from public to private

Through collective movement, people will reconnect with their long lost stream. Over time, people will be able to slowly accept the streams they once turned away from. Restoring the presence of the Strzyza stream represents the interests of other tributaries of the Vistula that have disappeared from the landscapes of too many Polish cities.

Fig. 177: Excited about the new gardens around Strzyza inhabitants decided to take shovels in their hands and build more! They have learned new tools in the collective gardens and now they can apply them in their private gardens. Their gardens store and capture rainwater. The life in the soil is well taken care of and riparian vegetation is in full blossom. Just in case the water level goes higher, they always have a bunch of sandbags at hand.

I would like to thank all the people who helped me with this graduation project. Without your advice, inspirational talks and encouragement, I wouldn’t have been able to do it. I consider every project a group work; talking, sharing ideas and influencing each other should be a common practice. As landscape architects we never work alone. Many thanks go to: Clemens Karlhuber, Zuzana Jancovicova, Maike van Stiphout, Fred Booy, Natalia Budnik, Jonas Papenborg, Sylvia Karres, Anna Zan, Magdalena Popinska, Sebastiaan van Heudsen, Małgorzata Chmielewska, Alicja Chmielewska, Daniela Kleiman-Lopez, Carolina Chataigner, Elise Laurent, Jako Hurkmans, Anna Tores, Roel van Loon, Despo Panayidou, Irene Floridou, Robert Younger, Davor Dusanic, Riwi-coll and many others.

I cannot express enough thanks to my committee for their continued support and encouragement: Nikol Dietz Jarrik Ouburg and Anna Fink

Finally, my deepest gratitude goes to my grandmother Maria, who told me stories about the tragedies of people living around the Strzyza, and to my grandfather Leon, who took me on many walks around the Strzyza and taught me how to respect and appreciate nature.

Colophon drawings, collages, models, schemes:

Justyna Chmielewska photography:

Malgorzata Chmielewska

Justyna Chmielewska

Agencja Gazeta, Wyborcza.pl

Fakt.pl Adam Warzawa, Miroslaw

Pieslak

Dziennik Baltycki

Trojmiasto.Wyborcza.pl

Google Earth

MM Foto, facebook text:

Justyna Chmielewska text editing:

Billy Nolan

Amsterdam, Netherlands

2022/2023