SUMMARY The study is discussing those principles of sustainability whicb are relevant for town planning. The current problems of cities are analysed looking for possibilities of their fixing in urban structure, traffic concept, resource saving, prevention of pollution, integration with the nature etc. A vision of sustainable city is presented here: it has to be […]
SUMMARY The relation between the settlement and the surrounding countryside significantly influences the quality of the environment on a region-wide scale. The development of this relationship has brought many negatively acting marks on the environment, which may influence the further development of its quality. The dynamic social changes, generating the important transformation of the economic […]
SUMMARY When considering the future direction of the FA STU and thus the education of the town and country planners in Slovakia, we cannot do without a view on European and world development. It is therefore inevitable to take into account the findings of analyses done by the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP). […]
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 […]
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 profile of a graduate of the former Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering (FAPS) was directed towards the utilitarian buildings, with a more social than temporal approach. Even nowadays most of the graduates will have to solve more utilitarian problems than problems of extravagance. A very important part of education will be to […]
SUMMARY To understand the contents of the subject Landscape Planning, we have to comprehend the size of a particular site and its inner dimensions as well as the dimensions of the country and the contact of the site and the country. Such a subject is suitable for the complex solution of the whole area and […]
SUMMARY Supporting housing and housing buildings is an important part of economic and social policy of all prosperous countries with market economy. The issues of housing are currently pressing also in the field of reconstruction of existing housing areas in order to refurbish them. Nowadays, the concept of the state housing policy and the strategy […]
SUMMARY This article is available only in Slovak without a summary.