Displacing Architecture? From Floating Houses to Ocean Habitats: Expanding the Building Typology
Łukasz Piątek, PhD Arch
An architect, marine designer, researcher and educator interested in the interpenetration of civil and naval architecture with special regard to floating buildings. Holds a PhD degree from the Faculty of Architecture, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland, where he works as an assistant professor, and a postgraduate degree in Naval Architecture from the West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin. Involved in elaborating the building code for floating buildings in Poland as an external reviewer in Polski Rejestr Statków S.A. A Co-chair of the 3rd International Conference of Amphibious Architecture, Design and Engineering 2019. Experienced skipper and beginner diver. Funding partner in the naval architecture practice Kilson Design.