WOJCIECH T. OKTAWIEC R.A. PATH ARCHITECTURE PC
59-20 69th Avenue Ridgewood, NY 11385
Cell (917)604-8723
Phone (718)381-5865
Fax (888)537-8813
www.patharchitect.com
Wojciech Oktawiec , AIA is an award wining architect, planner and designer and is the founder and president of PATH Architecture PC. He has been in professional practice for 40 years and has been a Registered Architect in the New York State since 1996. Affiliated with the American Institute of Architects and served as an officer on the Board of Directors of the Long Island Chapter of A.I.A. in the years 1998-2001. Currently member of AIA’s CRAN network.
Professional Experience:
President of Path Architecture PC, 2004 to Present.
During the years 1989-2004 worked in the numerous architectural offices on Long Island and Manhattan including JRS Architects, Narofsky Architecture and ShoP Architects.
Collaborations
Worked in collaboration with Chris Sharples (“Sharples Design”) and SHoP Architects on architectural competitions, 1994-1998 and international workshops and seminars- 2010 and 2018. Worked for Stuart Narofsky of of N2 Design and Narofsky Architecture on residential and corporate designs,
1998-2004 Worked in collaboration with John DeFazio and Paul Kerzner (the Director of the ConEdison Renaissance Program) in the design and development of the churches and community centers in Brooklyn, New York, 2008 to Present .
Teaching
Wojciech Oktawiec had been an Instructor of Architecture at the Institute of Urban Design and Town Planning, Department of Architecture of the Technical University of Krakow 1983-1989.
He has conducted special research seminars and instructed in design and technology for the construction of affordable housing, methods of rehabilitations of the historic districts and rehabilitation of housing located in distressed urban centers.
A frequent Design Studio critic and lecturer (for the past 10 years studio critic in Drexel University, critic at 2008 Pratt Institute “Prefab Studio” and in recently during 2016-2019 years Design Studio critic at NYIT) , Wojciech has taught seminars in advanced architectural technologies, system/modular design and prefab and CAMCAD fabrication in construction and utilization of the “green technologies” in architectural practice.
Wojciech was a founding member of the Polish Green Building Council, a chapter of the World Green Council, in 2007.
Currently (2019 to Present) he is Faculty Member of the School of Architecture and Design in New York Institute of Technology with the rank of Adjunct Assistant Professor.
Education: Master of Architecture, the Technical University of Krakow in Poland, 1983 Register Architect in State of New York -1996 DSW State of California Safety Assessment Program Cal OES Awards: Main Architect of Krakow Award, 1988 Polish Minister of Construction Award, 1990 Excellence in Teaching Award from TUK-1990 Awards in International Competitions: 1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2002 Archie Award 2002 (member of N2 Design team -L.I. Chapter of AIA- Excellence in Design Award) Commendation -Archi Award 2015 (member of N2 Design&Architecture and Norman Glavis Architect team –L.I. Chapter of AIA-Excellence in Design Award) Exhibitions and Seminars: Wroclaw, Poland, 1986 Berlin, Germany, 1988 New York (NIAE) 1993 Krakow, Poland 2009 (Architekci Krakowa za granica) Krakow 2010 and Krakow 2024 -MBF-Krakow conference on the Future of Building.
Community Service:
Board of Directors, the Ridgewood Property Owners Civic Association, 2005 to Present
Wojciech involvement with RPOCA includes contributions to established three area in Ridgewood (Queens) as NYC LPC’s designated Landmark Districts. Oktawiec was one of the authors of the “Proposed rezoning of Ridgewood” submitted to NYC Planning Commission in 2018. Trustee and Board Member of the Pulaski Association of the Professional Men, 2010 to Present. Received City of New York Council Citations for the service to the community: 2005-2008, 2017, 2018, 2023. Polish-Slavic Center Member of the Building Committee 2022 to Present
