Cite this article Vitková, Ľ., Lemak, O. (2021) ‘Interaction of landscape and settlement structures in the Danube region’, Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU, 26(1), pp. 30-38. https://www.doi.org/10.2478/alfa-2021-0005   SUMMARY When evaluating the quality of urban structure and especially urban spaces, urban planners and landscape architects observe the following aspects: location, […]

Cite this article Krausková, V., Pifko, H. (2021) ‘Use of artificial intelligence in the field of sustainable architecture: Current knowledge’, Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU, 26(1), pp. 20-29. https://www.doi.org/10.2478/alfa-2021-0004   SUMMARY There is a trend that artificial intelligence (AI) is a direction to take in various scientific disciplines. The idea […]

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SUMMARY Ecological architecture, as a relevant attitude towards fundamental principles of architectural design, is still taking shape; the essence and outward forms of this phenomenon are being sought worldwide. For ecological architecture, are typical expression and conceptual subjectivity. That is why there has been a wide spectrum of architectural “genres” and movements associated with this concept; […]

SUMMARY The word effectiveness/effective may be understood in architecture and urbanism in different ways. The effective urban structures then mainly present the effective use of energetic sources; in particular, the energy of the Sun, whether it is active or passive – through architecture. The urban structures based on this principle are called “solar.” In the […]

SUMMARY There are many methods used for evaluation of buildings and methods that help us to achieve that the structures are built sustainably. They differ not only in methodology, but also in the target group, to whom the evaluation is determined. Each sustainable building represents extra-standard for now and it should be the basis from […]

Recycling as a tool of creative design

Katarína Lauková Zajíčková

SUMMARY Recycling in design activities has many forms. In its current understanding, it is related to ecological tendencies, however the spectrum of its applications indicates its abundant and rich cultural and historical roots. The multiplicity of its creative principles indicates a non-univocality and complexity of the topic. It has the nature of individualised production when […]