Elective design I:
Cultural Heritage Routes – Gdańsk Fortification System
for MSc in Arch.

Seminars & assignments: 30 h
Teacher: akub Szczepański, Justyna Borucka,  Robert Hirsch  Piotr Samól,  Szymon Kowalski, Joanna Badach + Visiting Prof. Sandro Parrinello (from Pavia University)

Cultural Heritage Routes – Gdańsk Fortification System This course explores challenges, conflicts and concepts of cultural heritage preservation and protection in urban level, their connection to architectural and urban design in the time of digitalisation and their importance for a future of the cities. The aim of this course, based on the case study city of Gdańsk, is to understand the problem of cultural heritage and develop innovative solutions of architectural and urban design responding to a significant variation of rapidly changing digital era taking in consideration digital tools and conditions regarding Cultural Heritage.

This elective design course is carried out in the form of a block course as a part of the international research workshops taking place between October and November 2022. It is linked to two other obligatory courses (see the attached description):
- CAD. Integrated architectural design (Techniki komputerowe - integracja procesów projektowania) (tutor: mgr inż. arch. Szymon Kowlaski)
- Methodology of scientific work (Metodyka pracy naukowej)
(tutors: prof. dr hab. inż. arch. Lucyna Nyka, prof. dr hab. inż. arch. Jakub Szczepański, dr inż. arch. Justyna Borucka) Students who choose to participate in this elective design course will be automatically enrolled in these two courses. They serve as a preparatory stage for the workshops and the technical support throughout the event and after its termination, carried out on a weekly basis, starting from 3 October.