Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture of Cultural Spaces, Poland

Dr. Marek Z. Barański, architect and building archaeologist dedicated to strengthening local identities and protecting and popularising tangible and intangible cultural heritage; initiator and active participant of many revitalisation projects, particular in Gdańsk, Poland; long-term researcher of ancient architecture at UNESCO sites in Qatar, Egypt and Turkey, including the archaeological sites of Çatalhöyük and Göbeklitepe; Associate Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk at the Faculty of Architecture where he conducts classes on the basics of the theory and methodology of architectural design and runs a studio of revitalisation.