PROFFESIONAL INTERESTS
Strategic Planning, Urban Design and Development, Urban Management and Planning Processes, with special attention to design and development of public spaces, urban regeneration, implementation of public policy and environmental issues.
EDUCATION
Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
DSc Diploma (Habilitation), July 2007
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Fulbright Fellowship, Special Program in Urban and Regional Studies for Developing Countries,
August 1996 - May 1997
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
International Training Program - Strategic Planning and Local Development July 1997
Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland
PhD Diploma, November 2001 (With distinction)
Polish Ministry for Infrastructure Award for best 2001 Urban Design and Development PhD Dissertation
Masters of Science in Architecture, June 1994
University President Award for Outstanding Diploma,
Polish Ministry for Construction and Spatial Development Award for best 1994 Urban Planning Diploma;
MSc Course in Environmental Protection: specialization in Ecological Architecture and Local Sustainable Development, October 1993-June 1994
EMPLOYMENT
Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Urbanism and Regional Planning
Associate Professor, Gdansk, Poland
Lecturer and Studio critic, since 2007 Head of the Department of Urban Design and Regional Planning.
Employed since September 1994
Synergia 99, Ltd. – private land development company responsible for implementation of the Young City project in Gdańsk, Poland
Main urban design and development consultant of the company 2005 – 2006
UNDP Umbrella Project, Warsaw, Poland
UNDP consultant on local sustainable development and strategic planning in Polish municipalities
1998 - 2004
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
URBAN DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT:
Consultant to the BPTO Gdańsk Development A/S – private investor dealing with post-shipyard areas in Gdańsk Responsible for preparation and presentation of various design and documentary reports regarding planning and development of different parts of the site Since 2007
Regeneration Plan for the Distressed Urban Areas for the City of Starogard Gdanski, Poland
Author of the planning documents and moderator of the public workshops conducted in order to generate basic conclusions for the final design scheme. Acting on behalf of the City of Starogard Gdanski. 2007-2008
Regeneration Plan for the Distressed Urban Areas for the City of Wejherowo, Poland
Author of the planning documents and moderator of the public workshops conducted in order to generate basic conclusions for the final design scheme. Acting on behalf of the City of Wejherowo. 2007
Urban Development Study for the Międzytorze Area in Gdynia, Poland
Co-author of the urban design study for the major distressed area in Gdynia developed on the behalf of both City of Gdynia and TriGranit Development Corporation 2006 – 2007
Operational Urban Regeneration Plan for the Young City Area in Gdańsk, Poland
Author of the planning documents and moderator of the public workshops conducted in order to generate basic conclusions for the final design scheme. Acting on behalf of the Synergia 99 Ltd. and Wyspa Art Institute. 2006
Architectural and Urban Order as the Element of Poland’s Spatial Arrangement System
Author of the expert work for the Polish Government Centre for Strategic Studies 2004
Operational Urban Regeneration Plan for the Grodzisko Area in Gdańsk
Author of the planning documents and moderator of the public workshops conducted in order to generate basic conclusions for the final design scheme. Acting on behalf of the City of Gdańsk. 2004 – 2005
Urban Volume Study for the Young City area In Gdańsk
Head of the planning team acting on behalf of the land owner – Synergia 99 Ltd. 2004
Regeneration Plan for the Distressed Urban Areas for the City of Gdańsk
Co-author and coordinator of the works of multi-disciplinary team – completed for the Gdańsk Development Office. 2004
Instruments of Urban Management in the Disposal of City Mayor, Gdańsk, Poland
Expert work completed for the Gdańsk Development Office. 2004
Urban Regeneration Study – Master Plan – for Gdansk Shipyard Area, Gdansk, Poland
Consultant of the City of Gdansk and land owner (Synergia 99) for the planning process, co-author of the planning document. 2000-2003
Prelude Programme, Gdansk, Poland
Consultant of the Gdansk City Board with the EU-sponsored Prelude programme. Managed to complete a series of reports on planning issues related to Gdansk City Center. 1997 - 1999
Urban Master Plan, Kwidzyn, Poland
Designer. Responsible for heritage protection policy. 1997 - 1998
Urban Regeneration Program for the Historic City of Sopot, Sopot, Poland
Development of the regeneration strategy within the program sponsored by Know-How Fund, completed urban design proposal for one of the quarters. 1997 - 1998
Regeneration Study for Gdynia Downtown Development Zone, Gdynia, Poland
Co-designer of the urban regeneration action plan within the team led by Prof. M. Kochanowski - responsible for management of the project. 1997 - 1998
City Center Development Study, Wladyslawowo, Poland
Advisor to City Board and Mayor. Completed preliminary report, which served as the basis for further works. 1996
Urban Regeneration Study - Gdansk Shipyard Area, Gdansk, Poland
Designer and Project Manager. Coordinated works of large design and support teams, managed contacts with City Council and interested land owners (mainly executives of large companies present in the area, including Gdansk Shipyard). 1995 - 1996.
City Center Urban Development Study, Rumia, Poland
Designer and Project Manager. Coordinated works of design team. Responsible for contacts with City Council Commission and City Planner. 1995 - 1996.
Urban Master Plan, Slawno, Poland
Designer. Responsible for heritage protection policy 1995 - 1996
STRATEGIC PLANNING AND LOCAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT:
Sustainability Audit for the Municipality of Włocławek, Włocławek, Poland
2004 – on behalf of the UN UMBRELLA Project. Responsible for coordination of sustainable urban audit of the municipality. Prepared the trainings and final reports
Sustainable Strategic Plan for Municipality of Hel, Hel, Poland
2003 - on behalf of the UN UMBRELLA Project. Responsible for managing the strategic planning process and cooperation with other consultants, as well as preparation of the final documents of the plan;
Sustainable Strategic Plan for Municipality of Jastarnia, Poland
2003 - on behalf of the UN UMBRELLA Project. Responsible for managing the strategic planning process and cooperation with other consultants, as well as preparation of the final documents of the plan;
Sustainability Audit for the City of Warsaw
2002 – on behalf of the UN UMBRELLA Project. Responsible for coordination of sustainable urban audit of the municipality. Prepared the trainings and final reports.
Sustainability Audit for the Municipality of Elbląg, Poland
2002 – on behalf of the UN UMBRELLA Project. Responsible for coordination of sustainable urban audit of the municipality. Prepared the trainings and final reports.
Sustainable Strategic Plan for Bydgoszcz County, Poland
2000 - on behalf of the UN UMBRELLA Project. Responsible for managing the strategic planning process and cooperation with other consultants, as well as preparation of the final documents of the plan;
Sustainable Strategic Plan for Municipality of Chmielno, Poland
2000 - on behalf of the UN UMBRELLA Project. Responsible for managing the strategic planning process and cooperation with other consultants, as well as preparation of the final documents of the plan;
Sustainable Strategic Plan for Municipality of Elblag, Poland
1999 - 2000 - consultant of the Elblag Municipality - on behalf of the UN UMBRELLA Project. Responsible for conducting and managing the strategic planning process and cooperation with other consultants. Managed to complete the process with the final acceptation of the strategy document by the Local Board;
Sustainable Strategic Plan for Municipality of Bisztynek, Poland
1999 - 2000 - consultant of the Bisztynek Municipality - on behalf of the UN UMBRELLA Project. Responsible for conducting and managing the strategic planning process and cooperation with other consultants. Managed to complete the process with the final acceptation of the strategy document by the Local Board;
Strategic Plan for City of Leba, Poland
1998 - 1999 - consultant of the City of Leba - on behalf of the UN UMBRELLA Project. Responsible for managing the strategic planning process and cooperation with other consultants;
Strategic Plan for City of Sopot, Poland
Spring 1996. Advisor to City Council and City Board. Managed to give the final organizational framework for the Plan. Coordinated early works on the Development Plan, which follows earlier accepted Strategic Plan;
RESEARCH GRANTS
Planning and Implementation of the Urban Regeneration Programs in Polish Cities - research grant sponsored by the Polish Committee of Scientific Research. Head of the research project. 2007-pending
Theming public spaces in contemporary city - research grant sponsored by the Polish Committee of Scientific Research. Head of the research project. 2003-2006
Transformation of the degradated spaces in the Polish metropolitan centers - research grant sponsored by the Polish Committee of Scientific Research - participation in the research team led by Dr T. Parteka. 2003 - 2006
Quality of the Public Spaces in the Post-Industrial Cities - research grant sponsored by the Polish Committee of Scientific Research - participation in the research team led by Prof. M. Kochanowski. 2000 – 2002
Revitalization of the Gdańsk Social Housing Estates from the Interwar Period - research grant sponsored by the Polish Committee of Scientific Research - participation in the research team led by dr hab. Romana Cielątkowska. 2001 – 2002
Architecture and Urbanism of the Social Housing Estates in Gdańsk from the Interwar Period - research grant sponsored by the Polish Committee of Scientific Research - participation in the research team led by dr hab. Romana Cielątkowska. 1999 – 2001
Redefinition of City-Port Structures Under the Transformation of Political and Economic Systems - research grant sponsored by the Polish Committee of Scientific Research - participation in the research team led by Prof. M. Kochanowski. 1996 - 1999
Restructurization and Reurbanization of the Gdansk Agglomeration - Problems of Gdansk City Center - research grant sponsored by the Polish Committee of Scientific Research - participation in the research team led by Prof. M. Kochanowski. 1993-1995
INTERNATIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Within the SOCRATES-ERASMUS teaching staff exchange program responsible for preparation and performance of a set of guest lectures in the following universities:
Hafencity University Hamburg (Germany)
Berlin University of Technology (Germany)
Kassel University (Germany)
Ecole d’Architecture Toulouse (France)
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain)
University of Valladolid (Spain)
University of Beira Interior (Portugal)
Guest lecturer in the Master Course in Real Estate Development at the Berlin University of Technology.
ORGANIZATION OF CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
Large Scale Urban Developments - organizational and scientific secretary of the international conference organized by Faculty of Architecture (Gdańsk University of Technology) and the Synergia 99 Ltd., under the patronage of the City of Gdańsk – Gdańsk, December 2000
Urban Space Management System (System zarządzania przestrzenią miasta) - organizational and scientific secretary of the international conference organized by Society of Polish Town Planners, Faculty of Architecture (Gdańsk University of Technology) and UNDP – Gdańsk, November 2001
I Congress of Polish Urbanism – „City – common good and joint responsibility” (I Kongres Urbanistyki Polskiej – Miasto wspólne dobro i zbiorowy obowiązek) – organizational secretary of the congress organized by the Society of Polish Town Planners – Gdańsk 11-12th of September 2003
Integration and disintegration of the metropolitan areas (Integracja I dezintegracja obszarów metropolitalnych) – organizational secretary of the conference organized by the Society of Polish Town Planners, Faculty of Architecture (Gdańsk University of Technology), Spatial Development Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences – Gdańsk 15-16th of October 2004
Problem of suburbanization (Problem suburbanizacji) – organizational secretary of the conference organized by the Society of Polish Town Planners, Faculty of Architecture (Gdańsk University of Technology) and Spatial Development Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences – Gdańsk 21-22nd of October 2005
Real Estate Strategies 2006 – organizational and scientific secretary of the international conference organized by Society of Polish Town Planners, Faculty of Architecture (Gdańsk University of Technology), Faculty of Economics and management (Gdańsk University) and the Centre for Real Estate Strategies (New York) under the patronage of the PricewaterhouseCoopers – Gdańsk, 23-24th of June 2006
Revitalization of the Polish cities – first experiences (Rewitalizacja miast w Polsce – pierwsze doświadczenia) – organizational and scientific secretary of the conference organized by the Society of Polish Town Planners, Faculty of Architecture (Gdańsk University of Technology), Spatial Development Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences and Marshall Office of the Pomorskie Region under the patronage of the PricewaterhouseCoopers – Gdańsk, 29-30th of September 2006
Education of town planners in Poland (Kształcenie urbanistów w Polsce) - organizational secretary of the conference organized by the Society of Polish Town Planners, Faculty of Architecture (Gdańsk University of Technology), Faculty of Architecture (Warsaw University of Technology) and Spatial Development Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences – Gdańsk, 22-23rd of March 2007
Commercialization of Space – Characteristics of the Phenomenon (Komercjalizacja przestrzeni – charakterystyka zjawiska) organizational and scientific secretary of the conference organized by Society of Polish Town Planners, Faculty of Architecture (Gdańsk University of Technology), Society of Polish Architects and Polish Chamber of Architects – Gdańsk, 1-2nd of June 2007
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
AUTHOR OF THE VOLUMES:
Lorens P., Tematyzacja przestrzeni publicznej miasta (Theming urban public spaces), Wydawnictwo Politechniki Gdańskiej, Gdańsk 2006, 216 pages
Rewitalizacja frontów wodnych nadmorskich miast portowych (Regeneration of Urban Waterfronts in Harbour Cities) - PhD dissertation
EDITOR OF THE PUBLISHED VOLUMES:
Lorens P. (ed.) Large Scale Urban Developments, Wydawnictwo Politechniki Gdańskiej, Gdańsk 2002, 258 pages, ISBN 83-88007-96-3
Lorens P. (ed.) System zarządzania przestrzenią miasta (System of Urban space management), Wydział Architektury Politechniki Gdańskiej, Gdańsk 2002, 223 pages, ISBN 83-917748-0-5
Lorens P., Kochanowski M. (ed.) Miasto – wspólne dobro i zbiorowy obowiązek (City – common good and joint responsibility), Biblioteka Urbanisty T.2, Urbanista sp. z o.o., Warszawa 2004., 202 pages, ISBN 83-89649-01-2
Lorens P. (ed.) Integracja i dezintegracja obszarów metropolitalnych (Integration and disintegration of the metropolita areas), Biblioteka Urbanisty T.6, Urbanista sp. z o.o., Warszawa 2005, 276 pages, ISBN 83-89649-08-X
Lorens P. (ed.) Problem suburbanizacji (Problem of suburbanization), Biblioteka Urbanisty T.7, Urbanista sp. z o.o., Warszawa 2005, 330 pages, ISBN 83-89649-09-8
Lorens P. (ed.) Rewitalizacja miast w Polsce – pierwsze doświadczenia (Revitalization od Polish cities – first experiences), Biblioteka Urbanisty T.10, Urbanista sp. z o.o., Warszawa 2007, 406 pages, ISBN 978-83-89649-15-7
SELECTED ARTICLES (PUBLISHED IN THE EDITED VOLUMES AND JOURNALS):
(only publications in English are presented)
Lorens P., Cielątkowska R., A method of revitalization for social housing estates, [in:] Metoda rewitalizacji osiedli socjalnych Gdańska okresu dwudziestolecia międzywojennego, edited by R. Cielątkowska, Politechnika Gdańska Wydział Architektury, Gdańsk 2002, pp. 183-206.
Lorens P., Cielatkowska R., Ideas for transforming and revitalizing estates, [in:] Metoda rewitalizacji osiedli socjalnych Gdańska okresu dwudziestolecia międzywojennego, edited by R. Cielatkowska, Politechnika Gdańska Wydział Architektury, Gdańsk 2002, pp. 207-213.
Lorens P., Young City in Gdańsk – A Brief History of Development and Planning Efforts, [in:] Large scale Urban Developments, edited by P. Lorens, Wydawnictwo Politechniki Gdańskiej, Gdańsk 2002, pp. 205-208.
Lorens P., New Master Plan for the Young City in Gdańsk, [in:] Large scale Urban Developments, edited by P. Lorens, Wydawnictwo Politechniki Gdańskiej, Gdańsk 2002, pp. 251-258.
Lorens P., Urban regeneration vs. urban sprawl - is the ''compact city'' possible?, [in:] Society, economy, environment – towards the sustainable city, edited by I. Sagan and D. Smith, Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Poznań 2005, pp. 147-152.
Lorens P., Management of the transition spaces - comparison of the East European, West European and North American examples, [in:] 9th International Conference Cities and Ports : Modernity and identity of the port city : proceedings, Vol. 1, International Association Cities and Ports, Lisbon 2004, pp. 145-153.
Lorens P., Stadtentwicklung in Polen: Aktuelle Trends und Herausforderungen, [in:] Zwischen Anpassung und Neuerfindung: Raumplanung und Stadtentwicklung in der Staaten der EU-Osterweiterung, edited by U. Altrock, S. Günter, S. Huning, D. Peters, Reihe Planungsrundschau No.11, Planungsrundschau Verlag, Berlin 2005, pp. 35-48.
Lorens P., Role of culture in urban revitalization, [in:] Artictic activities in public space. The aesthetic and social aspects, edited by K. Grabowska. Łaźnia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdańsk 2006, pp. 52-73
Lorens P., Trends and Problems of Contemporary Urbanization Processes in Poland, [in:] Spatial Planning and Urban Development in the new EU Member States, edited by U. Altrock, S. Günter, S. Huning, D. Peters, Ashgate, Aldershot 2006, pp. 95-112
Lorens P., Redeveloping the Gdańsk Waterfront, [in:] Aquapolis nr 1-2 / 2001 „Cities on Water and Port Waterfront Projects, Marsilio Editori s.p.a., Venezia 2001, p. 6-11.
Lorens P., Gdańsk and the Young City, [in:] Młode Miasto Z.01, Synergia 99 sp. z o.o., Gdańsk 2005, pp. 23-28.
Lorens P., Planning for the „Young City” in Gdańsk – redevelopment of a large scale waterfront project in a post-socialist city, [in:] Waterfront Expo 2003 – Event Guide, Media Generation Events Ltd., London 2003, p. 18.
PARTICIPATION IN THE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) – since 2007
ISoCaRP (International Society of City and Regional Planners) – since 2004
TICCIH (The International Committee for the Conservation of Industrial Heritage) – since 2004
TUP (Towarzystwo Urbanistów Polskich – Society of Polish Town Planners) – since 1995 – chairman of the Gdańsk Branch, member of the Main Council
