Jadwiga Grabowska-Hawrylak. A Biography of an Architect

Julia Rolka, 2021

In this essay, Julia Rolka writes about Jadwiga Grabowska-Hawrylak, an architect born in Poland. She was the first woman, receiving an university degree in architecture in Wrocław. She planned housing estates, churches and residental buildings, especially in Wrocław after WWII, and also worked as an urban planer.
What influenced her, which tendencies did she follow?
An essay about her work, buildings and the question how was the relationship between her work and socialism in Poland will be the result.

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This essay is a term paper submitted at the seminar “Architecture and Feminism”(instructors Sarah Wheat and Alla Vronskaya, Kassel University, summer 2021)

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