Malgorzata TOMCZAK

How do we live?
Where do we live?
What are we choosing?

These are the watchwords of the March issue of A&B. Housing architecture is the most socially sensitive issue, because it concerns everyone's basic right to housing. A dozen months ago, the government opened the Housing Plus program, which includes architectural competitions. At the same time, the number of apartments built in the developer sector continues to grow, and it can be said that we are dealing with a developer monoculture, as Aleksandra Jadach-Sepioło pointed out in her text. Cooperative, communal, social and rental housing in our country is practically non-existent. Realistic creation of housing space takes place only in larger cities. In suburban municipalities, on the other hand, the phenomenon of suburbanization is clearly visible - the individual buildings being built there in large numbers create zones of suburbanization. Such are the Polish realities. Whether we are ready for change, time will tell.

In moodboard and architectural presentations we present the best realizations from Poland and abroad. We show both social housing and those built by private investors. Design practice proves that social does not at all mean low design culture; it happens that cheaper social construction goes hand in hand with high architectural quality.