Dr. hab. Ing. Arch. Kinga Racoń-Lej

Vita

Assoc. Prof. D.Sc., Ph.D. Kinga Racoń-Leja is an architect, urban designer, and Professor at the Cracow University of Technology. She heads the Chair of Urbanism and City Structure Architecture and specializes in urban transformation, climate adaptation, and urban heritage-related research. As university's team leader in the Horizon Europe FuturHist project, she investigates typology-based, climate-responsive and energy-efficient solutions for Kraków terraced tenement houses (kamienica), supporting their sustainable future while safeguarding cultural heritage values. Member of Małopolska Spatial Planning Commission, National Board of Polish Urban Planners Society TUP, Polish Architects Association SARP, Chamber of Architects MOIA.