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Dr Krzysztof Herman is an assistant professor at Warsaw University of Life Sciences - a researcher (PhD), designer, artist, teacher and a local activist. My research and professional interest include: landscape architecture and art, placemaking, temporary and low-budget strategies in urban design, social participation in design process. I was awarded several international research grants (Fulbright at Harvard GSD, COST STSM at University of Algarve) and short teaching grants (Turkey, Serbia). Currently a Visiting Scholar at Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand.
The biophilic design promotes specific principles and patterns of nature-based solutions for health and well-being in the spaces we live and work. A growing body of literature advocates a more prominent role of nature in urban design and architecture, emphasizing the necessity of maintaining, enhancing, and restoring the beneficial experience of nature in the cities. Biophilia and nature-based solutions can improve the quality of built environment design and bring new opportunities to restore urban ecosystems and smart thinking for sustainable cities. The paper concludes that adopting biophilic principles in urban planning will lead to cities that can regenerate life and nurture end-users' health and well-being. Moreover, bring forward ways to transfer human nature ties' knowledge into restorative approaches to design the built environment.
Thomas Panagopoulos; Madalina Sbarcea; Krzysztof Herman. A biophilic mind-set for a restorative built environment. Landscape architecture and art 2021, 17, 68 -77.
AMA StyleThomas Panagopoulos, Madalina Sbarcea, Krzysztof Herman. A biophilic mind-set for a restorative built environment. Landscape architecture and art. 2021; 17 ():68-77.
Chicago/Turabian StyleThomas Panagopoulos; Madalina Sbarcea; Krzysztof Herman. 2021. "A biophilic mind-set for a restorative built environment." Landscape architecture and art 17, no. : 68-77.
In this experiment, we operated within the novel research area of Informal Green Spaces (often called green wastelands), exploring emotional well-being with the employment of portable electroencephalography (EEG) devices. The apparatus (commercial EEG Muse headband) provided an opportunity to analyze states of calmness and alertness in n = 20 participants as they visited selected Informal Green Spaces in Warsaw, Poland. The article aims to test the hypothesis that passive recreation in Informal Green Spaces (IGSs) has a positive impact on emotional well-being and that there is a connection between the intensity of states of calmness and alertness and 1. the type of green space (IGS/GS), 2. the type of scenery and 3. the type of IGS. The preliminary experiment showed that there might be no substantial distinction in the users’ levels of emotional states when considering existing typologies. On the other hand, data-driven analysis suggests that there might be a connection between the state of alertness and some characteristics of specific areas. After carrying out the multivariate analyses of variance in the repeated measurement scheme and finding significant differences between oscillations in different areas, we conclude that there might be three possible sources of lower alertness and increased calmness in some areas. These are 1. the presence of “desirable” human intervention such as paths and urban furniture, 2. a lack of “undesirable” users and signs of their presence and 3. the presence of other “desirable” users.
Krzysztof Herman; Leon Ciechanowski; Aleksandra Przegalińska. Emotional Well-Being in Urban Wilderness: Assessing States of Calmness and Alertness in Informal Green Spaces (IGSs) with Muse—Portable EEG Headband. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2212 .
AMA StyleKrzysztof Herman, Leon Ciechanowski, Aleksandra Przegalińska. Emotional Well-Being in Urban Wilderness: Assessing States of Calmness and Alertness in Informal Green Spaces (IGSs) with Muse—Portable EEG Headband. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (4):2212.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKrzysztof Herman; Leon Ciechanowski; Aleksandra Przegalińska. 2021. "Emotional Well-Being in Urban Wilderness: Assessing States of Calmness and Alertness in Informal Green Spaces (IGSs) with Muse—Portable EEG Headband." Sustainability 13, no. 4: 2212.
The COVID-19 pandemic generated a number of changes in the functioning of urban areas all over the world and had a visible impact on the use of green infrastructure, including city parks. The study discusses and compares operation and use of two such parks located in Wellington, New Zealand and Warsaw, Poland by adopting "pandemic urban ethnography", an approach that includes autoethnography, interviews with users, non-participant observation, and analysis of social media content. As indicated by the findings of the study, the importance of less rigidly designed, multifunctional spaces that give their users freedom of "tactical" adjustments, significantly grows during times of lockdown and "social distancing". During such a crisis, the management and everyday use of urban parks are highly related to urban policies. The article provides insight into how those policies impact the functional values of green infrastructure confronting it with user-generated adaptations and the landscape design itself. The global health emergency showed how access to green areas becomes a crucial determinant on environmental justice while proving the significance of "tactical pandemic urbanism" as both a design and management method.
Krzysztof Herman; Łukasz Drozda. Green Infrastructure in the Time of Social Distancing: Urban Policy and the Tactical Pandemic Urbanism. Sustainability 2021, 13, 1632 .
AMA StyleKrzysztof Herman, Łukasz Drozda. Green Infrastructure in the Time of Social Distancing: Urban Policy and the Tactical Pandemic Urbanism. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (4):1632.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKrzysztof Herman; Łukasz Drozda. 2021. "Green Infrastructure in the Time of Social Distancing: Urban Policy and the Tactical Pandemic Urbanism." Sustainability 13, no. 4: 1632.
A singular and modest activist action, a temporary park created in San Francisco, grew into the global urban Park(ing) Day (PD) phenomenon. This tactical urbanism event not only expanded to be annually celebrated in thousands of parking lots all over the world but became an inspiration for urban planning and policy changes. The permanent rendition of Park(ing) Day, parklets, resulted from the movement but did not stop the spread of PD itself. This article presents case studies from New Zealand and Poland, two geographically and culturally distant locations where PD has further developed and evolved gaining local qualities. Through research methods such as research in design, secondary data analysis and expert interviews we study the trajectory of PD evolution and the role and interpretation of it in different parts of the globe. The results show a narrative of successive popularisation and institutionalisation as well as diversification. Departing from its grassroots, guerilla and assertive traits, PD has grown to become an artistic, creative and urban planning tool. As an established, recognised action and an ‘attractive’ idea, PD has great potential for designer education, allowing a venue for implementing methods such as design-build and live project.
Krzysztof Herman; Maria Rodgers; Krzysztof Herman. From Tactical Urbanism Action to Institutionalised Urban Planning and Educational Tool: The Evolution of Park(ing) Day. Land 2020, 9, 217 .
AMA StyleKrzysztof Herman, Maria Rodgers, Krzysztof Herman. From Tactical Urbanism Action to Institutionalised Urban Planning and Educational Tool: The Evolution of Park(ing) Day. Land. 2020; 9 (7):217.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKrzysztof Herman; Maria Rodgers; Krzysztof Herman. 2020. "From Tactical Urbanism Action to Institutionalised Urban Planning and Educational Tool: The Evolution of Park(ing) Day." Land 9, no. 7: 217.
Frugality is a core notion of sustainability, and responsible resource management should be prioritized in urban planning and landscape architecture. Low-budget strategies as a deliberate means of creating valuable, attractive, well-used, sociable public spaces are recognized by some influential designers using the “Light, cheap, quick” methodology. Unused spaces, just like objects and waste, can be creatively changed, reinvented with little resource input through a circular solution of upcycling. Case study methodology was predominantly used in the inquiry with three new parks, built after the year 2004, in Faro, Portugal. The study examined how the success rate and the current state of these public green areas correlates with the amount of financial resources invested in each of the projects. The case studies show key aspects in the building of the three spaces including: urban context, management and community participation. The success rate of a place is established based on user activity observations, user counts and questionnaires—conveyed amongst both experts and local residents. Results illustrate how low-budget strategies and limited use of funds and resources can be translated into a successful project of a public greenery. Comparative studies from Warsaw and Berlin further extend the discussion to the concept of upcycling as a sustainable solution for landscape architecture.
Krzysztof Herman; Madalina Sbarcea; Thomas Panagopoulos. Creating Green Space Sustainability through Low-Budget and Upcycling Strategies. Sustainability 2018, 10, 1857 .
AMA StyleKrzysztof Herman, Madalina Sbarcea, Thomas Panagopoulos. Creating Green Space Sustainability through Low-Budget and Upcycling Strategies. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (6):1857.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKrzysztof Herman; Madalina Sbarcea; Thomas Panagopoulos. 2018. "Creating Green Space Sustainability through Low-Budget and Upcycling Strategies." Sustainability 10, no. 6: 1857.
Krzysztof Herman. Practices in low-budget landscape architecture. 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleKrzysztof Herman. Practices in low-budget landscape architecture. . 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKrzysztof Herman. 2021. "Practices in low-budget landscape architecture." , no. : 1.