Agnieszka has over 30 years of experience in place making as a practitioner, academic teacher and researcher. She manages the planning policy service at Westminster City Council and is a Professor of Architecture and Town Planning at the Gdansk University of Technology in Gdansk. As a researcher, Agnieszka’s publications reflect her interests in quality of spatial development, urban management in metropolitan regions, and visual language in strategic planning. Agnieszka led on creation of planning policies for urban intensification, local character, tall buildings, views; provided design advice for strategic developments such as: former gas-works sites of Marian Place, Leven Road, Bow Common in Tower Hamlets. Her notable work includes Connected Croydon Programme, and regeneration programmes in London Borough of Tower Hamlets: the Lea Valley Bridges, Isle of Dogs & South Poplar Open Spaces and Estate Regeneration Pathway. She used to be a part of Design PLACE Review for Brighton and Hove, and Design South-East design advice. Her current focus is on policies related to sustainability, housing, public realm, and neighbourhood planning.