Architect, historic preservationist
Aliaksandr Shuba, last edited on 08.06.2023
Name:
Maria Jadwiga Chodźko-Zachwatowicz
Life Dates:
1902 – 1994
Country:
Field of expertise:
Architectural design, historic preservation
Education:
Warsaw University of Technology
Maria Jadwiga Chodźko-Zachwatowicz (1902-1994) was a Polish architect and monument preservation specialist. She was born on the 12th of March 1902 in Lublin. In 1933, she graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of the Warsaw University of Technology, when she became a member of of the Association of Polish Architects (Polish: Stowarzyszenie Architektów Polskich, SARP).
In 1936, she participated in the competition for the projects of residential houses for the Society of Workers’ Housing Estates TOR in Warsaw, where her project was marked. After the Second World War, she worked on the reconstruction of the old town of Warsaw.
She was involved in the reconstructions:
She was married to architect Jan Zachwatowicz (1900-1983). They had two children Krystyna and Katarzyna.
About Królikarnia. The official website of t he Xawery Dunikowski Museum of Sculpture that is part of the National Museum in Warsaw. http://www.krolikarnia.mnw.art.pl/en/about-krolikarnia/
Arch. Maria Jadwiga Chodźko-Zachwatowicz. https://www.archimemory.pl/pokaz/maria_chodzko-zachwatowicz,2117
Faryna-Paszkiewicz H., Omilanowska M., Pasieczny R. Atlas zabytków architektury w Polsce. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 2001, p. 308.