SUMMARY Education in liberal arts at the FA STU does not mean just changing the name and applying quantitative indicators of European standards in liberal arts. This nearly leads to cancelling of liberal arts. Thus it is best to get liberal arts into the base of the profession of an architect. However, this requires courage […]
Papers
SUMMARY The paper is divided in three parts. In the introduction there are generak and current reasons to start a new discussion on future architects’ education. The second part “General Considerations” includes general and pressing facts which are the basic characteristics of the study at the Faculty of Architecture as the artistic and engineering phenomenon. […]
SUMMARY The paper deals with the contents and organization of the education programme at the FA STU. It recommends three-grade level of study, according to the English model. It calls for education towards higher professional skills and for assessing the quality of the pedagogues by the students. At the end of the paper, building constructions […]
SUMMARY The shape of an institution is determined by its programme and personalities. The system of study is influenced by the requirements of the practice. The background is a model of the study and one of the new possibilities is revitalization of studio work as workshops of celebrities or as a vertical studio. One of […]
SUMMARY The cross-branch study of interior and exhibition design at the FA STU Bratislava and furniture design at the FWST TU Zvolen represent the real fulfillment of the university study. The cooperation of both faculties has been successful in the field of pedagogy, research and presentation. It gives the basis to establish a new branch […]
SUMMARY A pedagogue and a student hold opposing views on the topic of the “course study”. The view of the student is that the time spent at school should be as short as possible (in order not to work at school but in practice so as to make money) and the view of the pedagogue […]
SUMMARY Reforms at universities cannot be predicted without connections to the structure of education at high schools. Harmonization is in the hands of the state educational policy – there can be no entrance exams and the number of accepted students can be increased. A better connection of architects’ education with the practice is required. There […]
SUMMARY The main focus during the architectural study is studio work. The other alternative ot its present form is the vertical studio, which is typical for many schools of architecture abroad. It is characterized by being open to students of all grades, by a topic of joint interest, by a supervisor, by free choice of […]
SUMMARY After several adjustments to the study model at the FA STU, we have reached a state in which the undergraduates can choose just one of the offered specializations and their possibility to choose individually from the curriculum is rather limited. A solution can be found by application of the credit system at the second-grade […]