaresult,itbecamepossibletoidentifytheelementsinfluencingthedisintegrationof



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space, and thus the threats to the cultural landscape and thedesireddirections ofactivities for its preservation. Research on the integration of architecture andlandscape was the subject of 3 speeches at conferences: International scientificconference entitled “Object, Architecture, Environment”, 26 April 2017, Rumia,S.ARCH2017:SustainableArchitecture,the4thInternationalConferenceS.ARCH,7–9June 2017, Hong Kong and 5th InternationalMultidisciplinary Scientific ConferenceonSocialSciences&Arts,SGEM2018,Albena,24August–2September2018.

I also researched the fieldof landscapeandWesternPomerania, combining itwiththeissueoftherapeuticspace,whichIhavealreadyaddressedpreviously[10C].Theaim of the research was to identify and compare the determinants of therapeuticspaceandpublicspaceinahealthresortandtoanalysetheuseofthedeterminantsof therapeutic space in public space on the example of the health-resort town ofPołczyn Zdrój. The results of the research were presented in a speech at theconference: 5th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on SocialSciences & Arts, SGEM 2018, Albena, 24 August – 2 September 2018. Alsonoteworthy is the topic of opportunities for development of marine and sailingtourismintheseasidebeltofWesternPomerania[8C].Thetopicwasinitiatedaspartoftheresearchprojectentitled"Sustainabledevelopmentofmarinetourismareas:amodelapproach.CasestudiesofselectedBalticSearegions”.Theproject,whichIco-authored togetherwith a researcher from ZUT,was submitted by a consortium ofthree universities (University of Łódź, Maritime Academy of Szczecin and WestPomeranianUniversity of Technology in Szczecin) in theDIANA competition of theNational Research Centre. As part of the previous research and preparatoryworksaimed at the development of the project, the potential of marine tourism in theregionofWesternPomeraniawasdiagnosed, landscapeandcultural aspects in thedevelopmentofmarinetourism(inparticularsailingtourism)wereidentifiedandthehistoricalandspatialconditionsforthelocationandconcentrationofsailingtourismactivityintheareaofselectedtownofDziwnówwereanalysed.

In summary, as a result of research carried out in the field of landscape studies, Ipublished16peer-reviewedpapersanddelivered9papersatscientificconferencesinPolandandabroad.

Simultaneouslywithmyscientificwork,Iundertookstudiesanddesignworks,manyof which were strongly connected with the described research topics. What Iconsidertobeveryimportantaretheteamworkcompetitiondesignsconcerningthedevelopment of a public space or neighbourhood spaces, in which threadsconcerning the integrative value of space, elaborated byme inmy research, havebeenused.Thesedesignswere:competitionarchitecturalconstructiondesignwithaconcept of development of a section of Pope John Paul II's Avenue (Aleja PapieżaJana Pawła II) – between Plac Lotników Square and the Plac Żołnierza PolskiegoSquare in Szczecin, intended for a public space friendly to inhabitants, 2017;Competition urban planning design "Tame Urban Wasteland", 2016; Concept of a



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park on Błonia common land near the Lublin Castle against the background ofproposed urban planning solutions", 2015. These projects included, among otherthings, utility and didactic gardens with elements of hortitherapy and ediblelandscaping, as well as the function of play and the idea of urban gardening –solutions corresponding to the research I have undertaken into social aspects oflandscapearchitecture.Othercompetitiondesigns(Competitiondesignofthe"Urbanand architectural concept for the development of the area of Kręta Street and theeastern section of Podgórna Street in Tczew", 2017; Competition design for acoherenturbangreenerysystem inGorzówWielkopolski,2016;Competitiondesignfor an urban and architectural concept for the development of Plac PiłsudskiegoSquare inWrocław,2013)primarily focusedontherecreationalvalueofspace.Thecompetition designs, which I consider particularly important is the UrbanDevelopmentDesign"ToTameUrbanWasteland",whichwonthefirstprize.

Other important design and study works related to my research topics includecompilations on landscape architecture drawn up for schools and housing estatecouncils (i.a. the Concept of development of land near the Primary School inPomierzyn, 2016; The concept of development theMisiaWojtka Square –militaryplayground inSzczecin,2014;Thedesignfordevelopmentof landneartheLeonardPiwoni1stPrivateSecondarySchoolatKlonowica3,Szczecin,2018). Importantandvery extensive work was a landscape study prepared in a team of two people:Czałczyńska-PodolskaM.,Rzeszotarska-PałkaM.,2016“Theexpertreportonculturaland aesthetic values of landscape in Drawsko Pomorskie municipality”, which wasbasedonthemethodologyoflandscapeaudit.Inadditiontomyworkinthefieldoflandscapearchitecture,Iamalsoaco-authorofconstructionandconceptualdesigns,which I have drawn upwhileworking as an architect assistant. I’d like to highlightdesignplans related to the constructionand reconstructionof fuel stations,due totheirspecificnature.

My additional field of creativity combined with science is photography. Myphotographs serve as illustrations in my publications, conference papers andmultimedialecturespreparedforlectures,brochuresandposters.ThephotographsItookaspartofmyresearchworkwerepresentedatphotographicexhibitions:"LvivGardens(co-author:SutkowskaE.)and"City'sWaterfront"(co-authors:PetryshynH.,PilarczykA.,Sochacka-SutkowskaE.).

Insummary,myachievementsinscienceandresearchare54publications,ofwhich46werepublishedaftermydoctorate.Iamtheauthorandco-authorof:42articlespublishedinpeer-reviewedjournalsandmonographs(including37afterdoctorate),2monographs (1 individual,habilitation (postdoctorate)and1co-authored)and10conferencearticlesorotherwithoutpoints(including7afterdoctorate).

MyHirschindexaccordingtoGoogleScholaris3,accordingtoWebofScienceitis1,and the total impact factor of scientific publications according to Journal Citation



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Reports (JCR), for the year of publication, IF=3.294. Threepapers arepublished intheWebof Science collection, andanother six arebeing indexed,which shouldbecompletedin2019,giventheprocessdurationinthepast.ThenumberofcitationsofmyworksaccordingtoGoogleScholaris78,WoS–14,Scopus–20.ThetotalnumberofpointsformypublicationsaccordingtotheMSHEis295.3points(ofwhich272.3pointsareforpaperspublishedafterthedoctorate).Myresearchhasbeenpresentedin26speechesatnationalandinternationalscientificconferences(including20aftermydoctorate).

Formyachievements,IreceivedtwoindividualscientificawardsoftheRectorofZUT,in 2014, itwas the third prize and in 2016 itwas the second prize. In 2015, Iwasawarded an important prize closely related to my postdoctoral research. For myresearch on children's behaviour in the playground space and its playability andintegration potential, the Chapter House of theWest Pomeranian Club of ScienceLeaders awarded me a prestigious prize, theWest Pomeranian “Nobel Prize”. Myresearch has also become the basis for drawing up a number ofmy own, originaldidactic programmes for courses that I teach to groups majoring in LandscapeArchitecture of theWKŚiR4(e.g. designing playgrounds, shaping recreation spaces,shaping neighbourhood spaces, psychological bases for shaping spaces), groupsmajoring in SpatialManagement of theWKŚiR (psychological conditioningof spacemanagement, recreation in the city) as well as those majoring in the Interior andOutdoor Architectural Design of the WBiA (i.a. social aspects in shaping greenestablishments,specializeddesigningofgreenestablishments).

5.2.Didacticachievements


IstartedmylecturingworkattheAcademyofAgriculture,FacultyofEnvironmentalManagementandAgricultureasadoctoralstudentattheChairofLandscapeDesignin2002.Simultaneouslywithmyscientificwork,IgavelecturestogroupsmajoringinLandscapeArchitecture. In the first two years, I dealtwith courses ofDrawing andSculptureaswellasTheoryandPrinciplesofDesign, in thenext twoyearsalso thecourses of Landscape Design and diploma practice. I also was a consultant fordiplomathesesingardening,inthespecializationofshapinggreenareas,whichwerepromoted by Prof. Adam Szymski,. As part of my scientific and didactic work, Iworked with housing estate councils and management boards of housingcooperatives, as a result of which, under my direction, students of landscapearchitecturedrawnupaconceptforthedevelopmentofhousingestateinteriorsandrecreation areas. The design works developed by students were presented at two

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exhibitions. The first one, organized by me in cooperation with the Board of theGłębokie-PilchowoHousingEstate in2006,concernedthedevelopmentof the localsquare and garden by the church and took place in the Municipal Public Library,BranchNo.11.ThesecondoneconcerningthedevelopmentofWzgórzeHetmańskiehousingestatewasorganizedincooperationwiththe"Kolejarz"HousingCooperativein 2007 in the "Hetman" Housing Estate Club. In 2004, a design work, which Isupervised,wasawardedinthenationalarchitecturalcompetition"Playgroundsandcourtyards for children in public areas in Poland", Association of Lower SilesianGardens.


After obtaining my doctoral degree as an assistant professor at the Chair ofLandscapeDesign, I continuedmydidacticworkwithgroupsmajoring inLandscapeArchitecture and Spatial Management. The courses taught by me in the major ofLandscapeArchitecture(aftertheintroductionofthetwo-stagestudysystemandthereadjustment of the study programme to the courses) included: introduction tolandscape design – kitchen garden/neighbourhood interior (S1, sem. 5) – lectures,labs; introduction to spatial planning (S1, sem. 4) – lectures, labs; shaping therecreationspace(S1,sem.6)–lectures;shapingtheneighbourhoodspace(S1,sem.6)–lectures;designingplaygrounds(S1,sem.7)–lectures;spatialplanning(S1,sem.5)–designlabs;diplomalabs(S1,sem.7,S2,sem.2,3),psychologicalfoundationsofspace shaping (S2, sem. 2) – lectures, labs. In themajor of SpatialManagement, Itaught such courses as: urban designing (S1, sem. 4) – lectures, labs; social andcultural bases of spatialmanagement (S1, sem. 4) – lectures, labs; revitalisation ofurbanareas (S1, sem. 6) – labs; psychological determinantsof spacedesigning (S2,sem.2)–lectures.

SinceFebruary2017,IhavebeenworkingattheChairofContemporaryArchitecture,TheoryandMethodologyofDesign,FacultyofCivilEngineeringandArchitecture.Myactivityisprimarilyteachinginthenewlystartedmajor(academicyear2016/2017)ofInterior andOutdoor Architectural Design. I teach the following courses: design ofsmallurbaninteriors(S1,sem.2)–lectures,designinglabs;downtowndevelopmentdesigning (S1, sem. 4) – lectures; history of interiors and gardens (S1, sem. 4) –lectures; social aspects in shaping greenery establishments (S1, sem. 4) – lectures;designingofgreeneryintegratedwitharchitecture(S1,sem.5)–lectures;specializeddesigningofgreeneryestablishments(S1,sem.6)– lectures,design labs. IalsogivelecturesanddesignlabsinthemajorofArchitectureandUrbanPlanning(S2)aspartofthelandscapedesigncourseandinthemajorofArchitectureandUrbanPlanning(S2)inlandscapedesigncourse.IcontinuetocooperatewiththeChairofLandscapeDesign,teachingsomeoftheclassesentrustedtomesofar(especiallythoseclosely



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relatedtomyresearchareas,suchas:playgrounddesign,shapingrecreationspaceorpsychologicalfoundationsforshapingspace).

I am in charge of the most of taught courses and I have authored their didacticprograms. I have developed 16 course programmes in the current study plans,including:5 in themajorof InteriorAndOutdoorArchitecturalDesign (S1),5 in themajor of Landscape Architecture (S1), 1 in the major of Architecture and UrbanPlanning (S2), 1 in themajor of Landscape Architecture (S2/N2), 2 in themajor ofSpatialManagement(S1/N1),2inthemajorofSpatialManagement(S2/N2)

Ialsosupervisediplomathesesinlandscapearchitectureandspatialmanagement.Sofar, I have supervised 48 engineering andmaster's theses, including: 14 engineer'stheses in landscape architecture, 5 engineer's theses in spatial management, 27master's theses in landscape architecture and 2 master's theses in spatialmanagement.TwodiplomatheseswererecognizedbytheMayorofSzczecinin2014and 2008. I also supervised students’ design works winning awards in nationalcompetitions.In2017,threeworksdrawnupundermydirectionaspartoflandscapedesigncourse(S2,AiU)wererecognizedinthecompetitionannouncedbytheMayorof the City of Krosno entitled "A concept for the development of green areas inKrosno”. Another recognized work was the one submitted in the nationwidecompetition "Inspirations in space" organized by the editorial staff of the "ZieleńMiejska” monthly, 2015 edition, the topic of "Health Resort Zone”. My importantdidactic achievements also include a series of lectures conducted for 3rd-year and4th-yearstudentsofLandscapePlanningduringmystayattheDepartmentofNaturalScience, Oulu University of Applied Science in Oulu, Finland. The didactic trip wascarriedoutin2015aspartoftheErasmusprogramme.

In teaching students, I often use knowledge andmethods from the borderland ofarchitecture, landscape architecture and environmental psychology, paying specialattentiontosocial issuesofspacedesign.Designing ismypassionwhoseessence isman–Itrytopassthispassionandsensitivityontostudents.Duringdesignclassesand lectures, I put emphasis on understanding space in the context of impact onpeople,whichisthebasisfordesigningspacesfriendlyandclosetopeople.

In 2017, I received an individual award from the Rector of ZUT for my didacticachievements.



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5.3. Organisational achievements, scientific cooperation and makingsciencefamiliartopeople


Duringmydoctoralstudies(2002-2006), Iperformedmanyauxiliaryactivities intheChair of Landscape Design, such as: preparing didactic materials, working on thescheduling, preparingmaterials for the Chair'swebsite or assisting in the entranceexamsand theadmissions.Oneofmymost important taskswas to coordinate thecooperationbetween theChair and theFachhochschule inNeubrandenburgand tocorrespondwith themon anongoingbasis. Iwas also amemberof theorganizingcommittee of the 9th Forum of Landscape Architecture "Water in the Landscape",which took place in September 2006. Apart from organizing the conference anddraftingmessages,Idesignedtheconferencelogo.Aftertheconference,Iworkedinthe editorial team of the post-conference monograph. In the same year, I wasentrustedwiththedutiesofcoordinatorandscientificsupervisorofthepostgraduatestudyoflandscapearchitecture.


After obtaining the doctoral degree, my organizational activity focused oncoordinating the activities of the Postgraduate Studies of Landscape Architecture(PSAK). As an expert-supervisor and coordinator, I developed a new studyprogramme, which was implemented in 2008. Both programme changes andpromotional activities (e.g. a website prepared by me, advertising brochures andposters designed and printed byme) resulted in great interest and resumption ofsubsequent editionsof PSAK (2008–2010, 2010–2012, 2011–2013). Evenduringmystay in the United States, I coordinated works related to the organization ofcongresses, prepared plans of congresses or corresponded with participants ofcourses.

InadditiontotakingcareofPSAK,Iworkedfortheuniversity,participatinginvariousteamsandfacultycommittees. IwasappointedtheChairwomanof theProgrammeCouncilforthemajorofLandscapeArchitecture(2012-2017);IalsoactivelyactedasSecretaryoftheFacultyCommissionfortheDidacticsoftheWKŚiR(2012-2017)andSecretary of the Faculty Commission for the compilation of “the DevelopmentStrategy for Faculty of Environmental Management and Agriculture of the WestPomeranianUniversityofTechnology inSzczecin for2011-2020” (2012-2017). IwasalsoamemberofthePromotionTeamoftheFacultyofEnvironmentalManagementand Agriculture (2011-2013) and Secretary of the Recruitment Committee for themajorofLandscaping2007/2008.Between2012and2017,Iwasthechairwomanofthe Landscape Architecture Diploma Examinations Committee several times. Since



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2017, I have been a member of the Programme Committee for the majors ofArchitectureandUrbanPlanningandtheInteriorandOutdoorArchitecturalDesign.

Myactivity inscientificcooperationandpopularizationofscience isconnectedwithmy research interests and the subject matter of courses taught – I organizeconferences,reviewarticles,variousspeeches,lecturesandpiecesoftraining.

In2010,IwasamemberoftheorganizingcommitteeoftheInternationalConference"IdentityoftheCityscape"andtheFestivalofLandscapeArchitecture"ARCHKRAJ"onMay 21, 2010, Szczecin and a member of the scientific committee of the PolishScientific Conference called 17th Forum of Landscape Architecture "When thelandscape becomes attractive?", October 9–10,2014, Szczecin – Świnoujście. I wasalso invited to cooperate as part of the 11th Annual International Conference onPsychology – "My City", Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) andInternational Conference on Education and Social Development (ESD2017), 20-22October 2017, Xiamen. I have reviewed articles for Polish and foreign journals:Architektura krajobrazu/Landscape Architecture (list B, ISSN 1641-5159), Journal ofEnvironmental Psychology (list A, ISSN 0272-4944, IF: 4,462), European Journal ofDevelopmentalPsychology (ISSN1740-5629,ListA, IF:1.721). Ialsotookpart intheInternational TeacherExchangeWeekProgramme2015 inOulu, Finland, aspartofErasmus+StaffMobilityforTeaching.Since2009,IhavebeenafoundingmemberoftheAssociationofPolish LandscapeArchitects (SPAK); currently, I amamemberoftheCentralAuditCommitteeofSPAKandamemberoftheAssociationofLandscapeArchitects(SAK).Duetomyresearchinterests,in2009,IjoinedtheInternationalPlayAssociation.

Important achievements in the popularization of science also include lectures andmeetingswhicharetheaftermathoftheWestPomeranianNobelPrizeIreceivedin2015.At the invitationofMarcinPrzepiera,DeputyMayorofSzczecin, Ipreparedalecture for the representatives of ZBiLK, ZUK and the Szczecin CityHall InvestmentDepartment.Ihavegivensimilarlecturesonhousingestateplaygrounds–“newideasandconcepts”–attheinvitationofthePresidentofSM"Dąb"forrepresentativesofcouncils of following housing estates: Dąbie, Podjuchy, Zdroje, Słoneczne,Majowe,Bukowe. I was also invited to participate in radio broadcasts on Radio Szczecin(programmetitled"Moreandmorefences"devotedtothephenomenonoffencingoff the space in 2016; radioprogrammedevoted to scientific research in 2015).Atthe trainingconference titled"Waterandgreenery in thecity",on24April2015 inSzczecin,Igavealecture"Theessenceoftheplayground”.Aspartofthe4thFestivalofRoseson19June2016,Ideliveredapresentationonvariousformsofplaygroundsand presented a co-authored showcase garden (authors: Czałczyńska-PodolskaM.,Rzeszotarska-PałkaM.).Otherimportantsciencepromotionactivitiesincludelecturesandworkshopsorganisedincooperationwithschools.In2017and2018,Iwasaco-organizer of design workshops and lectures conducted in the L. Piwoni PrivateSecondarySchoolinSzczecinonthenewdevelopmentoftheschoolyard.Ialsogave



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alectureonthedevelopmentofschoolgardensforparentsofstudentsofthePublicPrimarySchool inGłębokieanddesignclasses forstudentsof theSecondarySchoolNo.13inKaliszPomorski.

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