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APPENDIX No. 2 - A Summary of Scientific Research Accomplishments M I Ł O S Z W A L E R Z A K DR INŻ. ARCH. KRAJ. (PhD, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ENGINEERING) DEPARTMENT OF GREEN SPACE AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FACULTY OF HORTICULTURE AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE POZNAŃ UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES APPENDIX No. 2 A Summary of Scientific Research Accomplishments 1 APPENDIX No. 2 - A Summary of Scientific Research Accomplishments A Summary of Scientific Research Accomplishments 1. Name Miłosz Tadeusz Walerzak 2. Diplomas, university/artistic degrees 2.1. M.Sc. diploma (No. OGR. 5898/2001) – Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland, 11 July 2001. The master thesis ‘Revalorisation of the Mansion Complex in Sztynort Wielki’, supervised by dr inż. Anna Majdecka-Strzeżek, (PhD Eng.) was distinguished by the Dean of the Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture. 2.2. Ph.D. diploma (No. 1630) - Architecture and Urban Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Cracow University of Technology, Poland, 4 April 2007. Scientific specialisation: Landscape Architecture. The doctoral dissertation ‘French Gardens in the Landscape of Warmia and Masuria - a Case Study’, supervised by dr hab. inż. arch. Zbigniew Myczkowski, (PhD Eng. Arch.), a professor of the Cracow University of Technology was distinguished by the Council of the Faculty of Architecture, Cracow University of Technology. Reviewers: Prof. dr hab. inż. arch. Anna Mitkowska (PhD Eng. Arch.) (Cracow University of Technology) Prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Młynarczyk (PhD) (University of Warmia and Masuria in Olsztyn) The doctoral dissertation received an award of the General Conservator and Conservators’ Association in the competition for the best desk, scientific and popularisation study on monument conservation and museology. 3. Employment history 3.1. Scientific units: a) 1 October 2001 - 30 September 2007 – assistant lecturer and scientist at the Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Warsaw University of Ecology and Management, Poland. b) 1 October 2002 - 30 September 2003 – university teacher at the Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland. c) 1 October 2007 - 30 October 2008 – assistant professor at the Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Warsaw University of Ecology and Management, Poland. 2 APPENDIX No. 2 - A Summary of Scientific Research Accomplishments d) 1 November 2008 - 30 September 2014 – associate professor at the Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Warsaw University of Ecology and Management, Poland. e) since 1 October 2010 – assistant professor at the Department of Green Space and Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Poznań University of Life Sciences. 4. Scientific accomplishments, following Art. 16 Para 2 of the Act on Academic Degrees and Titles and on Artistic Degrees and Titles of 14 March 2003 (Official Journal No. 65, Pos. 595 with amendments): 4.1. I submit my own monographic book as a scientific achievement for assessment: Miłosz Walerzak, Ogrody regularne na terenie dawnych Prus. Identyfikacja nawarstwień kompozycyjnych jako podstawa ochrony i kreacji krajobrazu wybranych założeń parkowo- ogrodowych (Regular Gardens in Former Prussia, The Identification of Compositional Layers as the Basis for the Protection and Creation of Landscape in Selected Park and Garden Complexes). Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczego w Poznaniu, Poznań 2017, ISBN 978-83-7160-864-3; in Polish (abstracts in English and German) 320 pages, (192 original analyses, schemes and illustrations, including: 173 colour illustrations and 18 black and white ones). 4.2. The scientific/artistic objective of the aforementioned study, its results and their possible application The original monograph Regular Gardens in Former Prussia, The Identification of Compositional Layers as the Basis for the Protection and Creation of Landscape in Selected Park and Garden Complexes, summarises my research on historical garden complexes with regular compositional styles which I conducted between 2007 and 2016. The monograph featured gardens in former Prussia. The aim of the study was graphic reconstruction of geometrical garden compositions in selected palace and garden complexes established in the 17th and 18th centuries by means of research and analyses specified in the methodology. The study encompassed research and analyses of: Wilków Wielki, Prosna, Bęsia, Holstein, Marków, Kwitajny, Drogosze, and Friedrichstein, i.e. eight selected palace and garden complexes located in former Prussia (at present: Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship and Kaliningrad Oblast (Russia). The research resulted in analyses and drawings in the form of projections and perspectives. They were particularly useful for identification of compositional layers, which were used as the basis for the protection and creation of landscape in palace and garden complexes. The monograph presented a very likely appearance of geometrical garden compositions and 3 APPENDIX No. 2 - A Summary of Scientific Research Accomplishments spatial arrangement of palace and garden complexes, which together with the surrounding landscape, were characteristic of selected decades in the 17th and 18th centuries. There have been more or less detailed references to the of palace and garden complexes in former Prussia in available literature. Some publications discussed the problem of these complexes fully and in detail, whereas others covered the issue only in individual chapters or included perfunctory references only. Most publications presenting former mansion complexes treat the surrounding gardens and their compositions very superficially. These publications usually describe architectural complexes or history of the families who owned these estates. Since the late 16th and early 17th century geometrical garden composition were created near private estates in Prussia. Little is known about the first garden compositions. Supposedly, most of them were utility gardens. In the beginning ornamental gardens were relatively rare. Their layouts and proportions corresponded to medieval quartered arrangements. In the early 17th century there were noticeable traits of simplified Renaissance style with additional layers of medieval gardens., e.g. Wilkowo Wielkie. These arrangements were located near mansions and they did not have any particular axial or compositional connections with the building. In Prussia there were hardly any Renaissance gardens with stylistically pure compositions. Likewise, this style was not particularly marked in manorial architecture. There are only individual examples of buildings with traits of this style. On the contrary, the baroque style could be seen in many places. The second half and the end of the 17th century was the time when baroque gardens were created due to the rapid development of building in that area. Conspicuous baroque mansions were built and new geometrical gardens were established near them, e.g. Prosna, Bęsia, Gładysze, Kamieniec, Słobity, Sztynort, Markowo, Kwitajny, Holstein, Drogosze, Friedrichstein. The programme and spatial layout differed considerably in the size of individual estates, their area and diversity of compositional elements, but the constructors tried to keep the same quality and compositional standards as in the models in France, the Netherlands and Germany. The monograph presented examples of palace and garden compositions in former Prussia which were influenced by the French and Dutch school and very noticeably inspired by Italian baroque solutions. Terraced garden compositions perfectly matched hilly areas in former Prussia. The monograph analysed the spatial composition and measurement characteristics of selected geometrical gardens based on historical materials and field research. If historical materials were available, the author presented stages of transformation in the composition which took place in consecutive years as well as mutual relations with the mansion and surrounding landscape. The palace and garden complexes, the outline of their history and ideograms of the reconstruction of the composition are documents of the historical appearance of these estates. The author presented specific aspects concerning selected estates, which used to exhibit high standard of garden art and architecture, corresponding to the period in history. The criteria used for the selection of estates for research enabled the choice of representatives of high standard of geometrical compositions of garden art. 4 APPENDIX No. 2 - A Summary of Scientific Research Accomplishments The estates were selected according to the following criteria: regular, geometrical composition, e.g. medieval, renaissance or baroque style, characteristic elements of the programme, which match not only the period in history but also the style in which they were created (it particularly applied to the garden part), identifiable and legible relics proving the regular form of composition (later stylistic transformations were very important for this aspect), regular composition, at least partly documented in archival materials. The last two criteria considerably influenced the course of research even if they were partly met. Historical plans and drawings supplemented information about estates if their regular composition was not fully legible upon site inspection. By analogy,