Cite this article Hanták, J., Končeková, D. (2022) ‘The positive impact of wooden material on educational processes in the environment of Slovenian wooden kindergartens’, Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU, 27(3), pp. 29-35. https://www.doi.org/10.2478/alfa-2022-0017   SUMMARY The environment in which children grow up and spend their time constitutes a fundamental aspect […]

Cite this article Němcová Zedníčková, Z. (2022) ‘On the Edge – future adaptation challenges: The role of futurology, scenario planning methodology and off grid design in architectural and urban teaching’, Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU, 27(3), pp. 8-16. https://www.doi.org/10.2478/alfa-2022-0015   SUMMARY The article describes the role of creative thinking about […]

Cite this article Konstantinidou, D. (2022) ‘Architectural studies in the European Higher Education Area: Criteria for student degree mobility’, Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU, 27(3), pp. 3-7. https://www.doi.org/10.2478/alfa-2022-0014   SUMMARY The European Higher Education Area, implemented after the Bologna Process and with the assistance of the European Union, brought together […]

Cite this article Vaňová, V., Pohaničová, J. (2022) ‘Baťovany – (re)visions of a modern town: Searching for identity’, Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU, 27(2), pp. 24-34. https://www.doi.org/10.2478/alfa-2022-0010   SUMMARY The town of Partizánske, formerly known as Baťovany and built according to the design of the urban development (zoning) plan of […]

Cite this article van der Westhuizen, C. (2022) ‘On the incompleteness of mutation: Introduction to Pretoria Regionalism’, Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU, 27(2), pp. 11-23. https://www.doi.org/10.2478/alfa-2022-0009   SUMMARY This article introduces an often-overlooked southern African city to the global urbanism and architectural discourse. The focus is thus on the architectural […]

Cite this article Hasan, M. T., Rahman, M., Siddika, T. (2022) ‘Assessing the urban design qualities of the urban street: A case study of Sylhet, Bangladesh’, Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU, 27(2), pp. 3-10. https://www.doi.org/10.2478/alfa-2022-0008   SUMMARY The growing tendency of reckless urbanization in many cities of Bangladesh has upstretched […]

Cite this article Boháčová, K., Schleicher, A. (2022) ‘Pop-up architecture as a tool for popularizing theatre: Prototype No. 1’, Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU, 27(1), pp. 40-42. https://www.doi.org/10.2478/alfa-2022-0006   SUMMARY This article builds on previous research dealing with temporary theatres in the context of Europe and Slovakia, discusses the issue […]

Cite this article Kamenská, M., Smatanová, K. (2022) ‘The impacts of climate change on urban structures in Slovak cities: Identifying vulnerable urban structures’, Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU, 27(1), pp. 33-39. https://www.doi.org/10.2478/alfa-2022-0005   SUMMARY In the coming decades, our cities will face extreme weather caused by climate change, which they […]

Cite this article Hubinský, T. Legény, J. (2022) ‘Microclimatic factors in urban development: The setup of an environmental observatory at the FAD STU’, Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU, 27(1), pp. 25-32. https://www.doi.org/10.2478/alfa-2022-0004   SUMMARY The presented research focuses on energy (im)balance on both global and local scale. Since the second […]