Wojciech Odrobina Architecture Reality of Life

Architecture is present in the reality of life and, above all, in the daily life of citizens. The level of culture of a country, together with the education and sensitivity of citizens, is what enables us to live in a more harmonious society. That is why the declaration of these special days aims to help everyone, each in their field, to rethink the performance of their work in the best possible way to commit themselves to society with the objectives of responsibility that constitute the guarantee of citizens' future of the world and its living space.

Wojciech Odrobina This year, World Architecture Day has the theme Sharing the city, a theme proposed at the Istanbul Congress held by the International Union of Architects (UIA) last July and in which I had the honor of participating in its development. It focuses on a solidarity in which the different aspects of cities are visible: values, culture and heritage, habitability and quality, utility and excellence, technology and humanity, and it is about sharing resources with the less privileged and homeless to achieve a sustainable environment.

Therefore, and directing our gaze towards the city of the 21st century, the challenge that is presented to the architecture is its ability to re-imagine solutions that are oriented towards rational growth, based more on the deep renewal of the tissues of the city. consolidated city that in the uncontrolled development of the peripheries.

Wojciech Odrobina The world of architecture must be able to participate intensively in the activation of the development potential of the modern city, providing new initiatives of uses and programs, of activities capable of stimulating urban awareness. Architecture has to be close to the problems of citizens, opening perspectives and generating horizons of activity where social cohesion is strengthened, paying attention to planning with programs to obtain affordable housing for the most needy strata of population.