SUMMARY The paper focuses on the construction of railways in Bratislava (before 1918 Pressburg, Pozsony, Prešporok), which was a factor determining the concentration of industrial areas along the railway line, especially on the periphery, but also near railway stations situated on the edge of the current central part of the city. It also analyzes the […]
The book was recommended to me by another urbanist in connection to the process and primarily the result of the public discussions on an urbanistic study for Petržalka. Anyway, let us start with the introduction. Edward Glaeser (1967), a professor at Harvard University, is an urban economist and empiricist who presents us his views on […]
Design DNA as a principle of creation: terms of meditativeness, contemplativeness, and their reflection in the design Ing. arch. Martin Somora, ArtD., M.A. In the presented dissertation thesis titled: DNA, or Fundamental Principles of the Creative Process in Design. Meditativeness, Contemplativeness and their Reflection in Design, I focused on the ways in which these notions are […]
Urbanism and zoning in the former Eastern Bloc countries have been in a state of crisis since the end of the 20th century. This is associated, on the one hand, with a change on the state level, when the market economy replaced the socialist state-planned economy and, on the other, it is connected with the […]
prof. Dr. Ing. arch. Henrieta Moravčíková Institute of History and Theory of Architecture and Monument Preservation Faculty of Architecture and Design STU, Bratislava, Slovakia henrieta.moravcikova@stuba.sk PhDr. Katarína Haberlandová, PhD. Institute of History Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia katarina.haberlandova@savba.sk Ing. arch. Laura Krišteková Pastoreková, PhD. Institute of History Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia laura.pastorekova@savba.sk […]
Railway and industry in the urban planning of Bratislava (Pressburg) in the 20th century By Katarína Haberlandová The paper focuses on the construction of railways in Bratislava (before 1918 Pressburg, Pozsony, Prešporok), which was a factor determining the concentration of industrial areas along the railway line, especially on the periphery, but also near railway stations […]
prof. Ing. arch. Pavel Gregor, PhD. Institute of History and Theory of Architecture and Monument Preservation Faculty of Architecture and Design STU in Bratislava, Slovakia pavel.gregor@stuba.sk Ing. arch. Ján Legény, PhD. Institute of Ecological and Experimental Architecture Faculty of Architecture and Design STU in Bratislava, Slovakia jan.legeny@stuba.sk Ing. arch. Natália Filová Institute of Public Buildings […]
Museums in the 21st century: Innovative forms of exhibitions for children By Natália Filová, Lea Rollová In the past few decades, we have experienced a significant development of construction and renovation of various museums worldwide. At present, museums, galleries, but also partial or temporary exhibitions tend to focus more and more on attracting the interest […]
Design as a transcultural phenomenon Mgr. art. Jana Kumorovitzová, ArtD. Our thesis is focused on the status of design in transcultural, west-oriented society. We regard a man, as its living representative, as the main holder of values and context. Through his understanding and meeting his own needs, cyclically repeating due to evolutional deficiencies of homo sapiens […]