SUMMARY Today the plan called Istrochem previously known as the Chemical Plant of Juraj Dimitrov, located in north-east part of the city of Bratislava known as The New City, has overcome a complicated development since its establishment. Apart from the production plant, the former dynamite and other explosives producing factory, based in 1873 by a […]
SUMMARY Recycling in design activities has many forms. In its current understanding, it is related to ecological tendencies, however the spectrum of its applications indicates its abundant and rich cultural and historical roots. The multiplicity of its creative principles indicates a non-univocality and complexity of the topic. It has the nature of individualised production when […]
SUMMARY An obvious characteristic feature of current architectural projects should be their energetic economy and sophistication. Such trend is in the long term run required the European Union. The architectural point of view will certainly not be sufficient to accomplish the targets of the 20-20-20 strategy envisioned for the year 2020. It will be inevitable […]
SUMMARY The aim of this paper is to map the issue of the success of a school (faculty) through the prism of exact, objective criteria and other influencing factors. Those criteria result not only from the academic world, or from the regulations of state institutions. I analyze this problem by means of current marketing in […]
SUMMARY Prior to town as a higher form of social living, there was gradual settlement of natural landscape. Man came into contact with this landscape and started to transform it according to his concepts and requirements. Primary characteristic attributes of a town are its boundaries or demarcation of its territory by fortification walls behind which – […]
SUMMARY In this case study, we focus on the area of the Freedom Square (Námestie slobody) in Bratislava as an important historical urban space. In the past, several political regimes with various ideological backgrounds tried to adapt the square to their representation and reshaped its topology accordingly. A wide span of different aesthetic models of […]
SUMMARY Greenery is considered one of the most important variables that positively affect the lives of people in cities. At present, in this context, the most discussed topics are such as the role and functions of green spaces, their perception, the role in offsetting climate changes and so on. Urban greenery is very often marginalized […]
SUMMARY Our world comprises material “phenomena” and feelings evoked by places, spaces, and works of art… The city of Banská Štiavnica has developed into a complex environment since the 12th century including its urban spaces and houses which are being conserved. But there is also something what we can call genius loci, that is as […]
SUMMARY Search for and creation of innovative design processes, hybridization of methods and implementation of various imaging and architecture generating media in the design processes – these are some of the key aspects characterizing the current development of architectural design methods. The authorial records are created using a hybrid method combining both non-digital and digital media […]