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 […]
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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 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 […]
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 The TEMPUS project REGAMTER has initiated the question of establishing the Institute of land-use planning at the FA STU. Land-use planning has been taught at the FA STU in a way to develop creative and conceptual thinking to solve the structural problems in the country. Land-use planning practice requires solving other aspects too. To […]
SUMMARY The role of the branch “Design” is not set quite clearly in the organizational structure of the FA STU, especially with regard to its creation and the synthesis of independent artistic and technical disciplines in the university environment. It goes along with insufficient facilities and equipment of this department. I propose to revitalize the […]
SUMMARY The quality of university education can be improved by a change in the hierarchy of values. A university pedagogue should teach current issues which he or she gained through research and involve the students. It is possible to attempt introducing an independent studio supervised by guest professor celebrities. The system of credits should follow […]