Wojciech Januszczyk. A landscape architect from Poland. He works at the Institute of Landscape Architecture at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin and lectures at the University of the Arts in Poznań, where he teaches technical design courses rooted in the circular economy approach. He also lectures at Northwest Normal University in Lanzhou, China. A graduate of the School of Ecopoetics at the Institute of Reportage. Owner of a design studio and Founder of the Landscapes Foundation. Certified Green Areas Supervision Inspector. He served as president of the nationwide Association of Landscape Architecture (SAK) and is currently an honorary member of the association.
An advocate for introducing circular economy principles into construction processes within landscape architecture. In his commercial work, he follows the principle “The garden is also a home”, emphasizing the functional nature of outdoor space.
A member of the Programme Council of the magazine “Zieleń Miejska”, where he runs the column “The Copernican Revolution”. He is also a regular contributor to “Architektura i Biznes”. His passion is the word and its power. The praise of idleness, overgrowth, equality in spatial design, debunking myths about wastelands and tree planting in cities, the “unaesthetic aesthetic,” and resisting comparisons between contemporary gardens and the biblical paradise—these are the ideas that shape his educational and advocacy activities.
Director and originator of IN GARDEN – Festival of Garden Art and Public Space, as well as coordinator of the LandArt Festival of the Flying Fish Foundation.
