Development in energy-autonomous building renovations and their impact on architecture Ing. arch. Holger Hasenritter, PhD. The presented work explores the developments in energy-autonomous building renovations and their impact on architecture. First of all, this article will look at the current state of science and technology of the building stock and its energy supply. This covers […]

Mgr. art. Michal Brašeň, ArtD. Institute of Industrial Design Faculty of Architecture STU in Bratislava, Slovakia michal.brasen@stuba.sk Ing. arch. Irena Dorotjaková Faculty of Architecture STU in Bratislava, Slovakia irena.dorotjakova@stuba.sk MArch, Ing. arch. Roman Hajtmanek Institute of Ecological and Experimental Architecture Faculty of Architecture STU in Bratislava, Slovakia roman.hajtmanek@stuba.sk Univ.-Prof. Dipl. Arch. ETH Dr. Christian Hanus […]

Lego® set as a tool: Enhancing creativity in architecture, urban planning and design By Armando Garcia Teixeira, Ján Legény, Michal Brašeň Architecture as a discipline has the inherent potential of overlapping with areas that do not appear related to its own scope of functions at first sight. Along with town-planning, the discipline is closely linked […]

Interior design as a therapy. Personalization of residential interior in terms of its dimensions Mgr. art. Adriána Hofbauerová, ArtD. The main theme of this dissertation is environmental design – interior design as therapy and its importance in the personalization of the living spaces as a tool for optimal adjustment of housing interior to achieve a full […]

Solar surface area to volume ratio

Roman Hajtmanek, Ján Legény, Peter Morgenstein, Robert Špaček

SUMMARY The paper focuses on the possibilities of the energy performance of buildings in relation to the production of greenhouse gasses during the construction and use of buildings. The discussion is aimed at the options the architects have when preparing the mass designs in the conceptual phase and the reconsideration of the indicator used in […]

Editorial

Christian Hanus

Interdisziplinarität und Transdisziplinarität als Herausforderung in der universitären Lehre. Bereits seit Jahrzehnten wird an Universitäten die Forderung nach inter- und transdisziplinärer Auseinandersetzung mit wissenschaftlichen Fragestellungen nicht nur in der Forschung, sondern auch in der Lehre postuliert. Bei der Betrachtung der universitären Studienpläne der unterschiedlichen Studienrichtungen aber bleibt die Berücksichtigung dieser Form der Lehre sehr überschaubar, so […]

SUMMARY Architecture as a discipline has the inherent potential of overlapping with areas that do not appear related to its own scope of functions at first sight. Along with town-planning, the discipline is closely linked with mass evaluation, mutual relations of buildings’ volumes impacting on the users’ and inhabitants’ everyday life. Contemporary IT technologies enable […]