Maciej Nowicki (1910–1950) was a Polish architect. He served as the chief architect for the city of Chandigarh in India. He died in a plane crash on 1 September 1950 at the age of 40.
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Matthew “Macy” Nowicki was born in Chita, Siberia on Sunday, June 26, 1910 (age 40 at death). He grew up in the Polish cities of Kraków and Warsaw, where he received his formal studies. , Leaving Poland in the autumn of 1945 (Nowicki as a cultural attache in Chicago) the family eventually settled in New York. In 1936, Meckiff graduated from Warsaw Polytechnic. Due to his father’s job, the family moved around a lot, including Chicago, where Nowicki learned English. ,
Family
Nowicki belonged to a wealthy Polish family.
parents and siblings
His father was a consul and head of the Polish Agrarian Party.
wife and children
Maciej Nowicki married Stanisława Sandecka in 1938. Stanisława was also an architect. During his architectural education at the Warsaw Polytechnic, the couple were renowned for their talents in drawing. They also had a child.
Maciej Nowicki’s Wife – Stanisława Sandecka
They were fellow students before Maciej was married to Stanisława Sandecka, with whom he later collaborated on several projects.
livelihood
Nowicki was a great teacher, designer and planner of various cities around the world. His views on architecture were strongly influenced by his time as a student of Professor Rudolf Wierzewski. His works range from the terrace apartment buildings in Warsaw (1933) to the unique vision of rebuilding the center of the completely destroyed Polish capital Warsaw (1945) to the entire layout and architectural concept of Chandigarh (1950).
Reconstruction of the Polish capital city – Warsaw, 1945
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In 1950, Nowicki, together with American architect Albert Mayer, began planning Chandigarh, the new capital of Punjab and Haryana in India. Together they designed the city as a leaf, with gently flowing avenues and an administrative district surrounded by small neighborhoods. Sadly, Nowicki’s plane crashed while returning from India in 1950. Later, the city was designed by Le Corbusier.
Maciej Nowicki’s Master Plan
On 1 September 1950, Maciej Nowicki, aged 40, died in a plane crash in the Egyptian desert while returning from India.
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