Immediately following the completion of my Master of Science degree in Architecture and Urban Planning at the Warsaw University of Technology in Poland’s capital, I moved to one of the toughest real estate markets in the world - NYC. Not having any local professional connections, I applied for various internships and was accepted into the practice of Robert Siegel Architects. I worked over the summer of 2002 on the competition for the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt. Although we did not win, it was a tremendous experience and allowed me to get the proverbial foot in the door.
My love affair with architecture started when I visited renaissance Florence, Italy in elementary school. There is something particularly captivating in the city’s architecture—not only the shapes, textures and materials, but the scale, the light and shadow, the fact that there is an interior and an exterior and that they are in constant conversation with each other. Naturally, I get inspired by precedents, the work of present and past masters. Human psychology in relation to the built environment also interests me. Architecture is like a movie set where you imagine how people act and interact in different spaces. My clients significantly impact the way my projects turn out, with their unique personalities and preferences predominantly guiding my designs.