Foil&Soil Mishmash

Foil&Soil is a post-plastic lab, founded by Magdalena Pietryszyn and Magdalena Skowyra. We examine and transform waste from areas with extensive agriculture from under polyethylene greenhouses. By challenging the perception of synthetic waste and re-imagining its applications, the lab offers a glimpse into a post-anthropocentric future. Our lab establishes a bridge between material science and spatial practices. Foil&Soil's recent recognition was during Milan Design Week 2023, where we exhibited our first prototype.

Magdalena Pietryszyn, an architect and material designer, operates across Warsaw, Vienna, and Tamale, focusing on research, collaboration, and teaching. Holding a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, she investigates spatial solutions through unconventional materials in marginalized European and Sub-Saharan contexts. Her projects bridge urban and material realms, employing a holistic approach across extreme scales.
Magdalena Skowyra, based in Copenhagen, is an accomplished chemical and medical physics engineer with a vast academic journey. Having successfully completed her PhD at the Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, she has now embarked on a PostDoc position at the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Danish Polymer Center Group. Magdalena's expertise lies in the fields of material science and polymer chemistry, with a strong focus on new materials design, with applications ranging from dosimetry, through the petroleum industry, up to artificial muscles.