Sustainability, beauty, and power are notions that hit our contemporary perception every day. How... more Sustainability, beauty, and power are notions that hit our contemporary perception every day. However, they have been an integral part of architecture and urban planning in various forms since the ages. The paper presents their fundamental descriptions, followed by an assessment of their mutual relations and impact on architecture through a triangular architectural relation model developed by the authors of the article. Using the theoretical thought experiment, it highlights eight boundary models along with their main characteristics, in particular, the implosion, explosion, shared-control, utilitarian, no-control, supremacy, inside-forced, and outside-forced architectural related models. Such models can help predict future events, explain past events, make decisions, and plan strategies, or reveal problems and propose new solutions. Other applications include determination of the causes of certain results or finding out the responsibility and mechanisms that led to them. The authors are of the opinion that the mutual denominator of sustainability, beauty, and power represents ethics that should be forced in architectural education and practice.
The authors of this article discuss the mutual relationship and influence of nature and culture r... more The authors of this article discuss the mutual relationship and influence of nature and culture represented by the built environment as the basic objective of the education strategy through the transcription of natural laws. They highlight various points of view on the importance of information, energy and thermodynamics in global sustainability and sustainable architecture and town planning, in particular. Besides terms, such as ecological algorithm and ekistics, the authors point out the emerging artificial intelligence that affects human activities, including education. In addition, they list the various advantages and disadvantages, threats and unknown consequences associated with AI or geoengineering. The authors conclude that in the era of misinformation and hoaxes, relevant information or correct interpretation of scientific facts and findings plays a key role. Literally, academic ground represents a battlefield in this sense and should act as a guarantee of correctness, reliability and moral/ethical principles.
One of the main targets of globally aimed strategies such as the UN-supported Race to Zero campai... more One of the main targets of globally aimed strategies such as the UN-supported Race to Zero campaign or the European Green Deal is the decarbonisation of the building sector. The implementation of renewable energy sources in new urban structures, as well as the complex reconstruction of existing buildings, represents a key area of sustainable urban development. Supporting this approach, this paper introduces the solar-surface-area-to-volume ratio (Rsol) and the solar performance indicator (Psol), applicable for evaluation of the energy performance of basic building shapes at early design stages. The indicators are based on the preprocessors calculated using two different mathematical models—Robinson and Stone’s cumulative sky algorithm and Kittler and Mikler’s model—which are then compared and evaluated. Contrary to the commonly used surface-area-to-volume ratio, the proposed indicators estimate the potential for energy generation by active solar appliances integrated in the building...
One of the main targets of globally aimed strategies such as the UN-supported Race to Zero campai... more One of the main targets of globally aimed strategies such as the UN-supported Race to Zero campaign or the European Green Deal is the decarbonisation of the building sector. The implementation of renewable energy sources in new urban structures, as well as the complex reconstruction of existing buildings, represents a key area of sustainable urban development. Supporting this approach, this paper introduces the solar-surface-area-to-volume ratio (Rsol) and the solar performance indicator (Psol), applicable for evaluation of the energy performance of basic building shapes at early design stages. The indicators are based on the preprocessors calculated using two different mathematical models—Robinson and Stone’s cumulative sky algorithm and Kittler and Mikler’s model—which are then compared and evaluated. Contrary to the commonly used surface-area-to-volume ratio, the proposed indicators estimate the potential for energy generation by active solar appliances integrated in the building envelope and allow optimisation of building shape in relation to potential energy losses and potential solar gains simultaneously. On the basis of the mathematical models, an online application optimising building shape to maximise sun-exposed surfaces has been developed. In connection with the solar-surface-area-to-volume ratio, it facilitates the quantitative evaluation of energy efficiency of various shapes by the wider professional public. The proposed indicators, verified in a case study presented, shall result in the increased sustainability of building sector by improving the utilisation of solar energy and overall energy performance of buildings.
In the context of the current energy crisis and climate change, the importance of discussions on ... more In the context of the current energy crisis and climate change, the importance of discussions on how to incorporate monument protection into sustainable strategies that mitigate the human impact on the environment and implement renewable sources while preserving cultural values is raised. Through the case study of the Monument Reserve in Bratislava, Slovakia, this article presents the potentials and limits of the integration of photovoltaic systems in historic urban structures that directly affect their feasible participation in smart city and positive energy district concepts by means of energy cooperativeness. This study highlights the most current recommendations and basic principles on how to assess their visual impact and select the most appropriate solutions. Using the datafication process, it analyzes the irradiance of pitched and flat roof polygons of the set area based on their characteristics such as the normal vector azimuth and slope of the rooftops. For this purpose, a 3D morphological model in LOD3 detail and the open-source solar irradiation model r.sun implemented in GRASS GIS / QGIS were used. The data obtained provided an estimate of the output potential to endow the city’s power grid and were compared to the electricity consumption of the particular city district. Furthermore, these data are suitable for designing a customized technical and aesthetic solution for the integration of photovoltaics with respect to cultural sustainability, as well as for decision- and policy makers.
Faculty of Architecture and Design of the Slovak University of Technology (STU) hereby announces ... more Faculty of Architecture and Design of the Slovak University of Technology (STU) hereby announces a new call for submissions to its peer-reviewed scientific journal Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU for the year 2023.
Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU
The presented research focuses on energy (im)balance on both global and local scale. The main emp... more The presented research focuses on energy (im)balance on both global and local scale. The main emphasis is placed on microclimatic factors directly affecting public urban spaces and related physical processes regarding the city that are closely linked to energy flows and result in the formation of Urban Heat Islands (UHIs). As they are one of the main adverse effects of human activities, the paper introduces the classification of UHIs by types, describes the basic differences between the surface energy balance of rural and urban areas, and introduces climate-sensitive urban design as one of the possible ways of mitigating the undesirable anthropogenic impact on the climate change. The authors of the article present their own research, which predominantly focuses on the development of an environmental observatory situated on the rooftop of the building of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU in Bratislava (hereafter referred to as the FAD STU). They interpret the experimental op...
The journal has been published by the Faculty of Architecture and Design (original name Faculty o... more The journal has been published by the Faculty of Architecture and Design (original name Faculty of Architecture by September 2020) STU on a quarterly basis since 1996. All articles accepted by the Editorial Board are published as fully open-access only (since 2020) with a Creative Commons license. All submissions are peer reviewed by experts on article subjects. No fee is charged and authors are not paid for any of the stages of article submission, evaluation, or publication.
Since the beginning of this century, STEM education has become increasingly important in preservi... more Since the beginning of this century, STEM education has become increasingly important in preserving prosperity and economic competitiveness. Architecture has its own specific attributes. It overarches the STEM and HASS disciplines, and it should be perceived as a cultural phenomenon rather than as a field of study. The main objective of this article is to highlight the methodology based on the statistical method evaluating the correlation rate between the Bachelor’s student performance (SP) in design studio courses and STEM and HASS categories, represented by particular subjects of various areas of study. The relationship between the admission examination procedure and the academic performance of graduates in the DESIGN category was also analyzed. Although the level of knowledge and skills required based on the study results within the curricula was more significant in the HASS category, the direct correlation between subjects in the STEM category, especially engineering, and the qu...
Topic: Architecture and interior architecture disciplines:
Coexistence or competition?
Keywords:... more Topic: Architecture and interior architecture disciplines: Coexistence or competition?
Background There is a scarce selection of scientific publications that identify in a comprehensive manner as an mautonomous, integral design discipline. Consequently, there is deficiency in contributions that explore thoroughly the quality of interrelationship between interior architecture and architecture, that features the nearest physical and formal contexts for designing new interior spaces, as well as for the redesigning of existing structures. The recognition of environmental sustainability issues, with regard to the creation of interior spaces, subsequently remains insufficient. This is in spite of the fact that there are more commonly exercised practices of conversion and retrofitting of existing buildings, in order to partially accomplish the sustainability postulates of reuse of material substance.
Target This special issue aims to investigate the inclusion of the sustainability paradigm in the interior architectural design methodology, as a means to enhance the formal, structural, and aesthetical connection between interior architecture and architecture disciplines. The value of this interrelationship, in terms of the achievement of environmental efficiency, requires from these two disciplines the co-existence and assistance, instead of irrelevance, interference, or competition. The issue aims to discuss the diversity of design interventions undertaken within the interior spaces, where the objective of achieving the high environmental performance requires consistency from both disciplines consistency in terms of solving technical or functional problems, as well as in a search for formal and stylistic integrity. Therefore, the sustainability paradigm is to be considered as a stimulus towards an equal meaning of both disciplines. In contemporary design process. We welcome original papers that summarise the theoretical studies, as well as contributions from practice-based research on this issue of multidimensional relationship between both interior architecture and architecture disciplines.
Guest Editor dr. inž. arch. Magdalena Celadyn, PhD., Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Poland
Since the beginning of this century, STEM education has become increasingly important in preservi... more Since the beginning of this century, STEM education has become increasingly important in preserving prosperity and economic competitiveness. Architecture has its own specific attributes. It overarches the STEM and HASS disciplines, and it should be perceived as a cultural phenomenon rather than as a field of study. The main objective of this article is to highlight the methodology based on the statistical method evaluating the correlation rate between the Bachelor’s student performance (SP) in design studio courses and STEM and HASS categories, represented by particular subjects of various areas of study. The relationship between the admission examination procedure and the academic performance of graduates in the DESIGN category was also analyzed. Although the level of knowledge and skills required based on the study results within the curricula was more significant in the HASS category, the direct correlation between subjects in the STEM category, especially engineering, and the quality of the design studio¢s outputs as the main and fundamental part of the creative architectural work, was also confirmed. The authors of the article found that STEM knowledge and STEM skills do not reach the required level and, therefore, the emphasis should be placed on changing curricula, balancing the ratio of STEM and HASS categories, adjusting the credits assigned to STEM subjects, or reviewing the classification system.
World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education, 2022
The authors of this article discuss the ambiguous necessity of talent for the execution of archit... more The authors of this article discuss the ambiguous necessity of talent for the execution of architectural practice. It opens the question of its assessment and whether the attainment of knowledge, skills, competencies and artistic creativity within this professional realm can be achieved through training and the use of various guidelines.The authors highlight the importance of tacit knowledge and its transformation within the knowledge spiral based on socialisation, externalisation, combination and internalisation phases, and the related contexts. This can contribute to increasing the effectiveness of education and raising the level of a knowledge-based society. They describe the main characteristics of Generation Z (Gen Z) the first cohort of which has already entered the labour market. In light of this and considering the results of an alumni on-line survey carried out in the Faculty of Architecture and Design at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (STU), Slovakia, on the most important skills for the enforcement for practice the authors argue for changes in architectural education.
The educational process should reflect the actual needs of a society, confront its current issues... more The educational process should reflect the actual needs of a society, confront its current issues and seek appropriate solutions to its specific problems. As a major consumer of energy, the city will have to face many challenges in housing, transportation, etc. This article suggests one possible scheme for the reduction of energy demand of cities by using solar energy as a local renewable energy source. The authors compare various types of existing settlements in the City of Bratislava Ostredky, Krasňany and Petržalka, which represent typical urban typologies of the socialist era. By determining the energy performance of structures the potential for hypothetical utilisation of photovoltaic and solar thermal collectors installed on roofs and façades is compared. The case studies introduce both the concept of energy cooperativeness within the urban structures, and a new energy town planning indicator (cooperation indicator). All evaluation and simulation methods of urban structures sh...
Architectural education emerged a long time after humans began to construct their dwellings. The ... more Architectural education emerged a long time after humans began to construct their dwellings. The process of its formation began by passing down skills from generation to generation. Later, it was systematised in workshops. Even during antiquity, but especially in the Renaissance period, the education was further enriched with theoretical and practical rules of architecture. The current way of life implies specific changes in methodology of teaching the new generation of architects. The construction process is also changing with the use of new technologies and practices, such as 3D printing of entire building elements or the use of drones. Capitalising virtual reality, increasing emphasis on the introduction of practical skills, and the presence of practicing teachers are now part of the academic scene. Is institutional educational still necessary? Would it be possible to gain the requisite knowledge and skills solely through experience in the architectural office, as it was the case...
Architectural education emerged a long time after humans began to construct their dwellings. The ... more Architectural education emerged a long time after humans began to construct their dwellings. The process of its formation began by passing down skills from generation to generation. Later, it was systematised in workshops. Even during antiquity, but especially in the Renaissance period, the education was further enriched with theoretical and practical rules of architecture. The current way of life implies specific changes in methodology of teaching the new generation of architects. The construction process is also changing with the use of new technologies and practices, such as 3D printing of entire building elements or the use of drones. Capitalising virtual reality, increasing emphasis on the introduction of practical skills, and the presence of practicing teachers are now part of the academic scene. Is institutional educational still necessary? Would it be possible to gain the requisite knowledge and skills solely through experience in the architectural office, as it was the case...
Faculty of Architecture and Design of the Slovak University of Technology (STU) based in Bratisla... more Faculty of Architecture and Design of the Slovak University of Technology (STU) based in Bratislava hereby announces a new call for submissions to its peer-reviewed scientific journal ALFA for the four issues of the year 2022 (published electronically at the Sciendo and journal webpage) with deadlines: 31 January I 25 April I 11 July I 10 October.
The journal has been published by the Faculty of Architecture and Design (original name Faculty of Architecture until September 2020) STU on a quarterly basis since 1996. All articles accepted by the Editorial Board are published as fully open-access only (since 2020) with a Creative Commons license. All submissions are double-blind peer reviewed (by experts on article subjects). No fee is charged and authors are not paid for any of the stages of article submission, evaluation, or publication.
Faculty of Architecture and Design of the Slovak University of Technology (STU) based in Bratisla... more Faculty of Architecture and Design of the Slovak University of Technology (STU) based in Bratislava hereby announces a new call for submissions to its peer-reviewed scientific journal ALFA for the four issues of this year (published electronically at the Sciendo and journal webpage) with deadlines: 25 April _ 11 July _ 24 October. The journal has been published by the Faculty of Architecture and Design (original name Faculty of Architecture until September 2020) STU on a quarterly basis since 1996. All articles accepted by the Editorial Board are published as fully open-access only (since 2020) with a Creative Commons license. All submissions are double-blind peer reviewed (by experts on article subjects).
Sustainability, beauty, and power are notions that hit our contemporary perception every day. How... more Sustainability, beauty, and power are notions that hit our contemporary perception every day. However, they have been an integral part of architecture and urban planning in various forms since the ages. The paper presents their fundamental descriptions, followed by an assessment of their mutual relations and impact on architecture through a triangular architectural relation model developed by the authors of the article. Using the theoretical thought experiment, it highlights eight boundary models along with their main characteristics, in particular, the implosion, explosion, shared-control, utilitarian, no-control, supremacy, inside-forced, and outside-forced architectural related models. Such models can help predict future events, explain past events, make decisions, and plan strategies, or reveal problems and propose new solutions. Other applications include determination of the causes of certain results or finding out the responsibility and mechanisms that led to them. The authors are of the opinion that the mutual denominator of sustainability, beauty, and power represents ethics that should be forced in architectural education and practice.
The authors of this article discuss the mutual relationship and influence of nature and culture r... more The authors of this article discuss the mutual relationship and influence of nature and culture represented by the built environment as the basic objective of the education strategy through the transcription of natural laws. They highlight various points of view on the importance of information, energy and thermodynamics in global sustainability and sustainable architecture and town planning, in particular. Besides terms, such as ecological algorithm and ekistics, the authors point out the emerging artificial intelligence that affects human activities, including education. In addition, they list the various advantages and disadvantages, threats and unknown consequences associated with AI or geoengineering. The authors conclude that in the era of misinformation and hoaxes, relevant information or correct interpretation of scientific facts and findings plays a key role. Literally, academic ground represents a battlefield in this sense and should act as a guarantee of correctness, reliability and moral/ethical principles.
One of the main targets of globally aimed strategies such as the UN-supported Race to Zero campai... more One of the main targets of globally aimed strategies such as the UN-supported Race to Zero campaign or the European Green Deal is the decarbonisation of the building sector. The implementation of renewable energy sources in new urban structures, as well as the complex reconstruction of existing buildings, represents a key area of sustainable urban development. Supporting this approach, this paper introduces the solar-surface-area-to-volume ratio (Rsol) and the solar performance indicator (Psol), applicable for evaluation of the energy performance of basic building shapes at early design stages. The indicators are based on the preprocessors calculated using two different mathematical models—Robinson and Stone’s cumulative sky algorithm and Kittler and Mikler’s model—which are then compared and evaluated. Contrary to the commonly used surface-area-to-volume ratio, the proposed indicators estimate the potential for energy generation by active solar appliances integrated in the building...
One of the main targets of globally aimed strategies such as the UN-supported Race to Zero campai... more One of the main targets of globally aimed strategies such as the UN-supported Race to Zero campaign or the European Green Deal is the decarbonisation of the building sector. The implementation of renewable energy sources in new urban structures, as well as the complex reconstruction of existing buildings, represents a key area of sustainable urban development. Supporting this approach, this paper introduces the solar-surface-area-to-volume ratio (Rsol) and the solar performance indicator (Psol), applicable for evaluation of the energy performance of basic building shapes at early design stages. The indicators are based on the preprocessors calculated using two different mathematical models—Robinson and Stone’s cumulative sky algorithm and Kittler and Mikler’s model—which are then compared and evaluated. Contrary to the commonly used surface-area-to-volume ratio, the proposed indicators estimate the potential for energy generation by active solar appliances integrated in the building envelope and allow optimisation of building shape in relation to potential energy losses and potential solar gains simultaneously. On the basis of the mathematical models, an online application optimising building shape to maximise sun-exposed surfaces has been developed. In connection with the solar-surface-area-to-volume ratio, it facilitates the quantitative evaluation of energy efficiency of various shapes by the wider professional public. The proposed indicators, verified in a case study presented, shall result in the increased sustainability of building sector by improving the utilisation of solar energy and overall energy performance of buildings.
In the context of the current energy crisis and climate change, the importance of discussions on ... more In the context of the current energy crisis and climate change, the importance of discussions on how to incorporate monument protection into sustainable strategies that mitigate the human impact on the environment and implement renewable sources while preserving cultural values is raised. Through the case study of the Monument Reserve in Bratislava, Slovakia, this article presents the potentials and limits of the integration of photovoltaic systems in historic urban structures that directly affect their feasible participation in smart city and positive energy district concepts by means of energy cooperativeness. This study highlights the most current recommendations and basic principles on how to assess their visual impact and select the most appropriate solutions. Using the datafication process, it analyzes the irradiance of pitched and flat roof polygons of the set area based on their characteristics such as the normal vector azimuth and slope of the rooftops. For this purpose, a 3D morphological model in LOD3 detail and the open-source solar irradiation model r.sun implemented in GRASS GIS / QGIS were used. The data obtained provided an estimate of the output potential to endow the city’s power grid and were compared to the electricity consumption of the particular city district. Furthermore, these data are suitable for designing a customized technical and aesthetic solution for the integration of photovoltaics with respect to cultural sustainability, as well as for decision- and policy makers.
Faculty of Architecture and Design of the Slovak University of Technology (STU) hereby announces ... more Faculty of Architecture and Design of the Slovak University of Technology (STU) hereby announces a new call for submissions to its peer-reviewed scientific journal Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU for the year 2023.
Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU
The presented research focuses on energy (im)balance on both global and local scale. The main emp... more The presented research focuses on energy (im)balance on both global and local scale. The main emphasis is placed on microclimatic factors directly affecting public urban spaces and related physical processes regarding the city that are closely linked to energy flows and result in the formation of Urban Heat Islands (UHIs). As they are one of the main adverse effects of human activities, the paper introduces the classification of UHIs by types, describes the basic differences between the surface energy balance of rural and urban areas, and introduces climate-sensitive urban design as one of the possible ways of mitigating the undesirable anthropogenic impact on the climate change. The authors of the article present their own research, which predominantly focuses on the development of an environmental observatory situated on the rooftop of the building of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU in Bratislava (hereafter referred to as the FAD STU). They interpret the experimental op...
The journal has been published by the Faculty of Architecture and Design (original name Faculty o... more The journal has been published by the Faculty of Architecture and Design (original name Faculty of Architecture by September 2020) STU on a quarterly basis since 1996. All articles accepted by the Editorial Board are published as fully open-access only (since 2020) with a Creative Commons license. All submissions are peer reviewed by experts on article subjects. No fee is charged and authors are not paid for any of the stages of article submission, evaluation, or publication.
Since the beginning of this century, STEM education has become increasingly important in preservi... more Since the beginning of this century, STEM education has become increasingly important in preserving prosperity and economic competitiveness. Architecture has its own specific attributes. It overarches the STEM and HASS disciplines, and it should be perceived as a cultural phenomenon rather than as a field of study. The main objective of this article is to highlight the methodology based on the statistical method evaluating the correlation rate between the Bachelor’s student performance (SP) in design studio courses and STEM and HASS categories, represented by particular subjects of various areas of study. The relationship between the admission examination procedure and the academic performance of graduates in the DESIGN category was also analyzed. Although the level of knowledge and skills required based on the study results within the curricula was more significant in the HASS category, the direct correlation between subjects in the STEM category, especially engineering, and the qu...
Topic: Architecture and interior architecture disciplines:
Coexistence or competition?
Keywords:... more Topic: Architecture and interior architecture disciplines: Coexistence or competition?
Background There is a scarce selection of scientific publications that identify in a comprehensive manner as an mautonomous, integral design discipline. Consequently, there is deficiency in contributions that explore thoroughly the quality of interrelationship between interior architecture and architecture, that features the nearest physical and formal contexts for designing new interior spaces, as well as for the redesigning of existing structures. The recognition of environmental sustainability issues, with regard to the creation of interior spaces, subsequently remains insufficient. This is in spite of the fact that there are more commonly exercised practices of conversion and retrofitting of existing buildings, in order to partially accomplish the sustainability postulates of reuse of material substance.
Target This special issue aims to investigate the inclusion of the sustainability paradigm in the interior architectural design methodology, as a means to enhance the formal, structural, and aesthetical connection between interior architecture and architecture disciplines. The value of this interrelationship, in terms of the achievement of environmental efficiency, requires from these two disciplines the co-existence and assistance, instead of irrelevance, interference, or competition. The issue aims to discuss the diversity of design interventions undertaken within the interior spaces, where the objective of achieving the high environmental performance requires consistency from both disciplines consistency in terms of solving technical or functional problems, as well as in a search for formal and stylistic integrity. Therefore, the sustainability paradigm is to be considered as a stimulus towards an equal meaning of both disciplines. In contemporary design process. We welcome original papers that summarise the theoretical studies, as well as contributions from practice-based research on this issue of multidimensional relationship between both interior architecture and architecture disciplines.
Guest Editor dr. inž. arch. Magdalena Celadyn, PhD., Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Poland
Since the beginning of this century, STEM education has become increasingly important in preservi... more Since the beginning of this century, STEM education has become increasingly important in preserving prosperity and economic competitiveness. Architecture has its own specific attributes. It overarches the STEM and HASS disciplines, and it should be perceived as a cultural phenomenon rather than as a field of study. The main objective of this article is to highlight the methodology based on the statistical method evaluating the correlation rate between the Bachelor’s student performance (SP) in design studio courses and STEM and HASS categories, represented by particular subjects of various areas of study. The relationship between the admission examination procedure and the academic performance of graduates in the DESIGN category was also analyzed. Although the level of knowledge and skills required based on the study results within the curricula was more significant in the HASS category, the direct correlation between subjects in the STEM category, especially engineering, and the quality of the design studio¢s outputs as the main and fundamental part of the creative architectural work, was also confirmed. The authors of the article found that STEM knowledge and STEM skills do not reach the required level and, therefore, the emphasis should be placed on changing curricula, balancing the ratio of STEM and HASS categories, adjusting the credits assigned to STEM subjects, or reviewing the classification system.
World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education, 2022
The authors of this article discuss the ambiguous necessity of talent for the execution of archit... more The authors of this article discuss the ambiguous necessity of talent for the execution of architectural practice. It opens the question of its assessment and whether the attainment of knowledge, skills, competencies and artistic creativity within this professional realm can be achieved through training and the use of various guidelines.The authors highlight the importance of tacit knowledge and its transformation within the knowledge spiral based on socialisation, externalisation, combination and internalisation phases, and the related contexts. This can contribute to increasing the effectiveness of education and raising the level of a knowledge-based society. They describe the main characteristics of Generation Z (Gen Z) the first cohort of which has already entered the labour market. In light of this and considering the results of an alumni on-line survey carried out in the Faculty of Architecture and Design at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (STU), Slovakia, on the most important skills for the enforcement for practice the authors argue for changes in architectural education.
The educational process should reflect the actual needs of a society, confront its current issues... more The educational process should reflect the actual needs of a society, confront its current issues and seek appropriate solutions to its specific problems. As a major consumer of energy, the city will have to face many challenges in housing, transportation, etc. This article suggests one possible scheme for the reduction of energy demand of cities by using solar energy as a local renewable energy source. The authors compare various types of existing settlements in the City of Bratislava Ostredky, Krasňany and Petržalka, which represent typical urban typologies of the socialist era. By determining the energy performance of structures the potential for hypothetical utilisation of photovoltaic and solar thermal collectors installed on roofs and façades is compared. The case studies introduce both the concept of energy cooperativeness within the urban structures, and a new energy town planning indicator (cooperation indicator). All evaluation and simulation methods of urban structures sh...
Architectural education emerged a long time after humans began to construct their dwellings. The ... more Architectural education emerged a long time after humans began to construct their dwellings. The process of its formation began by passing down skills from generation to generation. Later, it was systematised in workshops. Even during antiquity, but especially in the Renaissance period, the education was further enriched with theoretical and practical rules of architecture. The current way of life implies specific changes in methodology of teaching the new generation of architects. The construction process is also changing with the use of new technologies and practices, such as 3D printing of entire building elements or the use of drones. Capitalising virtual reality, increasing emphasis on the introduction of practical skills, and the presence of practicing teachers are now part of the academic scene. Is institutional educational still necessary? Would it be possible to gain the requisite knowledge and skills solely through experience in the architectural office, as it was the case...
Architectural education emerged a long time after humans began to construct their dwellings. The ... more Architectural education emerged a long time after humans began to construct their dwellings. The process of its formation began by passing down skills from generation to generation. Later, it was systematised in workshops. Even during antiquity, but especially in the Renaissance period, the education was further enriched with theoretical and practical rules of architecture. The current way of life implies specific changes in methodology of teaching the new generation of architects. The construction process is also changing with the use of new technologies and practices, such as 3D printing of entire building elements or the use of drones. Capitalising virtual reality, increasing emphasis on the introduction of practical skills, and the presence of practicing teachers are now part of the academic scene. Is institutional educational still necessary? Would it be possible to gain the requisite knowledge and skills solely through experience in the architectural office, as it was the case...
Faculty of Architecture and Design of the Slovak University of Technology (STU) based in Bratisla... more Faculty of Architecture and Design of the Slovak University of Technology (STU) based in Bratislava hereby announces a new call for submissions to its peer-reviewed scientific journal ALFA for the four issues of the year 2022 (published electronically at the Sciendo and journal webpage) with deadlines: 31 January I 25 April I 11 July I 10 October.
The journal has been published by the Faculty of Architecture and Design (original name Faculty of Architecture until September 2020) STU on a quarterly basis since 1996. All articles accepted by the Editorial Board are published as fully open-access only (since 2020) with a Creative Commons license. All submissions are double-blind peer reviewed (by experts on article subjects). No fee is charged and authors are not paid for any of the stages of article submission, evaluation, or publication.
Faculty of Architecture and Design of the Slovak University of Technology (STU) based in Bratisla... more Faculty of Architecture and Design of the Slovak University of Technology (STU) based in Bratislava hereby announces a new call for submissions to its peer-reviewed scientific journal ALFA for the four issues of this year (published electronically at the Sciendo and journal webpage) with deadlines: 25 April _ 11 July _ 24 October. The journal has been published by the Faculty of Architecture and Design (original name Faculty of Architecture until September 2020) STU on a quarterly basis since 1996. All articles accepted by the Editorial Board are published as fully open-access only (since 2020) with a Creative Commons license. All submissions are double-blind peer reviewed (by experts on article subjects).
Táto publikácia je príbehom mesta. Bude sa vás snažiť previesť históriou tohto ľudského konštrukt... more Táto publikácia je príbehom mesta. Bude sa vás snažiť previesť históriou tohto ľudského konštruktu ako koncentrátu vytvoreného prostredia a ľudskej energie, prezentovať motivácie ľudskej spoločnosti k jeho konštitúcii, ako aj rôzne formy energie, ktoré ho stvorili. Budeme hovoriť o energii manuálnej práce, intelektuálnej / psychickej energii v spojitosti s filozofiou, demokraciou, estetikou a etikou či o súčasných trendoch v oblasti spotreby energie v tomto organizme – meste. Vyvrcholenie v podobe konceptu Smart City predurčí základné problémy aj ich variantné riešenia, ktoré mesto súčasnosti charakterizujú. Publikácia predstavuje bazálny prehľad problematiky vzťahu energie a mesta, aj keď ide o komplexný problém, jej jadro môže slúžiť ako učebná pomôcka v oblastiach udržateľnej architektúry a urbanizmu, ktoré determinujú súčasný trend tvorby životného prostredia pre človeka 21. storočia.
Mesto ako globálny fenomén je produkt jednej univerzálnej idey. Koncentrácia ľudských aktivít sle... more Mesto ako globálny fenomén je produkt jednej univerzálnej idey. Koncentrácia ľudských aktivít sledovala zvýšenie ich efektivity, či už išlo o obchod, výrobu, bezpečnosť, vzdelávanie... Ako jednotiaci princíp (využijúc Mumfordov termín „urban implosion“ z jeho knižky The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects) sa mesto prirodzene kultúrne diverzifikovalo, jeho efektívnosť prekračovala vlastné hranice a opakovane hľadala nové východiská. Globálna vlastnosť mesta je koncentrovaná produkcia a súčasne spotreba. Čoraz zložitejšia logistika produktov a zdrojov vedie k stavu, že súčasné mesto naráža na bariéru vlastnej udržateľnosti. Za prežitie vlastného produktu – mesta je človek čoraz viac zodpovedný.
Súčasná polemika má dve zrejmé platformy. Diskutujeme udržateľnosť mesta z hľadiska jeho materiálneho fungovania a udržateľnosť mesta z hľadiska dichotómie kultúrna identita – globálne generikum. Tieto dve platformy je potrebné zjednocovať, alebo minimálne skúmať rad vertikálnych rezov. Polemika nemôže stáť na nevyhnutnosti voľby energetická + ekonomická ALEBO kultúrna udržateľnosť, pretože pri víťazstve ktoréhokoľvek hľadiska bude mesto atrofovať. Východisko je princíp win-win.
Na jednej strane máme literárne vyjadrenia, pre niekoho melodramatické, na druhej strane seriózny vedecký výskum. Kde leží pravda, ktorú chápeme?, alebo cítime? Aby sme si neskôr nemuseli povzdychnúť spolu s Kurtom Vonnegutom v jeho knižke A Man without a Country: „Dobrotivá Zem – mohli sme si ju zachrániť, ale boli sme príliš nečinní a leniví.“
Autori publikácie vychádzajú z premisy samozrejmosti zachovania kultúrnej identity, skúmajú možnosti udržania fundamentálnych funkcií urbánnych fragmentov, mestských štvrtí, prípadne mesta ako celku. Udržateľnosť je hľadaná v znižovaní ich energetickej spotreby, v rovine stavebných objektov ako hlavných prispievateľov emisií do ovzdušia. Výroba a distribúcia obnoviteľnej energie je skúmaná ako samostatná vrstva a ako proces kultivovania kultúrno-sociálneho súvrstvia mesta. Skúmajú v prvom rade alternatívy, ktoré sú relevantné pre architektúru mesta, pre vznik prípadnej novej estetickej paradigmy architektúry mesta. Skryté technológie nechávajú v druhom pláne. Za premisu považujú pôsobenie slnečnej energie na povrch mesta.
Vynálezy a inovácie nám dnes umožňujú návrat k čistej, bezpečnej energii, ktorá môže čiastočne konkurovať aj jadrovej energetike – jeden z možných scenárov je „solárna revolúcia“. Ovplyvní výraz budúceho mesta podobne ako to urobili priemyselné revolúcie?
Monografia nastoľuje dve primárne situácie – posúdenie potenciálu existujúcej objektovej štruktúry a generovanie optimalizovaných systémov architektúry mesta v prehľadnom veľkostnom systéme. Druhá stratégia je výskum kooperatívneho potenciálu prebytkových a deficitných objektov a ich zoskupení. Teória smartgridov má už solídnu výskumnú základňu, autori sa ňou zaoberajú práve v kontexte našej kultúrnej identity.
Vzťažný systém na posúdenie energetickej efektívnosti prestáva byť jednotlivý objekt, stáva sa ním urbánny fragment v rozmere smart gridu, pri budúcej optimalizácii mesto. Pri argumentačnej fixácii komplexnej udržateľnosti ide o mieru kultúrnej identity objektu, mestského fragmentu, mesta. Pokiaľ sa neudrží energetický, všeobecne logistický systém mesta, bude ohrozená jeho kultúrna identita, pokiaľ nedokážeme udržať jeho kultúrny a sociálny status, pomôže nám akokoľvek dobre alternatívne fungujúca infraštruktúra?
Samostatný problém predstavuje otázka, či prvoplánová aplikácia univerzálnych, povedzme solárnych PV technológií nevedie k riziku generického výrazu mesta naprieč kultúrami. Autori hľadajú účinnú argumentáciu, že kultúrna substancia mesta má odolať budúcim technologickým nánosom. Pri dôslednom postupe tu máme možno nový princíp komplexnej regulácie. Budeme ho kodifikovať alebo používať ako opatrný modifikátor?
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Coexistence or competition?
Keywords: architecture, interior architecture, cohesion, adaptive reuse, redesigning, environmental responsibility
Background
There is a scarce selection of scientific publications that identify in a comprehensive manner as an mautonomous, integral design discipline. Consequently, there is deficiency in contributions that explore thoroughly the quality of interrelationship between interior architecture and architecture, that features the nearest physical and formal contexts for designing new interior spaces, as well as for the redesigning of existing structures. The recognition of environmental sustainability issues, with regard to the creation of interior spaces, subsequently remains insufficient. This is in spite of the fact that there are more commonly exercised practices of conversion and retrofitting of existing buildings, in order to partially accomplish the sustainability postulates of reuse of material substance.
Target
This special issue aims to investigate the inclusion of the sustainability paradigm in the interior architectural design methodology, as a means to enhance the formal, structural, and aesthetical connection between interior architecture and architecture disciplines. The value of this interrelationship, in terms of the achievement of environmental efficiency, requires from these two disciplines the co-existence and assistance, instead of irrelevance, interference, or competition. The issue aims to discuss the diversity of design interventions undertaken within the interior spaces, where the objective of achieving the high environmental performance requires consistency from both disciplines consistency in terms of solving technical or functional problems, as well as in a search for formal and stylistic integrity. Therefore, the sustainability paradigm is to be considered as a stimulus towards an equal meaning of both disciplines. In contemporary design process. We welcome original papers that summarise the theoretical studies, as well as contributions from
practice-based research on this issue of multidimensional relationship between both interior architecture and architecture disciplines.
Guest Editor
dr. inž. arch. Magdalena Celadyn, PhD., Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Poland
31 January I 25 April I 11 July I 10 October.
The journal has been published by the Faculty of Architecture and Design (original name Faculty of Architecture until September 2020) STU on a quarterly basis since 1996. All articles accepted by the Editorial Board are published as fully open-access only (since 2020) with a Creative Commons license. All submissions are double-blind peer reviewed (by experts on article subjects). No fee is charged and authors are not paid for any of the stages of article submission, evaluation, or publication.
Coexistence or competition?
Keywords: architecture, interior architecture, cohesion, adaptive reuse, redesigning, environmental responsibility
Background
There is a scarce selection of scientific publications that identify in a comprehensive manner as an mautonomous, integral design discipline. Consequently, there is deficiency in contributions that explore thoroughly the quality of interrelationship between interior architecture and architecture, that features the nearest physical and formal contexts for designing new interior spaces, as well as for the redesigning of existing structures. The recognition of environmental sustainability issues, with regard to the creation of interior spaces, subsequently remains insufficient. This is in spite of the fact that there are more commonly exercised practices of conversion and retrofitting of existing buildings, in order to partially accomplish the sustainability postulates of reuse of material substance.
Target
This special issue aims to investigate the inclusion of the sustainability paradigm in the interior architectural design methodology, as a means to enhance the formal, structural, and aesthetical connection between interior architecture and architecture disciplines. The value of this interrelationship, in terms of the achievement of environmental efficiency, requires from these two disciplines the co-existence and assistance, instead of irrelevance, interference, or competition. The issue aims to discuss the diversity of design interventions undertaken within the interior spaces, where the objective of achieving the high environmental performance requires consistency from both disciplines consistency in terms of solving technical or functional problems, as well as in a search for formal and stylistic integrity. Therefore, the sustainability paradigm is to be considered as a stimulus towards an equal meaning of both disciplines. In contemporary design process. We welcome original papers that summarise the theoretical studies, as well as contributions from
practice-based research on this issue of multidimensional relationship between both interior architecture and architecture disciplines.
Guest Editor
dr. inž. arch. Magdalena Celadyn, PhD., Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Poland
31 January I 25 April I 11 July I 10 October.
The journal has been published by the Faculty of Architecture and Design (original name Faculty of Architecture until September 2020) STU on a quarterly basis since 1996. All articles accepted by the Editorial Board are published as fully open-access only (since 2020) with a Creative Commons license. All submissions are double-blind peer reviewed (by experts on article subjects). No fee is charged and authors are not paid for any of the stages of article submission, evaluation, or publication.
Súčasná polemika má dve zrejmé platformy. Diskutujeme udržateľnosť mesta z hľadiska jeho materiálneho fungovania a udržateľnosť mesta z hľadiska dichotómie kultúrna identita – globálne generikum. Tieto dve platformy je potrebné zjednocovať, alebo minimálne skúmať rad vertikálnych rezov. Polemika nemôže stáť na nevyhnutnosti voľby energetická + ekonomická ALEBO kultúrna udržateľnosť, pretože pri víťazstve ktoréhokoľvek hľadiska bude mesto atrofovať. Východisko je princíp win-win.
Na jednej strane máme literárne vyjadrenia, pre niekoho melodramatické, na druhej strane seriózny vedecký výskum. Kde leží pravda, ktorú chápeme?, alebo cítime? Aby sme si neskôr nemuseli povzdychnúť spolu s Kurtom Vonnegutom v jeho knižke A Man without a Country: „Dobrotivá Zem – mohli sme si ju zachrániť, ale boli sme príliš nečinní a leniví.“
Autori publikácie vychádzajú z premisy samozrejmosti zachovania kultúrnej identity, skúmajú možnosti udržania fundamentálnych funkcií urbánnych fragmentov, mestských štvrtí, prípadne mesta ako celku. Udržateľnosť je hľadaná v znižovaní ich energetickej spotreby, v rovine stavebných objektov ako hlavných prispievateľov emisií do ovzdušia. Výroba a distribúcia obnoviteľnej energie je skúmaná ako samostatná vrstva a ako proces kultivovania kultúrno-sociálneho súvrstvia mesta. Skúmajú v prvom rade alternatívy, ktoré sú relevantné pre architektúru mesta, pre vznik prípadnej novej estetickej paradigmy architektúry mesta. Skryté technológie nechávajú v druhom pláne. Za premisu považujú pôsobenie slnečnej energie na povrch mesta.
Vynálezy a inovácie nám dnes umožňujú návrat k čistej, bezpečnej energii, ktorá môže čiastočne konkurovať aj jadrovej energetike – jeden z možných scenárov je „solárna revolúcia“. Ovplyvní výraz budúceho mesta podobne ako to urobili priemyselné revolúcie?
Monografia nastoľuje dve primárne situácie – posúdenie potenciálu existujúcej objektovej štruktúry a generovanie optimalizovaných systémov architektúry mesta v prehľadnom veľkostnom systéme. Druhá stratégia je výskum kooperatívneho potenciálu prebytkových a deficitných objektov a ich zoskupení. Teória smartgridov má už solídnu výskumnú základňu, autori sa ňou zaoberajú práve v kontexte našej kultúrnej identity.
Vzťažný systém na posúdenie energetickej efektívnosti prestáva byť jednotlivý objekt, stáva sa ním urbánny fragment v rozmere smart gridu, pri budúcej optimalizácii mesto. Pri argumentačnej fixácii komplexnej udržateľnosti ide o mieru kultúrnej identity objektu, mestského fragmentu, mesta. Pokiaľ sa neudrží energetický, všeobecne logistický systém mesta, bude ohrozená jeho kultúrna identita, pokiaľ nedokážeme udržať jeho kultúrny a sociálny status, pomôže nám akokoľvek dobre alternatívne fungujúca infraštruktúra?
Samostatný problém predstavuje otázka, či prvoplánová aplikácia univerzálnych, povedzme solárnych PV technológií nevedie k riziku generického výrazu mesta naprieč kultúrami. Autori hľadajú účinnú argumentáciu, že kultúrna substancia mesta má odolať budúcim technologickým nánosom. Pri dôslednom postupe tu máme možno nový princíp komplexnej regulácie. Budeme ho kodifikovať alebo používať ako opatrný modifikátor?