Zygmunt Skibniewski
Zygmunt Skibniewski (born July 13, 1905 on the Korczunek-Rososze estate in Podolia , † October 28, 1994 in Warsaw ) was a Polish architect, urban planner and professor at the Warsaw University of Technology . He was also a member of the Polish Sejm . His wife was the architect and Deputy Sejm Marshal Halina Skibniewska .
Life
Skibniewski was the son of the father of the same name (1868-1922), a landowner in Rososze in today's Ukraine . His mother was Zofia Skibniewska (1882–1972). His sister Jadwiga, who was one year younger than him, was married to the politician Józef Targowski. He attended schools in Kiev and Warsaw (in Warsaw, the private high school of Kazimierz Kulwieć). From 1918 to 1920 he fought as a young volunteer in Lemberg ( Lemberg Eagle ) and in the Polish-Soviet War . Skibniewski then studied architecture at the Politechnika in Warsaw; In 1933 he took his diploma here. For a short time he worked as an assistant at Lech Niemojewski's chair and then spent a year in Paris , where he did an internship with Le Corbusier . In Paris he collected material for his dissertation on large urban planning systems in Paris. Returning to Warsaw, Skibniewski worked with Jan Olaf Chmielewski , who became his mentor and lifelong role model. He founded an architecture office with Tadeusz Marczewski. In 1938 the two took part in the Warsaw exhibition yesterday, today and tomorrow , where ideas for future urban development were presented.
Second World War
After the occupation of Poland by German troops, Skibniewski joined the military underground organization Związek Walki Zbrojnej (German: Association for the Armed Struggle , later renamed the Polish Home Army ) in 1939 . Together with Stanisław Dziewulski and Marczewski, Skibniewski worked out plans for the reconstruction and development of Warsaw in Dziewulski's apartment in the Dziewulski Palace for over four years . At the same time, he became involved in the PAU architectural office, which was also operated underground. The PAU members met conspiratorially in an apartment in the Warsaw district of Żoliborz and in the restored “Helvetia” building. In 1943 Skibniewski was written out for arrest by the Gestapo . When the Warsaw Uprising broke out, he led a combat group of 17 men in the Bielany district . A short time later he was captured by a Ukrainian unit of General Andrei Andreevich Vlasov . Skibniewski was deported to Germany for forced labor; At the Artern railway junction near Halle he had to work hard.
post war period
In January 1945 Skibniewski managed to escape from Germany, which led him to Krakow . Through the mediation of a former PAU colleague, Marian Spychalski , he was sent to Warsaw, where he was able to present his plans for the reconstruction of the city to President Bolesław Bierut on March 6, 1945 and to work in the Office for the Reconstruction of the Capital (BOS) . After the BOS was dissolved, he worked in the Warsaw city planning office until 1953. From 1946 Skibniewski was also teaching at the Politechnika - initially as an assistant to Tadeusz Tołwiński . From 1966 he was a professor there.
From 1952 to 1956 Skibniewski was a member of the Polish Sejm.
From 1956 to 1979 Skibniewski acted as chairman of the Society of Polish Urban Planners ( Towarzystwo Urbanistów Polskich ). In later years he was involved in he founded the Association for the Rescue of the Warsaw embankment ( Społeczny Zespół do Spraw Zagospodarowania Skarpy Warszawskiej ) for the preservation and urban planning into account the historical and geological significance of the Warsaw Vistula embankment .
Skibniewski was married twice. His first wife was the architect Janina, geb. Rembertowicz, in his second marriage he was with the architecture professor and politician Halina, geb. Erentz married. Both marriages remained childless. The architect was buried in the Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw.
Awards
Skibniewski was awarded the Knightly Order of the Legion of Honor and the Commander-in-Chief of the Order of Polonia Restituta for his achievements . He was also the recipient of the Warsaw City Prize.
literature
- Niels Gutschow , Barbara Klain: Destruction and Utopia. City planning Warsaw 1939–1945. Junius-Verlag, ISBN 3-88506-223-2 , Hamburg 1994, p. 165 ff.
References and comments
- ↑ Kazimierz Jakub Kulwieć (1871-1943) was a Polish naturalist and founder of schools in Moscow and Warsaw
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Skibniewski, Zygmunt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish architect and town planner, member of the Sejm |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 13, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Korczunek-Rososze |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 1994 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |