Marta Ingarden (born Marta Bińkowska 8 September 1921 – 18 January 2009) was a Polish and Ukrainian architect and engineer.

Early life

Ingarden was born on 8 September 1921 in Lviv. She graduated from the Queen Jadwiga Gymnasium and Secondary School in

Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine ...

in 1939. She began her studies at the Faculty of Architecture at the

Lviv Polytechnic Lviv Polytechnic National University ( ua, Націона́льний університе́т «Льві́вська політе́хніка») is the largest scientific university in Lviv, Ukraine. Since its foundation in 1816, it has bee ...

, which she was able to continue during the Nazi occupation of Poland from September 1939. In 1945, Ingarden began her studies at the Faculty of Architecture at the Politechniki Krakowskiej, which she completed in 1948."Nowa Huta - architektura i twórcy miasta idealnego. Niezrealizowane projekty" Wydawnictwo Muzeum Historycznego Miasta Krakowa 2005

Career

Following graduation, she took up a job as a designer in the Construction Office of the Coal Industry in

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

, then in the Directorate of Workers' Housing Estates, and from 1 January 1950 in the Central Office of Projects and Studies of Housing Estates ZOR for the city of

Nowa Huta Nowa Huta (, literally "The New Steel Mill") is the easternmost district of Kraków, Poland. With more than 200,000 inhabitants, it is one of the most populous areas of the city. Until 1990, the neighbouring districts were considered expansions o ...

. Together with her husband Janusz Ingarden, Ingarden designed and supervised the construction of many buildings in Nowa Huta. Among them the Chamber Theatre, (for the unrealised Nowa Huta Theatre), and buildings S and Z of the Lenin Steelworks Administration Centre. In 1957, alongside her husband Janusz, Ingarden received the second degree award for the design of the "experimental building" in the B-32 housing estate, now the Szklane Domy housing estate. Her projects include

Ludowy Theatre The Ludowy Theatre (''literally: People's Theatre'', pl, Teatr Ludowy) in Kraków, located at ''Osiedle Teatralne'' housing development in district Nowa Huta, opened on 3 December 1955. At that time in the Polish People's Republic, the official po ...

, and Osiedle Szklane Domy/

Personal life

Marta Ingarden died on 18 January 2009 in Kraków and her funeral took place on 24 January 2009 at the

Salwator Cemetery Salwator Cemetery ( pl, Cmentarz Salwatorski, links=no), is a historic cemetery in the Salwator neighborhood of Kraków located north-west of the city centre. It was consecrated in 1865. History The Salwator Cemetery is also known as the Zwierzy ...

Gallery

File:Block of flats, 1957 design. by arch. Marta and Janusz Ingardens, 1 osiedle Szklane Domy, Nowa Huta, Krakow, Poland.jpg, Block of flats, Nowa Huta, 1957 File:Krakow Blok Szwedzki 1.jpg, Block of flats, Szwedzki File:Hotel Forum Kraków.jpg, Hotel Forum Kraków

References

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