Something ends, something begins. Marlena Happach will not be leading the Office of Architecture and Spatial Planning of the City of Warsaw.
The architect is a graduate of the Faculty of Architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology, from which she graduated in 2004. Marlena Happach's path to the position of Architect of the City of Warsaw ran through many years of work in professional self-government institutions. She served as vice president of the SARP Warsaw Branch from 2012 to 2015, and then as president of the branch for a year.
In 2016, Marlena Happach won the competition for the position of director of the Office of Architecture and Urban Planning. At her request, the position of architect of the City of Warsaw was appointed, which she also assumed. The architect held both positions until April 12, 2024.
Achieving the target state - sustainable spatial order in Warsaw, so badly experienced during World War II and for forty-four years of "planned socialist economy" - is more difficult than in other cities. Neglect and abandonment can be seen especially on the right bank of the Vistula River; in Old and New Praga, Szmulki, Targówek," Marlena Happach pointed out in an interview with A&B conducted by Alicja Gzowska in 2020.
Who will take over her function?
One of the most important questions facing Varsovians now is who will replace Marlena Happach. Bartosz Rozbiewski currently holds the position of BAiPP director. Warsaw, like other cities, is now facing the challenge of preparing and adopting the General Plan, and thus adapting the Municipal Development Strategy to its new conditions. A competition will be held for the position.
