Robert Ast – Polish architect,Graduate of Poznan University of Technology. In 1996-1999 Director of the Institute of Architecture and Spatial Planning at Poznan University of Technology, 1999-2002 Dean of the Faculty of Architecture at Poznan University of Technology, of which he is founder. Currently Head of the Department of Urban and Spatial Planning at the Poznan University of Technology. Lectures and classes at universities in Portugal, Spain, Slovenia, Montenegro, Cabo Verde.

Winner of the first prize in the national urban planning competition for the Program and Spatial Study of the Warta River in Poznań – chief designer and team leader (2006). Author of the study on the development of motorway areas in Poznań at Komorniki and Dębina interchanges (March 2001) and the concept of development of the northern zone of Poznań (1999-2013).

Author of several dozens of architectural projects and realizations:

Exhibitions – participation: The Eighth Belgrade Triennals of World Architecture (2006). Belgrade Fair (Hall 3). 15 June – 01 July 2006. Architecture – a Record of Ideas. National Museum in Poznań, 11.08.-27.10.2013, Churches of Poznań, Archdiocesan Museum. Poznan, 2007

Author of books including: “Architecture of the Coast”, “Architecture in the investment process”, “Shaping the space of regions and cities”, “Waterfront architecture”.