Julia Jamrozik

Julia Jamrozik is passionate about design and architectural preservation. However, rather than focusing on physical artifacts, she takes a personal approach by examining the impacts of buildings on their inhabitants.

“Through an expanded idea of preservation, we can learn from inhabitants’ personal stories and understand a more social history of buildings,” said Jamrozik. To that end, she co-wrote the book “Growing Up Modern: Childhoods in Iconic Homes,” examining the impact of some of the very earliest and most radical Modernist buildings on their original inhabitants. In her creative practice, Jamrozik looks at interactions between people and the spaces they occupy by working with colour, play and narrative. These tools help her imagine and realize temporary and permanent installations, domestic spaces and “social infrastructures.”

As an educator, Jamrozik emphasizes that design doesn’t occur in a vacuum by stressing the role of historical and contemporary precedents. “I try to convey to my students that design is not about the building itself but about the spaces they’re creating for people,” said Jamrozik. “I want them to think of the work they do from the perspective of those that will use it.”

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