Rzeszow Castle: History and Contemporaneity – proposal for a new interior adaptation By Kamila Gołąbek, Marek Gosztyła, and Agata Mikrut-Kusy This paper discusses the adaptation of Rzeszow Castle in Rzeszow, Poland (also called the Castle of the House of Lubomirski in Rzeszow), which is a key building on the Subcarpathia’s map of monuments. The paper […]

Cite this article Kiaček, M. (2023) ‘Contribution of Rudolf Frič to the social architecture of interwar Czechoslovakia’, Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU, 28(2), pp. 47-59. https://www.doi.org/10.2478/alfa-2023-0012   SUMMARY Social policy during the First Czechoslovak Republic was characterised by a focus on the development of institutional health and social care and […]

Cite this article Búliková, L. (2023) ‘Innovations in sacral architecture: The resettlement churches of Emil Belluš’, Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU, 28(2), pp. 39-46. https://www.doi.org/10.2478/alfa-2023-0011   SUMMARY This article focuses on two buildings by one architect – Emil Belluš (1899–1979), a doyen of Slovak architecture, whose work significantly influenced the sacral architecture […]

Cite this article Lüley, M. (2023) ‘Ephemeral occupancies: Non-linear approach to adaptable architecture’, Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU, 28(2), pp. 30-38. https://www.doi.org/10.2478/alfa-2023-0010   SUMMARY An adaptable approach understands architecture as a non-linear process, which enables a dynamic response to changing environmental and contextual conditions with the aim to extend the […]

Cite this article Hajduková, R., Sopirová, A. (2023) ‘Typology of terrain vague and emergence mechanisms in post-communist, post-industrial small and medium-sized towns in Slovakia: Case study of Humenné, Strážske and Vranov and Topľou’, Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU, 28(2), pp. 21-29. https://www.doi.org/10.2478/alfa-2023-0009   SUMMARY These days, the importance of brownfield […]

Cite this article Miškovičová, V., Masojídek, J. (2023) ‘Transdisciplinary collaboration in architecture: Integrating microalgae biotechnologies for human and non-human perspectives’, Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU, 28(2), pp. 10-20. https://www.doi.org/10.2478/alfa-2023-0008   SUMMARY In recent years, the architectural community has faced many ecological, geopolitical, and socioeconomic challenges. This paper delves into the […]

Cite this article Gołąbek, K., Gosztyła, M., Mikrut-Kusy, A. (2023) ‘Rzeszow Castle: History and Contemporaneity – proposal for a new interior adaptation’, Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU, 28(2), pp. 3-9. https://www.doi.org/10.2478/alfa-2023-0007   SUMMARY This paper discusses the adaptation of Rzeszow Castle in Rzeszow, Poland (also called the Castle of the […]

Editorial 2/2023

Eglė Navickienė

Cite this article Navickiene, E. (2023) ‘Editorial 2/2023’, Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU, 28(2), pp. 1-2. https://www.doi.org/10.2478/alfa-2023-0006   Building bridges between past and future is the common thread that connects the articles in the present issue of Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU (ALFA). The research […]

Assoc. Prof. Wissem Gallala, Ph.D. Higher Institute of Fine Arts University of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia wissem.gallala@isbas.u-sousse.tn MSc. Aida Shayegani Faculty of Architecture and Design, Institute of Urban Design and Planning Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia aida.shayegani@stuba.sk Assoc. Prof. Ing. arch. Viera Joklová, PhD. Faculty of Architecture and Design, Institute of Urban Design and Planning […]