Iwona Buczkowska discusses her observe on celebration of getting awarded the Jane Drew Prize
A pioneer of timber construction and intense defender of the suitable to excellent housing, the Polish-French architect Iwona Buczkowska encourages us to think of architecture’s contribution to social ecology. She is the receiver of the Jane Drew Prize for Architecture 2024, part of the 2024 W Awards for women of all ages and non-binary persons in architecture 2024, in partnership with the Architects’ Journal.
In this interview, recorded at the CCA, Montreal, Iwona discusses the heritage of her apply, her suggestions for younger architects, and what she sees as the decrease of architectural experimentation, research and pleasure in French social housing considering the fact that the heyday of the 1970s and ’80s.