Dariusz Smiechowski, Msc architect, lecturer at Interior Design Faculty, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, landscape design (Warsaw Rural Academy) and anthropology of space & architecture (Warsaw University). Participant and leader of projects and programmes concerned with sustainability in architecture, urban design and community building. Co-author of public spaces projects and educational projects in a number of regions and places. The main area of interest: how environmental consciousness and democratic processes can meet and find their right form.