SUMMARY In the introduction, the paper analyzes the development of the graduate’s profile in the latest period. The feedback from the graduates confirmed the appropriateness of this particular subject for architects. Furthemore, there is a requirement to extend this subject, as it encompasess specific technical skills needed for the highly competitive architectural professional market. At […]
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SUMMARY Since the Slovak EIA Act no. 127/94 has been adopted, the Slovak Republic has joined developed countries already using the EIA process and methodology for more than 20 years. The subject of EIA in Slovakia does not only concern the whole spectrum of projects (linear projects, technology units, housing developments and social infrastructure) but […]
SUMMARY The paper deals with the assessment and balance of the educational process at the FA STU. It balances the achievements along with the original prospects. It assesses pedagogical activities since the establishment of the new structure at the FA STU in 1990, taking into consideration the social and political changes of this period.
SUMMARY To achieve a higher dimension of the university studies, while reaching a modern and compatible branch of study, it must be reflected in the educational programmes. The innovative process of town and country planning is determined by new socio-economic conditions. A wider context of housing development issues is required from ISCED-UNESCO with the concept […]
SUMMARY To define the profile of a graduate is a continually pressing problem, which is never settled. A school of architecture should not produce a final product similar to a professional architect but educate in an open way and offer a wide range of information on methodics, legislation, materials, construction and history, and develop artistic […]
SUMMARY The study branch “Industrial Design of Furniture” was established at the Faculty of Wooden Products at the University of Technology in Zvolen in 1988. It consists of three departments: the department of fine arts, the department of design, furniture and interior design, and the department of realisation. The winter term of the fourth year […]
SUMMARY A masterpiece of architecture originates step by step primarily by the architect’s design and then by manual work. Nowadays designed architecture is not only a coordinated work, joining talent with willingness and skills. It is also a legal contract in relation to the investor and supplier. The graduates of the FA STU should be […]
SUMMARY An architect as a town planner should carry out their work for the benefit of applying architecture in society – mainly in towns and villages. Education concerning this mission should include something from the original sense of architecture, thus from times of antique, the middle ages and new ages. The school of those times […]
SUMMARY There is a change in the dominant status of the two educational institutions in architecture, the Faculty of Architecture STU and the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, caused by establishing the departments of architecture at the Faculty of Civil Engineering STU in Bratislava and Košice. The differences are in the length of study, […]