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| Year 2025 | 70 | Ministry scored journals list 2024 |
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| 2023 | 70 | Ministry Scored Journals List |
| 2022 | 70 | Ministry Scored Journals List 2019-2022 |
| 2021 | 70 | Ministry Scored Journals List 2019-2022 |
| 2020 | 70 | Ministry Scored Journals List 2019-2022 |
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Year 2024
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A business simulation method in educating architects
PublicationIn this article, the authors analyse the application of the business simulation method as a support tool in educating undergraduate architecture students. While running a fictional architectural practice, students learn about the role of an architect in the investment process and are introduced to economic aspects of running a small practice, including the importance of cash flow. They are also made aware about the importance of...
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Designing learning spaces through international and interdisciplinary collaborative design studio: The case of engineer architects and pedagogic students
PublicationThe study explores the dynamics and outcomes of an international interdisciplinary design studio focusing on innovative learning spaces. Conducted over two years between students of Faculty of Architecture at Gdansk Tech and pedagogic students from Kibbutzim College in Tel Aviv, this design-based study examines the contributions of unique educational program to student learning, the evolution of the design process, collaboration,...
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Ideas of the New European Bauhaus (NEB) in architectural education
PublicationThe New European Bauhaus (NEB) is an interdisciplinary project initiated by the European Commission in 2020 [1], based on three values: sustainability, beauty and community (social inclusion). Its aim is to support the European Green Deal programme [2] by accelerating the transformation of various economic sectors, including construction, to improve the quality of people’s lives and protect the natural environment. Even though...
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Towards ecological transformation: developing architectural education and research through L’Art Urbain initiatives
PublicationThe aim of this study was to examine the collaboration between the Faculty of Architecture at Gdańsk University of Technology (Gdańsk Tech), Poland and L’Art Urbain dans les Territoires, Paris, France, recognised for its involvement in transforming urban development over four decades. The focus is placed on the evolution of the association’s annual competition, highlighting the growing emphasis on sustainability. Special attention...
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Transformations of descriptive geometry education for architecture students at Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland
PublicationIn this article, the authors analyse the evolution of teaching descriptive geometry for architecture students at Gdańsk University of Technology (Gdańsk Tech), Poland. The study traces changes in the curriculum in terms of teaching hours, considering also practices at Politechnika Lwowska (Lwów Polytechnic) and the Technische Hochschule Danzig (Technical University of Gdańsk), before World War II....
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Transforming urban design education through international competitions: a 20-year perspective
PublicationOver the past two decades, international urban design competitions have transformed architectural education by fostering creativity and interdisciplinary learning. This article provides a 20-year perspective by focusing on five of the most prominent competitions: Europan, UIA Student Competitions, ULI Hines Student Competitions, Arturbain.fr and the Global Schindler Award. Through a comparative analysis of these competitions, the...
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User-oriented GIS tools in higher education of urban design and planning
PublicationGeographic information systems (GIS) have emerged as indispensable tools for decision-making, planning and problem-solving tasks across various domains in today’s evolving world. However, there exists a pressing need to augment the utilisation of GIS tools in higher education of urban design and planning to foster a user-oriented approach. This article explores the imperative of integrating GIS tools more comprehensively into higher...
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Virtual tour as an innovative tool for architectural education - from understanding heritage to creativity stimulation
PublicationThe article presents the potential of the virtual tour in architectural education as an innovative tool to better understand heritage and stimulate creativity. A methodology for creating a virtual tour based on a point cloud obtained from a survey based on 360° camera images is presented. Two different purposes for the use of point clouds are presented from reliable indicators of heritage documentation useful for digital twin modelling...
Year 2023
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Adapting education to a changing climate: preparing architecture students for climate-resilient design
PublicationIn this article, the authors explore the connection between climate change and the fields of architecture and urban planning. With the increasing frequency of flooding and extreme weather events, the built environment is confronting challenges in terms of sustainability and resilience. To meet these problems, it is necessary to prepare various specialists to assume responsibility for making future decisions. The authors of this...
Year 2022
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Design of residential buildings in architecture education
PublicationThis article is based on an analysis of residential building designs made by students of the Faculty of Architecture at Gdańsk University of Technology (FA-GUT), Poland, and on the results of a survey conducted among these students. The purpose of the survey was to verify the broad, interdisciplinary knowledge of the students required in preparation for taking up design issues, as well as their ability to use this knowledge in...
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Physical models in the education of architectural history
PublicationIn this article, the authors present the long tradition and common use of physical models in the process of teaching the history of architecture in higher education institutions. The research described in the article is focused on the use of physical models and mock-ups as stimulants during architectural history classes to support lectures and increase the learning capabilities of students. The authors also cover the general use...
Year 2021
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A sense of security and freedom in a residential environment
PublicationThe article is based on the results of a survey carried out among students of architecture faculties in several countries, which examined the students’ knowledge of shaping the housing environment in such a way as to enable them to fulfil two basic and, at the same time, seemingly mutually exclusive psychological needs of a person: a sense of security and a sense of freedom. In examining these issues, particular emphasis was placed...
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Evaluating architecture students' knowledge of the history of architecture by tests and by drawings: a comparative analysis
PublicationThe methods of evaluating students’ knowledge in architectural education, and in particular in education on history of architecture, are specific in many respects. Apart from checking the general knowledge of history concerning chronology, artistic trends, styles, main objects and architects, it should also check students’ ability to analyse the historic architecture in a drawing form. Such a form of presenting architecture has...
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Improvements to the STEAM-based teaching of architectural drawing
PublicationThe author of this article presents a systemic approach to improving the teaching of architectural drawing courses for engineers in the 21st Century. In this era of rapid development of digital technologies, the traditional teaching structure should be redefined to a purpose-oriented dynamic model. The existing, generally accepted teaching models have already proved successfully based on the practice-oriented STEAM programme, which...
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Improving social competencies of architecture students through participatory design of marketplace regeneration
PublicationThe article discusses the involvement of architecture students in actual urban regeneration projects through participatory design and tray to respond question how it can improve students social competences, and benefit their future careers as architects and urban planners. By using the example of the student workshops conducted in 2019 at the Faculty of Architecture, GdanskTech, the article discusses the specific methods applied...
Year 2020
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Applying case studies to teaching architectural investment
PublicationCase studies enable students to encounter practical issues during their education. Experiments conducted in class employing this method often feature simplified models of real-world situations. However, they still enable students to encounter actual problems, to which theoretical knowledge is applied. In architectural education, students carrying out semester projects usually rely on data provided by the teacher, without wondering...
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Contemporary architecture within the context of architectural education
PublicationAnalysed in this article are the diploma projects of students of architecture in European countries. The aim was to examine how students approach an important issue related to sustainable development, i.e. the integration of newly designed architecture into the existing historical, cultural and natural context. The rational use and protection of the environment requires the skilful shaping of urbanised space. Many changes in the...
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Design thinking (DT) for the design and planning education of engineer-architects
PublicationEngineers are facing new challenges connected with globalisation, digitisation and the increased complexity of the design process. This calls for new, more interdisciplinary and user-oriented approaches to problem- solving. In this article, the authors analyse design thinking (DT) as a method to support the education of engineers specialising in architecture and urban planning. Identified in this study are the opportunities this...
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Developing students' spatial skills and teaching the history of architecture through structural drawing
PublicationThe method of “structural drawing" is used in teaching history of architecture in the Architectural Faculty of Gdańsk University of Technology. It is addressed to students of the first semester of study – so to the architectural beginners. There are three main goals of the structural drawing method used in that educational course: (1) developing the students’ spatial skills; (2) training architectural drawing ability; (3) teaching...
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EIA in teaching sustainable development and environmental protection in engineering education
PublicationA multifaceted approach in teaching the environmental impact assessment (EIA) as a way to stress the role of environmental education in technical sciences is the focus of this article. The EIA is an example of an effective tool that supports spatial planning in implementing sustainable development. The aim is to present the idea and benefits of a facilitative and collaborative approach in teaching the EIA, stressing the role of...
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Engendering responsibility in architecture students through real planning for a tram depot in Gdańsk
PublicationApart from technical competencies, the profession of architect requires specific social competencies: understanding the user’s needs, ability to diagnose social problems, negotiating and understanding the impact of construction investments on society and the environment. The architect plays a significant role in the collective effort to create spatial order. This is why it is important to include these social competencies in the...
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Geographical and chronological knowledge in teaching the history of architecture
PublicationThe subject of this article is the analysis of examination results from the course, the History of Polish Architecture. These Bachelor studies present the political, economic and cultural issues of medieval and early modern architecture, and their changes over time. Basic knowledge of the administrative division and historical regions is needed for a proper understanding of the regional diversity of cultural heritage monuments...
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PublicationArchitectural Education
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International architectural - urban - landscape design workshops to strengthen students’ education, capabilities and mobility
PublicationFive international architectural/urban/landscape workshops in Poland and Portugal between 2011 and 2015 are discussed in this article. The general aims of the workshops were to plan to connect divided city spaces, to harmonise them and make them attractive for different uses. The main task was to create in multicultural groups of students the vision of sustainable development in the context of architecture, urban and landscape...
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Landscape perception and the teaching of it in Poland
PublicationA preliminary assessment of the state of knowledge of landscape perception is contained in this article. A survey was carried out of students of architecture and urban planning during the rural design course in the academic year 2017/2018. The pilot project involved the initial establishment of categories of the countryside image. It was assumed that the results represented students’ knowledge of the landscape characteristics and...
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Method based on space-time perception in interior design education
PublicationIn this article, the authors discuss a didactic method based on the analysis of space in the architectural interior, according to the ideas of space-time by Kobro and Strzemiński. The Unistic concept of art has been featured in the course, Colour and Form in Interior Design, at the studies of Interior and Landscape Design (ILD) in the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture at West Pomeranian University of Technology (WPUT),...
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Methodology for hospital design in architectural education
PublicationThe architecture of a hospital should be a response to strong user requirements. Recommendations on how to shape the environment of such facilities are highly complex, integrating guidelines from many fields of science. If contradictions between them exist, the designer is required to set priorities for spatial activities. This issue is particularly important during architectural education. The learning process should include projects...
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Modernity and postmodernity in architectural education
PublicationThe purpose of this article is to present a philosophical education strategy for architecture and interior architecture faculties. The approach is the result of trial and error in lectures and debates with students of philosophical courses in these fields. The presented article is not a result of empirical research, but rather a report on the problems encountered and proposals for their solution. The experience gained from conducting...
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Non-compulsory practical education programme for modernist heritage
PublicationA non-compulsory programme for students of architecture that contains more specialised topics beyond the basic subjects is an important educational tool. The advantages include classes in smaller groups, the possibility of practical exercises in real field conditions and the benefits of meeting professional practitioners. This type of programme is particularly useful for teaching architectural heritage of the 20th Century, its...
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Role of public space in designing complex urban structures
PublicationThe aim of this article is to present the main assumptions about design studios as held in the Faculty of Architecture at Gdańsk University of Technology (FA-GUT), Gdańsk, Poland, adapted to the development of key competencies in the urban planning of complex urban structures. One of these competencies is the design of public spaces. The main goal of the studios was to deliver knowledge of the role of public spaces in the design...
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Shaping the competence of future spatial policymakers for small- and medium-sized towns
PublicationIn this article, the authors aim to present issues addressed within the framework of the architecture and spatial development courses offered by the Faculty of Architecture at Gdańsk University of Technology (FA-GUT), Gdańsk, Poland. These issues concern competence in the education of future spatial planners and their readiness to deal with the development challenges facing small- and medium-sized towns. Within the article, the...
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Students’ soft urban planning skills and local development are the benefits from the Fair of Good Practice. Small cities - big challengesprogramme
PublicationThe urban planner in practice needs soft skills when dealing with public consultations connected to local development plans. To improve the abilities of architecture and urban planning students to discuss solutions and to support the development of local public spaces of small towns in the Pomeranian voivodeship ( province) in Poland, the Fair of Good Practice. Small cities - big challenges programme...
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Supporting study tours in the teaching of architectural heritage
PublicationStudy tours are a highly effective way to acquire knowledge. They improve students’ understanding of issues that otherwise may seem partly abstract to them. Presented in this article is the unique way in Poland in which support is given to the teaching of architectural heritage. It has been carried out continuously for almost 50 years in the Faculty of Architecture at Gdańsk University of Technology (FA-UT), Gdańsk, Poland, in...
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Teaching architectural history through virtual reality
PublicationThe impact of implementing 3D models and virtual reality in teaching the theory of architecture and architectural history is the theme of this article. Virtual reality and easy-to-use 3D tools allow a whole historic object to be visualised. As a result, there is social and economic pressure to modernise present educational methods using this technology. Therefore, the authors have focused their research on an issue of significance...
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The CDIO model in architectural education and research by design
PublicationArchitectural education has always been related to experimentation: that is, defining concepts, drawing sketches, working on models, then testing and modifying them. This activity mirrors the CDIO learning methods and objectives. Despite this, research studies into the applicability of the CDIO model in architectural curricula are scarce. In the discipline of architecture, hands-on experiences are associated not only with one of...
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The role of traditional architectural models in the first stages of education.
PublicationThe oldest architectural models discovered by scientists date from the Middle Ages, while models or 1:1 scale prototypes were used in ancient times. Architectural miniatures quickly evolved into an indispensable tool for designers that enabled them to creatively express their thoughts and ideas. Mock-ups became a way of helping a designer communicate a concept, and their educational value was also recognised. The method of modelling,...
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Virtual reality technology in architectural education
PublicationContemporary virtual reality (VR) technology allows the recreation of non-existent architectural objects of which there may be no trace remaining. Virtual reality applications allow access to digital models, which visualise the lost architecture. The popularity of VR has resulted in it being applied not only to computer games, but also in visualising the past. Maps allow movement through historical trails and 3D models of architecture...
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Virtual reality tools in teaching the conservation and history of Polish architecture
PublicationVirtual reality and its impact on teaching conservation and architectural history is the subject of this article. During the COVID-19 crisis in 2020, the education of students of architecture was transferred by Gdańsk University of Technology (GUT), Gdańsk, Poland, to distance learning. This method has provided academics an opportunity to examine the impact of virtual reality and remote education on architectural history and conservation....
Year 2019
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A method for the three-dimensional and synchronous resolution of functional and spatial matters in architectural design
PublicationThe article discusses the issue of applied methods of teaching architectural design at Polish universities. The authors review the common methods based on conceptual drawings solving design problems in only two dimensions. After completing the floor plans' sketching process carried out in 2D way the 3D virtual models are made - seldom cardboard mock-ups - to illustrate the final spatial form of the designed object. At the Faculty...
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Aerodynamics in the education of prospective architects
PublicationThe inclusion of issues of aerodynamics in the education of architecture students is discussed in this article. The field of aerodynamics knowledg of the nature of wind phenomena around building developments. It is especially important to know how to influence the occurrence of such phenomena by means of shaping buildings through architectural and urban design. The method applied for working with Master’s degree students in...
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Architectural education and digital tools: the challenges and opportunities
PublicationEnriching architectural education with digital tools is the subject of this article. Such tools can create, support and visualise architecture. The focus in this article is on an interdisciplinary approach to media architecture (allowing variable visual content of architectural objects) and interactivity (user-space communication), revealing new possibilities in terms of human perception. The results of a survey on media architecture...
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Assumptions of interdisciplinarity in educating interior designers
PublicationInterdisciplinarity in the context of educational programmes in higher education, focusing, in particular, on architecture and interior design are discussed in this article. Thorough analysis of interdisciplinarity in interior design led to a conclusion that learning outcomes of art need to be expanded by technical sciences related to engineering competencies (architecture and urban planning) and even agricultural, forestry...
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Bridging the gap between architectural and environmental engineering education in the context of climate change
PublicationIndicated in this article is the urgent need to adjust architectural education to the challenges triggered by climate change. Although reports on the future scenarios for cities are alarming, documents that set criteria for architectural education do not indicate competencies related to climate change adaptation and mitigation, mainly by avoiding environmental engineering considerations. An immediate answer to this problem could...
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Bridging theory and practice in postgraduate education on development and planning: Gdynia Urban Summer Schools 2016-2018
PublicationIn this article, the authors discuss results achieved by the Gdynia Urban Summer School (GUSS) organised annually (between 2016 and 2018) in Gdynia, Poland. The GUSS was meant for young practitioners from various professions such as urban and regional planning, urban design, architecture, civil engineering and transport planning. The objective was to give workshop participantspractical interdisciplinary...
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City walk: a didactic innovative experiment in architectural education
PublicationWalking is an activity that involves studying physical space and requires careful observation to be immersed in the surrounding reality. City walks are popular ways of encountering an urban space, spatial relation, its history, and recognising the problems and needs of space users, as well as future development of the city. City walks also may be educationally p owerful: the exploration of certain...
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Co-operation with local stakeholders: a crucial element of urban design
PublicationIn this article,the authors endeavour to illustratethe evolution of the role of local stakeholder in teaching urban planning by example of selected experiences in the Faculty of Architecture atGdańsk University of Technology(FA-GUT), Gdańsk, Poland. The timeframe covers the period from the political breakthrough in 1989 to the present. The background is composed of the social, economic and legal changes that have...
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Lighting education for architects, the barriers and challenges: a survey of architecture students
PublicationCreating a well-lit environment requires the understanding of daylight and electric lighting design principles within the built environment. Recent years have brought a large number of new lighting assessment and design methods. The discovery of new photoreceptor cells in the eye - photosensitive retinal ganglion cells - forced lighting researchers to focus on parametrisation for the image forming (IF) and non-image forming (NIF)...
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Parametric design in architectural education
PublicationEducators dealing with architectural education must anticipate the changes in the discipline and act to prepare students to face the challenges of the future. Therefore, it is necessary to provide them with state-of-the-art knowledge and relevant skills. To achieve that for new design techniques requires education. One new technique is parametric design, which has become one of the commonly used tools in architectural design practice....
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Robotics in architectural education
PublicationRobotics rapidly is becoming an important part of architectural design at all stages, from early conceptual work to construction. In this article is presented the present state of the art in the field related to architectural education, from computer numerical control (CNC) milling tools, through drones to multi-axis robotic arms. Professionals involved in modern design techniques often use them to create precise, complex forms...
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Student competitions as a socio-spatial tool for planning urban structures
PublicationThe aim of the article is to show the interdependencies between theory and practice based on the example of the student competitions at the Faculty of Architecture at the Gdańsk University of Technology. These competitions, on the one hand, broaden the spectrum of issues related to design and, on the other hand, contribute to the better recognition of problems related to tasks to be solved. Both the teaching and applicational aspects...
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