New artist-in residence: Malgorzata Olchowska

Malgorzata Maria Olchowska, cover for “werk, bauen + wohnen”, 2024.

Małgorzata Olchowska is an architect and print maker with an artistic practice that explores the boundaries of architecture. Known for her conceptual approach to drawings, sketches, and collages, she uses printmaking as a medium to tell stories about architecture, adding a tactile dimension to the visual language of the built environment, where themes of memory and displacement become central.
The relationship between print making and architecture is a recurring theme in Olchowska’s practice, in which the two disciplines are considered equivalent: “Both stem from a love of craftsmanship, in which the design process is central.”

During her one month residency at Lottozero (7–31 July), she will explore how textile can be incorporated into her practice, experimenting with digital jacquard weaving, tufting, felting, and silkscreen printing.

Olchowska studied architecture and urban planning in Poland, the United Kingdom, and at TU Delft in the Netherlands. After graduating, she worked as an architect at the firms De Vylder Vinck Taillieu, Murmuur, and Bovenbouw. Since 2016, she has been associated with various academic institutions, including the University of Ghent and the Rotterdam Academy of Bouwkunst. Olchowska’s work is regularly presented in exhibitions, conceived as opportunities to experiment with scenography—often in collaboration with Atelier Oh.

In 2023, her first monographic book, Waiting Rooms of Architecture, was published by the Flemish Architecture Institute.