Oliwia Jackowska
Urban Researcher, Writer, and Editor
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INFO

email: oliwia.jack@gmail.com
currently: Architect @ ADOFF Arquitetos, Porto, PT

SKILLS

languages programs
Polish native QGIS ⬤⬤⬤⬤
English bilingual Illustrator ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤
Portuguese proficient InDesign ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤
German confident Archicad ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤
Blender ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤

EDUCATION

2020-2023 TU Delft, NL
Master of Science in Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences (track Urbanism).
Jan 2023 Master Thesis:
“Disrupting the gendered order: how to advance beyond Vienna's strategic approach to gender mainstreaming in urban planning”
Supervised by Dr. Caroline Newton and Luisa Maria Calabrese, I proposed a critical examination of how Vienna, a city with a cutting-edge gender-sensitive approach to urban planning, can elevate its marginalised community of migrant women by reorganising spatial structures. I was awarded cum laude, and presented the work as a finalist for the Delft Design for Diversity Thesis Award.
May 2022 Academic Publication:
“Who owns public spaces? The trailblazer exhibition on women's everyday life in the City of Vienna (1991)”
Oliwia Jackowska & María Novas Ferradás, in Planning Perspectives, This article documents a revolutionising feminist event that has not been previously part of the recorded urban planning history. DOI: 10.1080/02665433.2022.2074526
2015-2019 University of Bath, UK
Bachelor of Science in Architecture (Honours).
Jul 2019 Dissertation:
“Typeworks. The Printing Press and Publishing House”
Supervised by Frank Lyons. For my dissertation architecture project, I proposed a flexible space for printing press in order to revive the art of publishing.

WORK

2024-now Architect
ADOFF Arquitetos, Porto, Portugal.
2024
3 months
Architectural Collaborator
Frame Colectivo, Lisbon, Portugal.
This atelier for architecture, research and art contracted me as a temporary collaborator to assist with 3D modelling the site for a landscape and architectural project in Greece, presentation design and expanding the network of experts, as well as visualisations of completed projects.
2020-2022
part time
Student Magazine Editor
Bnieuws, Communications Office, Delft, NL.
During my Master's studies, I worked part-time as an editor of Bnieuws. With a team of editors, I curated, designed and wrote entries for eleven editions. My writing sparked many discussions within the university's community.
Oct 2022 “Dreamed Cities as Neurodivergent Cities” in Dreamscapes
May 2022 “The Future of Home” in Onbekend Maakt Onbemind
Dec 2021 “Cheap Absurdity” in Cheap
Oct 2021 “Collective Trauma - War and Humour” in Humour
Jun 2021 “A Short Story of Bnieuws” in Optimism Pessimism
May 2021 “50 Euros for the Pleasures. Sex Workers in Red-Light Districts” in Colours
An article on the spatial safety of sex workers, re-published under the same title by a Dutch urban transformation association Favas.net.
Feb 2021 “Taboo in translation” in Taboo
Dec 2020 “The History of Human-Computer Interaction” in Digital space
2019-2020 Architectural Assistant RIBA Part 1
Owers Wawrick Architects, Cambridge, UK.
As an architectural assistant in an award-winning practice with a compact team, among other projects, I was a key team member for Sycamore House - a £15m industrial refurbishment of a 1970s warehouse.
2019-2020
part time
Student Magazine Editor in Chief
PaperspACE, Bath, UK.
The role of Editor in Chief of PaperspACE involved coordinating the writing process of all contributors, organising funding and sponsorship, printing, distribution and developing the overall design of the magazine.
Jun 2019 Issue 12. Childhood
Short-listed for international Stack Awards 2019, as one of 15 student magazines in the world. I was responsible for the publishing, layout, graphic design, editing and curating, as well as wrote an article “The Adolescence and Architecture”.
Jun 2019 Issue 11. Union
Along with curating, designing layout and printing the issue, I also wrote the article “A Union of Architects: Team 10, Modernism and Capitalism”.
2018
6 months
Architectural Intern
sauerbruch hutton, Berlin, Germany.
At this renowned architectural practice in Germany, I worked on competition designs and feasibility studies, often having an opportunity for independent design, research and presentations for the associates.