Otto Schier, a respected architect and urban planner, has been awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of the City of Tarnow, councilors unanimously decided on November 28 this year.
From an urban planning perspective, Otto Schier's influence on Tarnów is undeniable. For decades, combining engineering precision with a sense of aesthetics, he designed buildings and structures that have permanently blended with the history and shape of our city. Their unconventional character, combined with an innovative approach to design, was made possible not only by the author's practical skills, but above all by his ability to perceive the world through feeling and reason. After all, they - emotion and intellect - are the guarantors of good design.
- said Jakub Kwaśny, president of Tarnów.
Otto Schier, a respected architect and urban planner, received the title of Honorary Citizen of the City of Tarnów
photo: Przemyslaw Sroka
Born in 1931 in Katowice, Otto Schier graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the Cracow University of Technology. In 1959 he settled in Tarnów, where he ended up, following the love of his life, and stayed there. He has completed nearly two hundred architectural and urban planning projects, many of them as a social act.
Church of the Good Shepherd in Tarnow
Photo: Wiktor Lekston
Schier's most important projects include the shell of Tarnów's amphitheater, the memorial to the victims of the First Transport to Auschwitz, the Church of the Good Shepherd in Tarnów and numerous single-family houses that contribute to the city's identity.
Today the money is there, tomorrow it is gone, and what I do here will stay - I will not die in Tarnow.
- Otto Schier
Concert shell, Tarnów amphitheater
Photo: Wiktor Lekston
