Witold Zandfos

First name:

Witold

Last Name:

Zandfos

Date of birth:

1938

Profession:

architect, painter

Biography:

Witold Zandfos (born 1938), a Polish and French architect and painter. A graduate of the Faculty of Architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology. In 1963, he moved to Paris. Co-founder (with Jan Karczewski and Michel Lefebvre) of the MIASTO group. Winner of first prize at the Paris Biennale and the Grand Prix d’Architecture et d’Urbanisme in Cannes (1969 and 1970). From 1971 to 1983, he worked as an urban planner on the construction of urban centres in the Paris region. From 1983 to 1986, he served as an adviser to Bernard Tschumi on the construction of the La Vilette science park in Paris.