Medusa Group is an interdisciplinary design studio carrying out projects in the fields of architecture, urban planning, graphic design, and industrial design. Founded in 1997 by architects Przemo Łukasik and Łukasz Zagała in Poland, the studio has received numerous awards and distinctions in architectural competitions and exhibitions both in Poland and internationally. Medusa Group has offices in Bytom, Warsaw, and Dubai.
Przemo Łukasik was born in Chorzów in 1970. He graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice. He also studied at the Ecole d'Architecture Paris-Villemin in Paris, France. After completing his studies, he worked at P.P. Pabel Architekten in Berlin, as well as at Jean Nouvel Architecture and Odile Decq / Benoît Cornette in Paris. In 1997, together with Łukasz Zagała, he founded the architectural studio Medusa Group. He has also taught students as a visiting professor at the École Spéciale d'Architecture in Paris.
Privately, he is deeply involved in sports and photography, and is socially active in the Silesian region.
Łukasz Zagała was born in Zabrze in 1972. He graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice. After his studies, he worked at P.P. Pabel Architekten in Berlin, Germany, and at Odile Decq / Benoît Cornette in Paris, France.
Since 1997, he has been co-running the Medusa Group architectural studio with Przemo Łukasik. For 10 years, he lectured at the Faculty of Architecture at the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice. In 2005, he defended his doctoral dissertation titled “Adaptation of Post-Industrial Buildings for New Functions as a Significant Trend in Contemporary Architecture."
In his personal life, he is passionate about sports—particularly alpine skiing and road cycling. He is also interested in classical and jazz music, and plays the piano himself.
