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Hello! I'm Dagmara Żurek and I am an architect. I create projects in the field of

I am also enthusiastic about manual work. I like to share my experience and passion for eco-construction, and I am most keen to learn

Right now

Workshops & events:

Oct 2022 | À vos mains, prêts ? Construisez ! | Strasbourg | as part of the JNA2022 event (Journées Nationales de l'Architecture) | workshop which aims to experiment with an alternative construction methods and reuse of abundant materials, such as raw earth and construction rubble.
Sept 2022 | Workshop on the on the participatory construction site in Grendelbruch, France | Renovation of an traditional alsatian house, hempcrete internal insulation, thermal correction | Twiza
Jun 2022 | Workshop on the ecological construction site in Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Portugal | 3-weeks experience during the Workaway program allowed me to learn the local building techniques of shale stone, application of clay and lime plaster coatings, woodwork, etc.
Dec 2021 | 1. Award in the competition for the Environmental Help and Support Center for people with disabilities in Żoliborz, Warsaw
May 2021 | Clay and lime plasters - workshop | Ośrodek ekologiczny w Jasionce
Sept - October 2020 | Motyka i Słońce, Gardening practices, or how to make a park in a park | a small project which aims to ameliorate the quality of the soil in community garden in the Jazdów 3/9
Aug 2020 | Siedlisko Permakultury Zdrojewo | practice and theory of permaculture design, volunteer work as part of the workaway program (more info about Siedlisko here)
Jul 2020 | Workshop Festival Outdoor | SPOT

Cerfiticates:

2023/05 | Formation Pro-Paille | RFCP Réseau Français de la construction paille | Oikos
2022/12 | Rénovation performante - les clés de la réhabilitation énergétique | MOOC Bâtiment durable | on-line course in the subject of renovation of old buildings in terms of thermal comfort and applicable energy standards
2022/10-11 | Construire en fibres végétales aujourd'hui | Amàco | MOOC Bâtiment durable | on-line course on contemporary construction techniques with the use of plant fibers and natural low-processed materials
2022/07 | CONSTRUIRE EN TERRE CRUE | ACTeco | on-line course about building in raw earth
2022/07 | CONSTRUIRE EN PAILLE | ACTeco | on-line course about strawbale building
2020-2021 | Professional Certificate Zero-Energy Design: an approach to make your building sustainable | TU Delft (certificate)
2021/06-07 | Summer school of natural building practice | Permaculture, natural buildings, architecture, natural interiors | Kotlina Kłodzka, Pologne (certificate)
2021/04 | Construction and static and strength calculations of wooden frame structures | on-line training, completed with a certificate
2020 | Solar diagram in use - the analysis of insolation and shading of the building | IARP (Polish Order of Architects)

Lectures:

  • Végétaliser son toit, Gernot Minke, Terre Vivante
  • Les clés du confort thermique écologique, Claude Lefrançois, Terre Vivante
  • Élyse Yves, La Valée de l'abeille noire, Actes Sud Nature, 2021
  • Hadrien Klent, Paresse pour tous, La Tripode, 2021
  • Toby Hemenway, Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition, Chelsea Green Publishing
  • Reine de Graaf, Cztery ściany i dach. Złożona natura prostej profesji, Wydawnictwo Instytut Architektury
  • La rénovation écologique, Pierre Lévy, Terre Vivante
  • Joëlle Zask, Zoocities. Des animaux sauvages dans la ville, Premier Parallèle, 2020
  • Steel Carolyn, Sitopia. Jak jedzenie może ocalić świat, Wysoki Zamek
  • Dorota Brauntsch, Domy bezdomne, Wydawnictwo Dowody na Istnienie
  • Sylvain Grisot, Manifeste pour un urbanisme circulaire, Apogee
  • Corentin de Chatelperron, Nomade des mers. Le tour du monde des innovations, arte editions
  • Janette Sadik-Khan, Seth Salomonow, Walka o ulice. Jak odzyskać miasto dla ludzi, Wysoki Zamek
  • Claire Desmares-Poirrier, L'éxode urbain. Manifeste pour la ruralité positive, terre vivante
  • Mathis Rager, Emanuel Stern, Raphael Walther, Le tour de France des maisons écologiques, Éditions Altérnatives
  • Julia Watson, Lo-TEK Design by Radical Indigenism, TASCHEN
  • Louise Browaeys, Permaculture au quotidien, terre vivante
  • Witold Rybczyński, Dom, krótka historia idei, Wydawnictwo Karakter

Recent conferences:

  • Conférence « Architecture frugale – Rénovations inspirantes dans le Grand Est et ailleurs » par Dominique Gauzin-Müller | 29/03/23 ENSA Strasbourg
  • JNA (Journées Nationales de l'Architecture) 2022 | Inaugural conference - Gilles Perraudin | 23/09/2022
  • 5ème Sandwich du bâtiment durable : réemploi à la maison des canaux de Paris | Envirobat Grand Est | videoconference
  • Paillardages the cycle of videoconfrences organized by RFCP (Réseau Français de la Construction Paille)
  • La paille dans les chais bioclimatiques Video-conference on 11/25/2021, led by Marine Jacques-Leflaive from AZCA (Atelier Zero Carbone Architectes). As part of the conference cycle "Paillardages" organized by the Réseau Français de la Construction Paille (RFCP).
  • Eco_talks Eco-building - architectural lectures | science club Habitat Now, Wydział Architektury Politechniki Wrocławskiej
  • Masters of Architecture - Dietmar Eberle - Baumschlager Eberle Architekten, "From wanting to doing" (online lecture about 2226 building)
  • Non-human city – the lecture of Filip Springer | Muzeum POLIN
  • « Métamorphoser l’acte de construire » Frugalité heureuse et créative, a cycle of weekly videoconferences 12/2020
  • Jean-Marc Jancovici : Il était une fois l'énergie, le climat, et la relance post-covid - EIVP - 21/09/2020 | webinar
  • Cohabitat webinar Budownictwo z natury
  • Architektura Kryzysu klimatycznego, a cycle of videoconferences organised by ZODIAK Warszawski Pawilon Architektury
  • Socjologia dla architektów, ZODIAK Warszawski Pawilon Architektury, videoconference
  • OSBN | Festiwal Naturalnego Budowania 2017, Warszawa BUW - online lectures