Malgorzata TOMCZAK

Overgrowth and circularity

Edited by: Pracownia Projektowa Krajobrazy

We are overgrown with urban myths. Surely everyone is familiar with the resounding red alert that says when bees become extinct, humanity has about ten years and then homo sapiens will disappear from the Earth. So we put apiaries wherever we can. Or that planting trees in the city is a top priority, because it counteracts the increasingly severe and noticeable climate change.

In this issue, hosted by Wojciech Januszczyk's Pracownia Projektowa Krajobrazy in our series, Edited by the Studio, we dispel these myths. No, we're not going extinct when the bees go extinct, and it's not always eco-friendly to plant trees in the city. For that, taking a step towards nature, recognizing its principles and becoming a symbiotic part of them is the answer to many of the problems and challenges we face. There is also about water retention—the topic resonates emphatically in the context of the recent floods, and there is an interview with Professor Szymon Malinowski, who presents a prescription for the coming threats. There is about overgrowth, weeds, cooperation between architects and landscape architects, art in public space, green networks. About our cities, and finally about life and children.

We don't have to do much, because less is more is extremely relevant today—in the context of climate change, building, design. That's what we talk about in this issue of A&B. Read, discuss. Pass it on.

We would like to thank Pracownia Projektowa Krajobrazy and Wojtek Januszczyk for the immense amount of knowledge, passion, and commitment in tackling uncomfortable and difficult topics.

We invite you to read, this issue is a real adventure!