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  • Activating Public Space: How to Promote Physical Activity in Urban Environment

    Physical activity is an essential component of a healthy lifestyle. The quality and equipment of urban public space plays an important role in promoting physical activity among people (residents, tourists). In order for recreation and sports activities to be undertaken willingly, in a safe and comprehensive manner, certain spatial conditions and requirements must be met. The distinctive feature of contemporary large cities is the...

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  • Psychological science in the public interest : a journal of the American Psychological Society

    Czasopisma

    eISSN: 2160-0031

  • Kamila Kokot-Kanikuła mgr

    Kamila Kokot-Kanikuła pracuje w Bibliotece Politechniki Gdańskiej w Sekcji Budowy Zbiorów Cyfrowych i Multimedialnych na stanowisku starszego bibliotekarza. Jest absolwentką Instytutu Historycznego oraz Informacji Naukowej i Bibliotekoznawstwa na Uniwersytecie Wrocławskim. Główne kierunki zainteresowań to starodruki, biblioteki cyfrowe, repozytoria instytucjonalne, Otwarte Zasoby Edukacyjne, Open Access i Open Data. W bibliotece...

  • Dorota Wojtowicz-Jankowska dr hab. inż. arch.

    Starszy wykładowca na Wydziale Architektury Politechniki Gdańskiej. W latach 1996 – 2014 pracowała w Katedrze Użyteczności Publicznej, a obecnie jest zatrudniona w Katedrze Projektowania Środowiskowego. W roku 2006 uzyskała tytuł doktora. Od roku 2011 jest członkiem POIA RP.  W latach 2014 – 2017 była członkiem Rady Wydziału. W pracy badawczej zajmuje się problematyką związaną z przestrzeniami ekspozycyjnymi. W obszarze jej zainteresowań...

  • SHAPING PLACES THROUGH ART. THE ROLE OF CREATIVE PLACEMAKING IN PHILADELPHIA

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2016

    The aim of a paper is to examine the role of creative placemaking in shaping urban environment. Art and artists have a long history of contributing and changing cities. Nowadays art and cultural activities become the revitalization tools, helping to start and sustain the process of change in the areas in crisis. The process of creative placemaking brings art to people and people to art, enhancing creativity in lives to transform...

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  • Number of students per one lecturer in the academic year 2010/2011 at Polish univeristies

    Dane Badawcze
    open access

    As at the end of December 2010, 103.5 thousand academic teachers worked in universities  (full-time and part-time equivalent to full-time employment), including 1.9 thous. foreigners. Teachers working in public schools accounted for almost 82.7% of the total number of employees in higher education, and lecturers from non-public universities - 17.3%....

  • Street Art and Architecture

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2011

    The 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...

  • Justyna Martyniuk-Pęczek dr hab. inż. arch.

    Justyna Martyniuk-Pęczek, dr hab. inż. arch., urbanista, architekt światła.  Doktor habilitowany nauk technicznych w dyscyplinie architektura i urbanistyka, z dodatkową specjalnością architektonicznego projektowania światłem. Podstawowym obszarem jej zainteresowań naukowych jest urbanistyka, w obrębie której skoncentrowała się na trzech nurtach badawczych, a mianowicie: Problemy kształtowania współczesnych przestrzeni publicznych,...

  • The Use of the Language of Mathematics as an Inspiration for Contemporary Architectural Design

    Publikacja

    The purpose of the article is to present the evolution of the use of mathematical language as an inspiration for creating spatial, three-dimensional forms in art and architecture. The article focuses on the possibilities for art and architectural design ideas gained by contemporary mathematics, algorithms and computational parametric approach. The analysis of various examples represents the relationships between the composition...

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  • Społeczne uwarunkowania dostępności przestrzeni publicznej

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2010

    Działania projektowe urbanistów i architektów powinny iść w kierunku tworzenia pełnej dostępności przestrzeni publicznej, która spełni oczekiwania wszystkich mieszkańców, bez względu na wiek, stan zdrowia czy ogranicznia mobliności lub percepcji. Powszechna dostępność przestrzeni warunkuje prawidłowy rozwój jednostki i całych wspólnot oraz sprzyja tworzeniu zintegrowanego społeczeństwa obywatelskiego. Dla poprawy bezpieczeństwa...

  • Karolina Zielińska-Dąbkowska dr inż. arch.

    Karolina M. Zielinska-Dabkowska (dr inż. arch., Dipl.-Ing. Arch.[FH]) jest adiunktem na Wydziale Architektury Politechniki Gdańskiej. W roku 2002 ukończyła studia na Wydziale Architektury i Urbanistyki  Politechniki Gdańskiej a w 2004 inżynierii architektonicznej na HAWK Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst Hildesheim w Niemczech. Po studiach pracowała dla kilku firm o światowej renomie w Berlinie, Londynie, Nowym Jorku...

  • The Impact of Ergonomic Guiding Principles on the Formation of Modern Monumental Art

    Commemoration of historic events is now a commonplace phenomenon both in culture and in academic research. The phenomenon is linked to an increase in the representation of the visualisation of the past in public sphere, which in turn leads to reformulation of monumental art. Modern monuments are often spatial forms consisting both of sculpture installation and bigger constructions. In case of these realisations, the designers,...

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  • Public space as a place of rehabilitation for the elderly – a systematic literature review

    The phenomenon of the population’s gradual global ageing means that an increasing proportion of research is concerned with the space in which seniors function on a daily basis. They are primarily aimed at identifying elements of the built environment that need updating in the new social context. The purpose of the analyses presented in this article is to review the current scientific literature on various aspects of physical activity...

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  • Przestrzeń publiczna a przemiany miasta

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2013

    Praca składa się z dwunastu rozdziałów. Pierwsza część ma charakter wprowadzający do problematyki przestrzeni publicznej. W rozdziale drugim autorka przywołuje wybrane i ważne dla przedmiotu badań koncepcje teoretyczne oparte na modelu wieloparadygmatycznym. Rozdział trzeci osnuty jest wokół antycznego wzorca przestrzeni publicznej, który ze względu na niezwykłe bogactwo rozwiązań w tym zakresie wywodzi się właśnie z tego pnia....

  • SZTUKA WIZUALNA W OBIEKTACH MEDYCZNYCH = VISUAL ARTS IN MEDICAL FACILITIES

    Publikacja

    Współczesna architektura obiektów służby zdrowia podlega dynamicznym przeobrażeniom formalnym wynikającym zarówno z rozwoju technologii medycznych, zmian zachodzących w podejściu wobec pacjenta. Narastający w naukach medycznych kierunek holistyczny ustawia pacjenta jako użytkownika w trzech wymiarach: biologicznym, społecznym i psychologicznym. Stąd pojawiające się w procesie projektowym dotyczącym szpitali czy przychodni nowe...

  • Cooperation between NGOs from Tricity and public administration entities

    Dane Badawcze

    Research is an element of the Project “Civil Society Development for Participatory Democracy in Shida Kartli Region implemented by Instytut Badań nad Polityką Europejską (Research Institute for European Policy) in cooperation with Information and Socio-Economic Problems Research Center (Georgia), Agria Universitas Association (Hungary) and Civipolis,...

  • „Space, architecture and infrastructure “in-between cities”.

    Publikacja

    The article presents contemporary city problems, like division of the city, infrastructural barriers, empty spaces, chaotic development, cuting-off areas, threatening the city image and functioning. These problems can be best observed in the areas in-between cities. One of the main questions for urban planners and architects seems thus to be: how to connect the city spaces instead of creating the barriers, how to create the areas...

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  • Countries with the highest and the lowest electricity consumption per capita in 1998, kWh / c

    Dane Badawcze
    open access

    For several years, domestic electricity consumption has been growing (the average annual growth rate of electricity consumption for 2005-2010 is 2.75%). The increase in demand for electricity is related to the continuous development of the Polish economy, the enrichment of society and the growing, year by year, industrial production. It should be noted...

  • Architektura współczesnego muzeum i jej znaczenie dla tożsamości krajobrazu miasta = The Architecture of Contemporary Museum and its Significance for the Identity of the Urban Landscape

    Publikacja

    Artykuł dotyczy architektury współczesnych muzeów, które pod koniec XX w. przeszły znaczący rozwój jako instytucje publiczne. Oprócz specyficznych wymagań technicznych, funkcjonalnych, estetycznych i kulturowych, ich charakterystyczną cechą jest wzrastające zapotrzebowanie na przestrzeń dodatkową służącą edukacji, odpoczynkowi, rozrywce i strefie komercyjnej (handlu i usług). Atrakcyjna przestrzeń publiczna zapewnia dostęp do wszystkich...

  • ARCHITECTURE IN BRANDING AND OVERBRANDING PROCESS. HOW GLOBALIZATION INFLUENCED ARCHITECTURE QUALITY.

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2014

    Globalization is unification. In the field of architecture and in the social structure alike, the globalization leads to a blending of economies and cultures that produces uniformly branded public space as a response to universal assumptions of integration and correlation. While branding consists in creating a recognizable and outstanding image a strong contradiction exists between both of these approaches. As a result, regional...

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  • Role of public space in designing complex urban structures

    The 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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  • Kursy Online
    • A. Gębczyńska-Janowicz
    • K. Zielińska-Dąbkowska
    • J. Szczepański
    • P. Czyż
    • M. Podwojewska

    Contemporary Theories in Architecture and Perception of Space Thursdays 14.15-16.00 on-line 1. 01.12.2022 Characteristics of Architecture of Public Buildings 2. 08.12.2022 Light for Public Buildings 3. 15.12.2022 The issues of contemporary architectural theories from the late nineteenth century to the present December 22, 2022 - classes according to Friday's schedule4. 05.01.2023 The issues of contemporary architectural...

  • Linking Fashion and Tourism: From Body to Clothing and Lifestyle

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2023

    There are many profound links between fashion and tourism. This chapter provides a critical reflection, mainly from a philosophical, historical, and linguistic perspective, on the dynamic relationship and parallel evolution between these two sectors. It explains how their intercon nectedness form and mirror contemporary society. This chapter classifies the connections between the two, starting with the person, her body, and the...

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  • Architektura pomników poświęconych ofiarom ataków terrorystycznych jako kontynuacja realizacji komemoratywnych kształtowanych w postpamięci

    architecture of Memorials Dedicated to the Victims of terrorist attacks as a continuation of commemorative Structures created within Post-memory Having the rich art of commemorating events of the Second World War as a key reference, this article will try to show how contemporary architectural interven- tions in public space make attempts to respond to the social need of dealing with traumatic events and formulating a new attitude...

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  • Innovative Urban Blue Space Design in a Changing Climate: Transition Models in the Baltic Sea Region

    Publikacja

    - Water - Rok 2023

    Waterfront 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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  • Physical models in the education of architectural history

    In 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...

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  • Prezentacja grafik i akwarel na wystawie modelarstwa szkutniczego i okrętowego, Centrum Wystawienniczo-Regionalne Dolnej Wisły w Tczewie - Fabryka Sztuk, 11-21.08.2011 r.

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2011

    Przedmiotem wystawy były grafiki i akwarele o tematyce marynistycznej artysty palstyk Krystyny Pokrzywnickiej- arch. i art. plastyk Krystyna Pokrzywnicka, członkowie zespołu modelarzy szkutniczych ''Koga'': Jarosław Bąkowski, Marian Deja, Mirosław Rybus, Jarosław Ferens, Kazimierz Dembowski, Adam Lasko, Krzysztof Wasilewski, Cezary Szczepanik, Artur Wasilak, Kazimierz Grabowski, Zbigniew Kowalewski, Romuald Sobolewski, Konrad Sołtysik,...

  • IFE: NN-aided Instantaneous Pitch Estimation

    Publikacja

    Pitch estimation is still an open issue in contemporary signal processing research. Nowadays, growing momentum of machine learning techniques application in the data-driven society allows for tackling this problem from a new perspective. This work leverages such an opportunity to propose a refined Instantaneous Frequency and power based pitch Estimator method called IFE. It incorporates deep neural network based pitch estimation...

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  • Prezentacja prac graficznych na wystawie modelarstwa szkutniczego i okrętowego, Centrum Wystawienniczo-Regionalne Dolnej Wisły w Tczewie - Fabryka Sztuk, 19-27.09.2009 r.

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2009

    Przedmiotem wystawy były rysunki graficzne i akwarele opracowane przez artystę plastyka Krystynę Pokrzywnicką, pracownik PG, związane ze specyfiką wystawy zbiorowej - arch. i art. plastyk krystyna Pokrzywnicka, członkowie zespołu modelarzy szkutniczych ''Koga'': Romuald Sobolewski, Mirosław Rybus, Adam Lasko, Piotr Butkiewicz, Zbigniew Kowalewski, Andrzej Stefański, Kazimierz Grabowski, Konrad Sołtysiak, Krzysztof Wasilewski, Marian...

  • A universal standard for health-promoting places. Example of assessment -on the basis of a case study of Rahway River Park

    Publikacja

    The purpose of this paper is to contribute to development of approaches to the evaluation of the design of public open green spaces (POS). This paper presents a universal standard for the design of health-promoting urban places. The standard is a conceptual framework which was developed after visiting over one hundred public parks and therapeutic gardens in Europe and the United States. The universal standard is a simple and...

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  • THE CREATIVE AND SYMBOLIC FUNCTIONS OF DAYLIGHT IN THE ART MUSEUM BUILDINGS OF THE 21st CENTURY

    Publikacja

    The paper presents the results of the study on the current extent of daylight use in contemporary buildings of art museums, focusing especially on the possibilities of aesthetic function. A case study and critical analysis were used as the research method. Selected, representative examples of museums of the 21st century are discussed with regard to the creative and functional use of daylight and the application of advanced technology....

  • Interactive and Media Architecture – From Social Encounters to City Planning Strategies

    Publikacja

    The 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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  • Rafał Janowicz dr hab. inż. arch.

    Rafał Janowicz jest adiunktem na wydziale Architektury Politechniki Gdańskiej w Katedrze Technicznych Podstaw Projektowania Architektonicznego od 2011 roku. Ukończył studia na kierunku Architektura i Urbanistyka na Wydziale Architektury Politechniki Gdańskiej w 2001 roku, a dwa lata później na kierunku Zarządzanie i Marketing na Wydziale Zarządzania i Ekonomii PG. W 2011 r. obronił pracę doktorską na Wydziale Architektury Politechniki...

  • Time for temporariness! Temporary architecture - whim or necessity?

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2016

    What are the qualities of temporary architectural objects that make them helpful instruments for evolving the image of contemporary urban space? Six hypotheses provide rationales for why current temporary architecture seems to be a remedy for dysfunctional city structures. The research was limited to the temporary architectural objects constructed in open-air city zones, including the architecture of events. The temporary objects'...

  • SKYSCRAPER'S PUBLIC AREAS: THE IMPACT ON SPACE AND SOCIAL LIFE

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2015

    In recent years, more careful consideration is taken into social issues of designing skyscrapers by humanizing adherent internal and external public areas. Case studies of The Shard (London: 2012), 122 Leadenhall Street (London: 2014), 20 Fenchurch Street (London: 2014), Heron Tower (London: 2011), Tower 25 (Nicosia: 2013), Zoofenster (Berlin: 2012), DNB House (Oslo: 2012), Centrum Biurowe Neptun (Gdansk, 2014), Skytower (Wroclaw:...

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  • The importance of a place in a small or medium - Sized Town.- Vol. 2

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2014

    Public space is a matter of concern for international humanitarian organisations. The paper describes the initiative of UNHabitat organisation for the creation of Charter of Public Space and the draft of this document. Next the definition of “place” is provided and the definitions of social capital and the bond between social capital and place attachment are presented. The actions proposed nowadays to create places are described....

  • Spatial Aspects of Tram and Trolleybus Supply System

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2015

    Nowadays the issue of electric energy saving in public transport is becoming a key area of interest which is connected both with a growth in environmental awareness of the society and an increase in the prices of fuel and electricity. It can be achieved by reducing of the transmission losses in supply system or by the improving of the usage of the regenerative breaking. The spatial differentiation of the energy supply system of...

  • Monika Arczyńska dr inż. arch.

    Dr inż. arch. Monika Arczyńska studiowała na Politechnice Gdańskiej i TU Delft. W  obronionej z wyróżnieniem pracy doktorskiej zajmowała się relacjami pomiędzy społeczeństwem konsumpcyjnym a zrównoważonym mieszkalnictwem. W latach 2006-2017 pracowała dla Heneghan Peng Architects z siedzibą w Dublinie, gdzie projektowała budynki użyteczności publicznej na całym świecie, m.in. Wielkie Muzeum Egipskie, Muzeum Palestyny, Narodowe Centrum...

  • Providing Public Space Continuities in Post-Industrial Areas through Remodelling Land/Water Connections

    This 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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  • Speace frienly for the blind = Przestrzeń przyjazna dla niewidomych

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2012

    The article presents issues connected with accessibility of public space for people with eyesight disabilities. The use of the extravisual spatial stimuli in shaping the urban environment has been analysed. Spaces in which musltisensory spatial reception is feasible become user-friendly, as they come to meet the changing needs of their users. The article introduces a system of textures aiding spatial orientation, navigation and...

  • Towards Hybrid Urban Mobility: Kick Scooter as a Means of Individual Transport in the City

    Publikacja

    The characteristic feature of a contemporary city is its inconvenience and oppressiveness caused by the hitherto dominant paradigm of urban planning based on car mobility. As a result, the inhabitants have to cope with air pollution, noise, spatial barriers, sedentary lifestyle and other factors which worsen their health and quality of life. Ecological and physically activating urban mobility thus plays an increasingly important...

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  • Use of Daylight and Aesthetic Image of Glass Facades in Contemporary Buildings

    Publikacja

    The paper deals with the architecture of contemporary buildings in respect to their aesthetic image created by the use of natural light. Sustainability is regarded as a principle of contemporary architecture, where daylighting is an important factor as it affects energy consumption and environmental quality of the space inside a building. Environmental awareness of architecture, however, involves a much wider and more holistic...

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  • Sociology of Space

    Kursy Online
    • M. Dymnicka

    The course is aimed at discussing the significance of the city as a topic of sociological analysis. During the seminar students will discuss the relation between sociology, architecture and space. Moreover, the debate will touch on the field of culture and its role in (re)creating and (re)constructing space. Discussions will also be related to the aspect of interactions in time and space. Contemporary dilemmas and challenges in...

  • Approximate Criteria for the Evaluation of Truly Multi-Dimensional Optimization Problems

    Publikacja

    In this paper we propose new improved approximate quality criteria useful in assessing the efficiency of evolutionary multi-objective optimization (EMO). In the performed comparative study we take into account the various EMO algorithms of the state-of-the-art, in order to objectively assess the EMO performance in highly dimensional spaces. It is well known that useful executive criteria, such as those based on the true Pareto...

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  • SMART GRID TECHNOLOGIES IN ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2015

    Nowadays the issue of electric energy saving in public transport is becoming a key area of interest which is connected both with a growth in environmental awareness of the society and an increase in the prices of fuel and electricity. It can be achieved by reducing of the transmission losses in supply system or by the improving of the usage of the regenerative breaking. The article presents an analysis of applying these two options...

  • SMART GRID TECHNOLOGIES IN ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT

    Nowadays the issue of electric energy saving in public transport is becoming a key area of interest, which is connected both with a growth in environmental awareness of the society and an increase in the prices of fuel and electricity. It can be achieved by reducing the transmission losses in a supply system or by the improving the usage of the regenerative breaking. The article presents an analysis of applying these two options...

  • Paintings

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2023

    The painting as a curtain (...) A contradiction is therefore what constitutes a painting, and ambiguity is its right. As a young artist, I intuitively defined the work of art as a boundary. Over the years that intuition changed into a conviction that the particular form of art which is painting at the same time reveals and hides; it exists at this intersection of functions as a see-through curtain. We don’t know why there are some...

  • ‘The Urban Walk Architecture Talk’— Bridging Socially Engaged Art, Urban Processes and Cultural Development

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2019

    “Urban Walk—Architecture Talk” is a project based on an elective seminar under the same title organized at the Faculty of Architecture of Gdańsk University of Technology. It aims at getting familiar with the topic of multi-layer and multi-sensory reception of public space, mainly by recognizing the needs of its users. Additionally, it deals with the consequences of such perception and the use of space in order to build more complete...

  • THE ROLE OF DAYLIGHT IN ARCHITECTURAL CREATIONS OF CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL FACILITIES

    Publikacja

    The paper studies the role of light in architectural creations of contemporary buildings of representative function. Based on the selected projects and completed buildings dedicated to culture and art, it analyzes and systematizes the examples of using light to obtain visual effects that mark the architecture with a universal and timeless message. The method of research is case study and critical analysis of literature. Light plays...

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  • Squares in Gdansk as a City Value = Skwery, jako wartościowe przestrzenie publiczne Gdańska

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2012

    The article emphasizes potential of public urban squares. The attention is focused on squares of the city of Gdansk which constitute the potential for enhancing the image of the city. Presentation of three examples of small scale intervention in the Montreal's public spaces is depicting such a potential and is underlining different roles the public space can perform in the city structure. Revitalization of urban squares is influencing...