prof. dr hab. inż. arch. Lucyna Nyka
Zatrudnienie
- Pełnomocnik Rektora ds. Zag.Przestrz.Kamp.PG w Politechnika Gdańska
- Kierownik katedry w Katedra Architektury Miejskiej i Przestrzeni Nadwodnych
- Profesor w Katedra Architektury Miejskiej i Przestrzeni Nadwodnych
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Rok 2024
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Artificial intelligence in architectural education - green campus development research
PublikacjaThe rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies has introduced new possibilities and challenges in design education. This article explores the need for changes and adaptations in the teaching process of design as AI-related technologies, based on image generation, transform the creative process and offer novel opportunities. In a research-by-design studio in an architectural faculty in Poland, students who utilised...
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From creative writing, virtual environments to nature-based solutions: linking research and education to facilitate transition from sustainable to regenerative cities
PublikacjaChallenges related to the climate crisis and its consequences, such as rising sea levels, urban heat islands or floods, engender pressure on architectural education. Sustainable design often inclines to regenerative one - an emerging trend focused on the restorative power of architecture. The question appears upon the tools and methods that would facilitate both students and academics to address new challenges. This article offers...
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Zero-Emissions, Off-grid, Autonomous Houseboat – a Case Study of Selected Locations in Europe
PublikacjaThe aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of creating a prototype of a self-sufficient houseboat that is capable of prolonged independence from power grids and freshwater sources. In this design, electricity demand is met by a photovoltaic installation, and the energy is stored in batteries. Fresh water for living needs may be obtained from many sources, depending on the environmental conditions, such as through purifying...
Rok 2023
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Computer-Aided Greenery Design—Prototype Green Structure Improving Human Health in Urban Ecosystem
PublikacjaIncreasing population and urbanization, with climate change consequences, such as rising temperatures, influence public health and well-being. The search to improve the quality of life in cities becomes one of the priority objectives. A solution can be found in the role of greenery in an urban environment and its impact on human health. This opens a path toward experimentation on microclimate green structures that can be inserted...
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Frontier education for a sustainable future - speculative design in architecture as a transdisciplinary experiment
PublikacjaIn this article, the authors propose the term frontier education referring to the well-established notion of frontier research - one, that through opening unexpected transdisciplinary perspectives, may offer new insights and create a fertile ground for new discoveries and ground-breaking concepts. In answer to the question of how to get rid of normative thinking and extend architectural experimentations, a speculative design architectural...
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Innovative Urban Blue Space Design in a Changing Climate: Transition Models in the Baltic Sea Region
PublikacjaWaterfront areas in cities are subject to constant changes. The desire to integrate the transformed waterside areas with the urban fabric involves shaping high-quality public spaces related to water, which are often referred to as urban blue spaces (UBS). The aim of the research was to examine the transformation processes of urban waterfront areas in the Baltic Sea Region and identify emerging transition models and types of blue...
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The evolution of education spaces - from plan as generator to regenerative architecture, virtual rooms and green campuses
PublikacjaThe study programmes are often considered the main formative factors in the process of educating future architects. Another highly influential component is the architectural characteristics of learning spaces, and consequently the impact of the physical built environment on the quality of education has been widely discussed. However, not often do we realise that the characteristics of education spaces correlate with the organisational...
Rok 2022
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Computer-Aided Automated Greenery Design—Towards a Green BIM
PublikacjaContemporary climate challenges are changing the architect’s awareness, which results in a broader spectrum of interest. The available software enables the design of vegetation, but it is often very limited and requires specialist knowledge. The available software allows the creation of individual solutions based on visual algorithms or writing scripts; however, they are still not common methods used in architecture and urban planning....
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Developing the Urban Blue-Green Infrastructure as a Tool for Urban Air Quality Management
PublikacjaUrban structure is an important factor that shapes the process of urban ventilation and pollution dispersion. With proper planning of the urban spatial layout, city breathability can be effectively regulated, contributing to urban air quality improvement. This paper investigates the development and current management of urban systems of green and open spaces in four Polish cities: Gda ´nsk, Warsaw, Pozna ´n and Wrocław, with a...
Rok 2021
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Designing with Green and Blue – Climate Adaption Proposals for Lowland Areas of Gdańsk
PublikacjaThe paper gives insight into issues explored within the framework of the SOS Climate Waterfront workshop that took place in Gdańsk in June 2019. The aim of the study was to propose solutions that will decrease the number of flooding events and span the gap between flood prevention strategies and the provision of other benefits such as ecological, urban, cultural and social. Historical cartography enquiries and research by the design...
Rok 2020
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A framework for Air Quality Management Zones - Useful GIS-based tool for urban planning: Case studies in Antwerp and Gdańsk
PublikacjaThere is a growing recognition of the importance of proper urban design in the improvement of air flow and pollution dispersion and in reducing human exposure to air pollution. However, a limited number of studies have been published so far focusing on the development of standard procedures which could be applied by urban planners to effectively evaluate urban conditions with respect to air quality. To fill this gap, a new approach...
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Scenario-planning solutions for waterfront flood-prone areas
PublikacjaThe aim of this article is to discuss the potential of applying scenario planning to achieve resilient and future-oriented solutions for flood-prone areas. The authors have proposed additions to scenario-planning processes based on the introduction of research-by-design architectural inquiries. Examined in this article is the insight into the testing of such a modified scenario-planning methodology during two courses that accompanied...
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The CDIO model in architectural education and research by design
PublikacjaArchitectural 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...
Rok 2019
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Bridging the gap between architectural and environmental engineering education in the context of climate change
PublikacjaIndicated 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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Travelling Architecture: Vanishing heritage of Gypsy caravans in Poland
PublikacjaThe wandering Gypsy/Roma groups began arriving in the territory of Poland in the fifteenth century. Leading a nomadic life, they did not develop any form of a built house until the nineteenth century, until the first wooden caravans appeared. In the twentieth century, the architecture of Gypsy caravans began to thrive. They developed into several different forms of meticulously decorated wooden mobile houses. At the same time however,...
Rok 2018
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Komputacyjne narzędzi w projektowaniu systemów zieleni miejskiej jako elementu rewitalizacji.
PublikacjaPrzestrzenie zielone są integralnym elementem miejskich struktur zurbanizowanych. Stanowią nie tylko miejsce wypoczynku ich użytkowników, lecz również pozytywnie wpływają na ich samopoczucie i zdrowie. Efekt działania tych przestrzeni jest tym lepszy im płynniej tworzą większe założenia – ciągi zieleni. Wprowadzanie zieleni miejskiej może i powinno stanowić jeden z podstawowych elementów rewitalizacji. Często jednak zieleń projektowana...
Rok 2017
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Experiencing historic waterways and water landscapes of the Vistula River Delta
PublikacjaThe paper gives insights into the characteristics of Vistula River Delta water landscapes, referring to the process of creating land out of water by Polish, Dutch and German settlers. Based on this, the paper presents an integrated strategy formed upon studies in cultural geography and aesthetics, and focused on enhancing the unique characteristics of the region and its rediscovery by tourism. The long process of constructing Vistula...
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From structures to landscapes – towards re-conceptualization of the urban condition
PublikacjaThis paper presents an original approach towards the phenomena of re-naturalization of cities and indicates its possible consequences for the urban design and planning strategies. It focuses on the ongoing shift “from structures to landscapes” in understanding urban conditions. While modern architecture introduced geomet-ric compositions against the background of nature, early modern theories of architects and sociologists started...
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Providing Public Space Continuities in Post-Industrial Areas through Remodelling Land/Water Connections
PublikacjaThis article examines the problem of urban transformation strategies applied in recent years which are based on the creation of new water areas and modification of existing ones. The research is an attempt to prove that modifications of plans of water areas and forms of their borders may play an important role in achieving the best quality public spaces in post-industrial territories. The basis for demonstrating the importance...
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Reasons for Implementing Movement in Kinetic Architecture
PublikacjaThe paper gives insights into different forms of movement in contemporary architecture and examines them based on the reasons for their implementation. The main objective of the paper is to determine: the degree to which the complexity of kinematic architecture results from functional and spatial needs and what other motivations there are. The method adopted to investigate these questions involves theoretical studies and comparative analyses...
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Reshaping of Coastlines as the Beginning of Urban Structures Changes in North Poland
PublikacjaThis article discusses the problem of strategies concerning the processes of re-shaping the Baltic Sea southern coastline applied recently in North Poland. The undertaken research is an attempt to identify the relationship between the modifications of coastline forms and the positive changes of urban structures. It can be seen that these modifications are needed because of the problems of existing shoreline erosion. It can be also...
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Role of Sports Facilities in the Process of Revitalization of Brownfields
PublikacjaThe paper gives an evidence that building a large sports facility can generate beneficial urban space transformation and a significant improvement in the dilapidated urban areas. On the basis of theoretical investigations and case studies it can be proved that sports facilities introduced to urban brownfields could be considered one of the best known large scale revitalization methods. Large urban spaces surrounding sport facilities...
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The Impact of Migrations on the Spatial Characteristics of the City of Gdańsk
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Utopian Kinetic Structures and Their Impact on the Contemporary Architecture
PublikacjaThis paper delves into relationships between twentieth century utopian concepts of movable structures and the kinematic solutions implemented in contemporary architectural projects. The reason for conducting this study is to determine the impact of early architectural conceptions on today's solutions. This paper points out close links that stem from the imagination of artists and architects working in 1960s and 70s and the solutions...
Rok 2016
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Experiencing the Ocean the Paths for Urban Development of Sao Pedro do Estoril in Lisbon Metropolitan Area
PublikacjaThe areas of Cascais Municipality, one of the richest Municipalities in Portugal, located west to Lisbon, at the estuary of Tagus and the Atlantic Ocean coast is popular tourist destination. With its unique landscape it became the most attractive venue for spending vacations, for sport activities and leisure. It arose around the coastal town of Cascais, the former fishing village famous as a refuge for notables and claiming to...
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Interactive and Media Architecture – From Social Encounters to City Planning Strategies
PublikacjaThe paper searches into the potential of media and interactive projects to support participation and generate social encounters in public spaces. Moreover, it proposes implementation of media and interactive projects into city planning processes. On the basis of theoretical approaches, case studies and interdisciplinary surveys the paper gives insight how interactive and media architecture can engage people in activities in urban...
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MEDIA ARCHITECTURE AND INTERACTIVE ART INSTALLATIONS STIMULATING HUMAN INVOLVEMENT AND ACTIVITIES IN PUBLIC SPACES
PublikacjaThis paper examines the potential for media architecture and interactive art installations to stimulate human involvement and activities in public spaces. On the basis of theoretical approaches, case studies and interdisciplinary surveys, the paper provides insight into how screens projecting media and interactive installations in city spaces can inspire people to become active on many levels. The research is focused, both on temporary...
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POLDER AND CITY: SUSTAINING WATER LANDSCAPES ON AN URBAN EDGE
PublikacjaThe question investigated in this paper is how to maintain the environmental quality of the polder landscape encompassing the city in the condition of urban pressure on this landscape. On the basis of theoretical approaches, historical surveys and introductory study models new ideas are tested on the case study of Gdansk, a city located in the Vistula River delta in northern Poland. Research shows that the city was created as a...
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RE-SHAPING THE LAND AND WATER CONNECTIONS AND ITS ROLE IN ACHIEVING LANDSCAPE AND ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS’ CONTINUITY ON THE POST-INDUSTRIAL TERRITORIES
PublikacjaThis paper delves into recently applied strategies of creating new water areas and modifying the existing ones as a part of the transformation processes of post-industrial territories. It proves that while the pursuit for unique architectural and urban space values remains an important factor contributing to such modifications, they may also play an important role in reclaiming ecological systems continuity. On the basis of theoretical...
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Rola przekształceń styku lądu i wody w procesach rewitalizacji
PublikacjaArtykuł poświęcony jest zweryfikowaniu roli, jaką pełnią przekształcenia granic miedzy lądem i wodą w procesach rewitalizacji. Analizując szereg tego typu działań, w szczególności dotyczących transformacji obszarów poprzemysłowych, można zauważyć, że w ostatnim czasie charakterystyczne dla nich stają się modyfikacje planów obszarów wodnych i form ich granic. Jak okazuje się, działania takie mają nie tylko znaczenie kompozycyjne...
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THE ART OF VIRTUAL INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON REAL CITY SPACE
PublikacjaThe paper investigates the impact of the new genres of contemporary public art based on the virtual information exchange in real spaces of the cities. On the basis of theoretical approaches, trans-disciplinary surveys and case studies, the paper focuses on the art that not only relies on the technological support but also refers to the new public sphere, where people are co-creators of the art object giving their personal input...
Rok 2014
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Nowe zakresy kreowania wizerunku fasad przy zastosowaniu technologii filtrów optycznych.
PublikacjaModern facades, whether made of glass or including transparent, translucent or reflective elements, let through a particular light spectrum or change its intensity in many different ways. “Filtering facades” may change the image seen through them or change the colour of passing light according to specific circumstances: the angle of observation or temperature. These indicated properties of facades acting as “filters” were made...
Rok 2013
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Architektura i woda - przekraczanie granic
PublikacjaPublikacja daje wgląd w procesy kształtowania połączeń wody i form zbudowanych. W obserwowanych współcześnie eksperymentach struktury budynków przeplatają się z zarysami pól wodnych, powstają konstrukcje architektoniczne unoszące się na różnego rodzaju platformach pływających. Woda jest także coraz częściej włączana w projekty urbanistyczne. Linie styku pomiędzy lądem i wodą ulegają modyfikacjom, przywraca się dawne kanały i tworzy...
Rok 2012
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Hybrydowe fasady aktywne - od cech wizualnych po zyski środowiskowe zintegrowanych rozwiązań organicznych
PublikacjaW referacie przedstawiono możliwości kształtowania fasad budynków poprzez połączenia trzech podstawowych systemów technologicznych: interaktywnych, medialnych i filtrujących w złożone systemy hybrydowe. Wykazano, że zastosowanie systemów hybrydowych otwiera nowe zakresy współdziałania powierzchni budynku ze środowiskiem zarówno w znaczeniu estetycznym jak też energetycznym. Próby wypracowania zintegrowanych rozwiązań organicznych...
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Media architecture: participation through the senses
PublikacjaPervasive media and interactive technologies have become inseparable not only from our everyday life but also from architecture and city spaces. However, the generic use of new technologies in the design process and material production that affects contemporary architecture, results in buildings that become mere visual objects losing their hapticity and non-visual qualities. Despite the substantial advancement in the research studies...
Rok 2011
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Five strategies for the uncertain future
PublikacjaThe paper focuses on strategies of architectural education the in an era of increasing mobility, emerging alternative energy solutions and prevailing tone of uncertainty concerning future development of cities. Five strategies implemented at the Faculty of Architecture, Gdańsk University of Technology have been presented.
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Procesy integracji nowoczesnych systemów obrazowania ze strukturalnymi rozwiązaniami fasad budynków
PublikacjaObecnie, coraz częściej do nowych technologii budowlanych wkraczają te uznawane tradycyjnie za przynależące do innych dziedzin, jak technologie interaktywne, medialne czy filtrów optycznych. Ich zastosowanie zmienia sposoby architektonicznych rozwiązań fasad budynków, które projektowane są jako aktywne powierzchnie reagujące na ruch użytkowników lub zmiany parametrów bezpośredniego otoczenia. Osprzęt i systemy technologiczne są...
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Street Art and Architecture
PublikacjaThe paper explores both the areas of conflict as well as agreement between architecture and Street Art. The conflict arises from the fact that urban environment has always been a background for street art, which unavoidably jeopardizes the conceptual integrity of the building understood as a work of architecture. However, there are strong interrelations between these two domains of human creativity. Both street art and architecture...
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Ukryte potoki Wrzeszcza
PublikacjaPrzemiany historyczne, rola systemu wodnego i jego potencjał w układzie przestrzennym dzielnicy Wrzeszcz.
Rok 2010
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Kampus nauki, techniki i sztuki - plany rozwoju przestrzennego kampusu Politechniki Gdańskiej
PublikacjaPrezentacja głównych założeń oraz koncepcji planu rozwoju przestrzennego kampusu Politechniki Gdańskiej. Charakterystyka rozwiązań w zakresie budowania powiązań terenów kampusu ze środowiskiem, kształtowania przestrzeni publicznych oraz redukcji ruchu kołowego. Przedstawienie idei ukazania skanalizowanego obecnie Potoku Królewskiego i jego potencjału dla budowy charakterystyki kampusu.
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Re-thinking the city in the context of suburban landscapes. The case of Visula River delta water - landscapes and urban transformation processes in Gdańsk
PublikacjaThe text draws attention to the significant role of landscape formations surrounding the city and their role in marking out directions for the transformation and development of urban areas with the particular emphasis on public spaces. The article presents the need for a more conscious design strategies that are based on connectedness of urban spaces, which is built on landscape's characteristics, as an essential starting point...
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The meaning of cultural projects in the revitasation of urban Areas / Rola projektów kultury w rewitalizacji obszarów miejskich
PublikacjaArtykuł przedstawia rolę projektów kultury jako jednego z kluczowych czynników skutecznych działań rewitalizacyjnych.
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Znaczenie turystyki dla wzmacniania przestrzennych, historycznych i kulturowych związków miasta z wodą. Przypadek Gdańska
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Rok 2008
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Komercjalizacja przestrzeni a nowe przestrzenie na styku budynku i miasta
PublikacjaPrzestrzeń publiczna zawsze związana była z komercją, która tworzyła istotną część programów funkcjonalnych miasta. Jednak w wieku XIX, kiedy szklanymi konstrukcjami dachów zaczęto przykrywać handlowe atria i pasaże, wpływ inwestycji komercyjnych na proces przekształceń miejskich przestrzeni publicznych uwidocznił się szczególnie wyraźnie. Uwarunkowania rozwoju miast wynikające w dużej mierze z gospodarki wolnorynkowej powodują,...
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Nowe krajobrazy : redefinicja relacji architektura-woda na przykładzie wybranych realizacji
PublikacjaW wyznaczaniu nowego rodzaju powiązań pomiędzy architekturą i wodą przełomową rolę odegrały lata 60. i 70. XX wieku, w tym powstające wtedy koncepcje sztuki. Dzisiaj woda jest ponownie odkrywana i wchodzi w nowego rodzaju związki z budynkiem, stając się niestabilnym komponentem jego formy. Rośnie zainteresowanie obecnością wody w przestrzeni zamieszkiwania, staje się ona cennym elementem krajobrazu miasta. Znajduje swoje miejsce...
Rok 2007
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Architecture and water - new concepts of blurring borders
PublikacjaArtykuł ukazuje współczesne relacje pomiędzy architekturą i wodą na tle przełomowej myśli teoretycznej wczesnego modernizmu i koncepcji sztuki XX wieku.
Rok 2006
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Od architektury cyrkulacji do urbanistycznych krajobrazów
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Postrzeganie zabytkowego miasta
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Rok 2004
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Fortyfikacje Gdańska - granice miasta.
PublikacjaW pracy przedstawiono unikatowe na skalę europejską zachowane fragmenty systemu fortyfikacji Gdańska oraz znaczenie, jakie mają dla budowy współczesnego wizerunku miasta i ożywiania jego przestrzeni publicznej.
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Miasto - od dzieła sztuki wizualnej do sceny miejskich zdarzeń.
PublikacjaW pracy przedstawiono podejście do analizy zagadnienia gustu gdańskiego poprzez kompozycje urbanistyczne, które oprócz walorów wizualnych związanych z formą posiadają inny, bardziej nawet istotny komponent obejmujący sferę zdarzeń, aktywności i narracji.
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