Dr Tomasz E. Malec is an architect, lecturer, and researcher in the field of architecture, including tangible and intangible culture, human needs in architecture, interdisciplinary relationships between spatial units, and Jewish architecture and urbanism. Between 2000 and 2013, he was the author and co-author of multiple architectural designs, mostly connected with renovating historical buildings. He authored the textbook Simple Introduction to Architecture (Gliwice, 2011 and 2018; Istanbul, 2017) for new architecture students, and the monograph Jewish Architecture and Urbanism in the Years 1495-1815: The Jewish City in Casimir, Cracow (Rome, 2015), along with over 25 articles in scientific journals. Results of his research on the role of cultural and non-cultural conditions in spatial development provide insight into the basis behind the process of human-centred design. His work may be also used for future sustainable architectural and urban design, environmental design, and multidisciplinary projects involving human settlements on other planets.