Damian Przybyła
project manager, editor, architect
Founder and project manager at Laka, Laka non-profit, Co-founder of the Design that Educates Awards, editor-in-chief of Laka Perspectives books, editor, architect; always strongly curious how new technologies can positively influence and shape societies)
Experience
Founder & PM at Laka
Ju. 2015 - Present
Laka is an organization that gathers architects, artists, designers, engineers and scientists in order to start an international panel for sharing innovative ideas about the future of society. Laka shares a vision of architecture that can play an important role in social revitalization, and can provide a positive impact on global issues by helping to develop more sustainable societies.
Co-founder: Rafał Przybyła.
Co-founder & PM at Laka Foundation
Sep. 2017 - Present
The Foundation achieves its aims through:
1. International collaboration and implementation of projects with international networks of cultural, scientific, research, educational, investment and construction units; 2. Popularization of the development of architectural education, organization and support of educational activity in all sorts of forms.
Co-founder: Rafał Przybyła.
Founder of Laka Competition
Jun. 2015 - Jun. 2020
Laka Competition is an international architectural competition which seeks innovative ideas that go far beyond typical building solutions, are socially engaged, capable of reacting to unpredictable conditions (environmental, natural, social) and provide safety for its inhabitants.
Co-founder: Rafał Przybyła. Collaboration: Wojtek Dobry, Agnieszka Radziszewska.
Co-founder Design Educates Awards
Sep. 2017 - Present
Design Educates Awards (DEAwards) recognize, showcase, and promote globally the best educational ideas and implementations of architecture and design. We bring together a community of creatives who emphasize the meaning of the true added value of their projects.
Co-founder: Rafał Przybyła, Initiator: Dr. Peter Kuczia. Collaboration: Bartek Witkowski.
Advisor at Architektur im Foyer
May 2019 - Present
Collaborating in the organization the international series of events around architecture, urban and design in Germany (Upper Saxony)
Co-founder oof Laka Perspectives
May 2018 - Dec. 2019
A collection of interviews with renowned experts in architecture, urban planning, computational design, smart materials, biomimicry, mobility, digital fabrication, and more. https://lakaperspectives.com/.
Co-founder Katarzyna Burzyńska. Collaboration: Rafał Przybyła, Agnieszka Radziszewska, Wendy Chikowero.
Founder & Architect at Laka Studio
Jun. 2021
Managing architectural teams, advising in terms of architectural design, construction law, and urban planning.
Collaboration with Kuczia Architects and Inco Architects
Co-founder of Laka Accelerator
Jun. 2021
An international program hosted by a partnership between Laka Architektura & Laka Foundation. It offers opportunities for investigation and implementation of the best designs by providing professional consulting, and international press coverage.
Co-founder: Rafał Przybyła.
Co-author of conceptual ideas with Rafał Przybyła
Jun. 2011 - Present
2015 Series of VR Exhibitions (“The new dimensions of Architecture”): Centrum Nauki Kopernik during Przemiany Festival; Technopark Gliwice, The Wilson Shaft Gallery, Wrocław University of Science and Technology.
Collaboration: Michał Wyrobek & Wojtek Dobry.