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Safety-based approach in multifunctional building design
PublikacjaABSTRACT: The modern trend in design of the public buildings is to create multifunctional environments in one building, hosting a variety of functions. Multifunctional buildings entertain large number of visitors. The complexity and vulnerability of this type of public space are the main reasons to use within their design process the performance based approach including the recognition of hazards. Safety and reliability approach...
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Universal and contextualized public services: Digital public service innovation framework
PublikacjaIn view of the rising social and economic inequalities, public service delivery should be both universal, i.e. independent of the recipients' social or economic status, and contextualized, i.e. able to compensate for different local needs and conditions. Reconciling both properties requires various forms of innovations, chief among them innovations in digital public services. Building upon the four-stage model underpinning the...
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Building Information Modelling as an opportunity and risk for stakeholders involved in construction investment process
PublikacjaThe requirements to apply Building Information Modelling (BIM) in public investments worldwide are currently very high. Significant interest (sometimes formulated also as a requirement) in BIM technology can be observed also among private investors. Design technology that applies BIM is supported by many private investors due to its numerous advantages. A growing group of construction designers (steel, concrete and reinforced concrete...
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SKYSCRAPER'S PUBLIC AREAS: THE IMPACT ON SPACE AND SOCIAL LIFE
PublikacjaIn 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 Process of Building Civil Society against the Shortcomings of Polish Planning Legislation
PublikacjaThe article presents the main assumptions of the project of Coastal Strip development in Gdansk. According to the authors best knowledge this is the first pro publico bono project in Poland in a large area of the city formed on the initiative of and elaborated by the city's inhabitants supported by two NGOs. Successive stages of the project preparation are discussed on the background of the shortcomings of Polish planning law...
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Distinctive facades of commercial buildings and the quality of public space,
PublikacjaMutual relations between the retail center and public spaces of the city are varied. They depend on the type and size of the commercial structure. Other ones are for multifunctional shopping centers and other for high streets. In megastores and shopping malls the essential for their functioning is their interior and entrance, which is sometimes the only place of interpenetration of the commercial structure with the surrounding...
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Health by Art: the Remedial Role of Artistic Installations in Public Space
PublikacjaDesigning public spaces has become one of the most relevant issues in contemporary cities thanks to their integrating and inclusionary character. Public spaces are playing a far more important role in promoting a healthy lifestyle and encouraging us to do different activities. Therefore, contemporary public spaces should enhance creativity, stimulate physical activity and influence mental health. The methodology used in the research...
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Looking for New Ideas of Public Space – Public Space Projects in Gdansk Reinforced by Art Activities
PublikacjaRevitalization of public open spaces is a complex enterprise in Poland in terms of the art, cultural andinformation aspects of this process. Simultaneously the public space should play an important role whenbuilding the quality of revitalization programs and the quality of city development. The new art and culturalactivities are the revitalization tools, which are also the good examples of bottom up ideas helping to start aprocess...
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Public Participation practice versus economic pressure: transformation of the Gdansk Coastal Strip
PublikacjaThe paper focuses on the issue of public participation in the areas that are particularly sensitive to the transformation processes based on the case study of Gdańsk Coastal Strip. Moreover the article presents the outcome of an innovative attempt at promotion of public participation introduced in university education that was built on the experiences gathered during elaboration of the pro publico bono project of the Coastal Strip...
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President and Manager of the court versus networking in justice system - "Extending of Delimitation"
PublikacjaCurrent knowledge and empirical studies concering the networks collaboration in public sector, the role of decision-making centre in the building of network structure, strategy formulation and evaluation is fragmentary.
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Energy Yield Generated by a Small Building Integrated Photovoltaic Installation
PublikacjaIn the recent years photovoltaic (PV) industry has experienced a major growth, caused by the ever present annual decrease in module production prices and the expanding awareness of the general public in terms of renewable energy. There are numerous ways to implement PV modules as an additional energy source for a building, be it mounted on the rooftop, or building integrated (BIPV). An analysis of BIPV consisting of 8 modules with...
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Structural aspects in restoring historical buildings for re-use: the case of a tenement building on Staromiejska Street in Olsztyn.
PublikacjaThe paper discusses the issue of introducing structural changes into a historical building referring to the example of conservation work carried out in the tenement house at 6 Staromiejska in Olsztyn. Building work involved a general renovation. The paper reviews actions carried out in the restoration work, including strengthening and deepening of the foundations, introducing a post and beam system, and putting...
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Public relations w społeczeństwie
PublikacjaW artykule stawiam tezę – powtarzając za „„Standardami profesjonalnych public relations”- o konieczności wysuwania na plan pierwszy - we wszelkich działaniach w obszarze public relations - ich zgodności z wartościami i normami etycznymi, ponieważ wszelkie działania public relations są nie tylko realizowane w przestrzeni społecznej, ale mają istotny wpływ na kształt, kondycję społeczeństwa, również na budowę demokracji i społeczeństwa...
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Cable-stayed cantilever structures as an expat of unique application in the construction of a building located in seismic area – an author’s project of multifunctional building in Lisbon, Portugal
PublikacjaThe article presents numerical simulations for the modelling of seismic impact on the structure of unique cantilever cablestayed structure with application of two methods. The Response Spectrum method, in which a spectrum of the structure's responses to an earthquake's impact is generated and the Accelerogram method, in which we generate dynamic load in the form of a diagram of the connection between acceleration and time for...
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High Rise Building: The Mega Sculpture Made Of Steel, Concrete and Glass
PublikacjaHigh rise building has transformed from providing not only the expansion of floor space but functioning as mega sculpture in the city. The shift away from economic efficiency driven need is only expected to grow in the future. Based on literature studies; after analysing planning documents and case studies, it was examined whether the presumption that gaining the maximum amount of usable area is the only driving factor; or if the...
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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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PRZESTRZEŃ PUBLICZNA MIASTA EUROPEJSKIEGO– SALON MIEJSKI CZY ISTOTNY ELEMENT BUDOWYPROGRAMU REWITALIZACJI? PRZYKŁAD MQW WIEDNIUEUROPEAN PUBLIC SPACE – SHOWROOM ORAN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF REVITALIZATIONPROGRAMME?
PublikacjaPrzedmiotem artykułu jest próba odpowiedzi na pytanie, jakie miejsce weuropejskich programach rewitalizacji zajmuje obecnie przestrzeń publiczna iczy istotnie jest jego główną składową. Czy miejskość przestrzenipublicznej, która jest jakością miejsc niezwykłych, łączących w sobie kontekst polityczny wswojej materialnej formie tzw.material urbanity[2, s. 24]) jest brana pod uwagę przy programach rewitalizacji?! Czy wreszcie,mówiąc...
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The influence of historical conditions on time and cost of construction project
PublikacjaConducting construction works in a building or in an area entered in the historic register is associated with the contracting authority's risk of incurring higher than planned costs of works, as well as delays in their implementation. In many cases, these deviations are completely independent of contracting authority and contractor. The aim of this article is to indicate the reasons for cost and time changes in the construction...
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Urban Mentoring as a new polish management technique in participatory planning
PublikacjaA decade of experience in implementation of numerous urban modernization projects in Poland resulted in a lively debate on socialization of the planning process, in which the matter of the public space quality has become the center of gravity. In those years, transformation from the classic administrative model of „bureaucracy planning” to the model of „management planning” has not been complete. The socialist primacy of the public...
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Influence of operation of national experimental nuclear reactor on the natural environment
PublikacjaThis paper presents the impact of experimental nuclear reactor operations on the national environment, based on assessment reports of the radiological protection of active nuclear technology sources. Using the analysis of measurements carried out in the last 15 years, the trends are presented in selected elements of the environment on the Świerk Nuclear Centre site and its surroundings. In addition, the impact of research results...
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‘The Urban Walk Architecture Talk’— Bridging Socially Engaged Art, Urban Processes and Cultural Development
Publikacja“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...
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Testing and sampling devices for monitoring volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds in indoor air
PublikacjaAdults spend most of their time in enclosed spaces (e.g., apartment, office and public buildings). According to research conducted by scientists, air quality indoors is much worse than the ambient air quality outdoors. Hazardous chemicals found in air indoors can adversely affect the functioning of the human body and cause many respiratory and circulatory diseases. Harmful chemical compounds (mainly volatile organic compounds and...
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Potencjał kognitywno-kulturowy dzielnicy a innowacyjne strategie rehabilitacji w kontekście społecznej indywidualizacji. Studium przypadku: Mouraria, Lizbona = Innovative Public Space Rehabilitation Models to Create Cognitive-Cultural Urban Economy in the Age of Mass Individualisation. Case of Mouraria, Lisbon
PublikacjaInnovative Public Space Rehabilitation Models to Create Cognitive- -Cultural Urban Economy in the Age of Mass Individualisation. Case of Mouraria, Lisbon. This paper deals with the issue of sustainable urban rehabilitation interventions in city cores focused on value creation through culture-led development as a tool for building a cognitive city. The objective is to analyze cases of rehabilitation of public space by culture-led...
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THE ARCHITECTURE OF DAYLIGHT IN THE DISCOURSE ABOUT THE AESTHETICS OF SUSTAINABILITY
PublikacjaThe need to create ecological and energy efficient architecture is evident today. In the contemporary discourse on architecture more and more attention is dedicated to the aesthetics that expresses the idea of sustainability. The article is a voice in this debate, concentrating on the architecture that features daylight. Solar light comes from the natural environment and brings some substantial benefits for the architectural space,...
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Towards a Smart Sustainable City Roadmap
PublikacjaThis workshop of the CAP4CITY (Erasmus+ Strengthening Governance Capacity for Smart Sustainable Cities) project is to promote and stimulate the discussion and networking in the area of Digital Government. Smart Sustainable Cities and related concepts of Digital, Intelligent and Smart Cities represent a progression of how cities around the world apply digital technology to serve their populations, pursue sustainable socio-economic...
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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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Design principles for creating digital transparency in government
PublikacjaUnder pressure to fight corruption, hold public officials accountable, and build trust with citizens, many governments pursue the quest for greater transparency. They publish data about their internal operations, externalize decision-making processes, establish digital inquiry lines to public officials, and employ other forms of transparency using digital means. Despite the presence of many transparency-enhancing digital tools,...
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Innovative Railway Stations
PublikacjaIn relation to modern demographic trends, evolving technologies and environmentfriendly solutions increases the potential of rail considered as sustainable form of public transport. Contemporary tendencies of designing railway stations in Europe are focused on lowering energy consumption and reducing carbon emission. The main goal of the designers is to create a friendly and intuitive space for its users and at the same time a...
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Karol Grębowski dr inż.
OsobyKarol Grębowski (dr inż.) pracuje jako asystent w Katedrze Technicznych Podstaw Projektowania Architektonicznego na Wydziale Architektury Politechniki Gdańskiej. Jego badania naukowe dotyczą zjawisk szybkozmiennych zachodzących podczas drgań konstrukcji budowlanych, obiektów mostowych (trzęsienia ziemi) oraz badania w zakresie metodologii projektowania budynków stanowiących system ochrony pasywnej (SOP) odpornych na uderzenia pojazdów...
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A tool for integrating Web Site services over User Interface
PublikacjaCompanies and organizations are building information systems by integrating previously independent applications, together with new developments. This integration process has to deal with existing applications, which can only be used through their specific interfaces, and often cannot be modified. Integration of web applications running remotely and controlled by separate organizations becomes even more complicated, as their user...
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THE ROLE OF NATURE IN PLACEMAKING WITHIN THE LIMITS OF HISTORIC CITIES
PublikacjaThis paper focuses on the role of nature in placemaking within historic cities. There are two different approaches to placemaking – The first is a more traditional approach, i.e. complete building process which entails significant investments. The second is “Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper” approach proposed by the Project for Public Spaces organization. This article discusses the role, importance and place of nature in both approaches....
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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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URBAN MENTORING JAKO NOWA TECHNIKA WPRÓŁPRACY W PROCESIE PLANOWANIA PARTCYPACYJNEGO
PublikacjaW 25 lat od powrotu demokracji opierającej się o neoliberalny paradygmat rozwoju kraju, Polska przyjęła Krajową Politykę Miejską 2030. Wraz z ustawą o rewitalizacji w nowoczesny sposób określa ona pole współpracy władz samorządowych i administracji z mieszkańcami, przejście do drugiej fazy rozwoju społeczeństwa demokratycznego – mieszkańców współgospodarzy przestrzeni miast. Powolna ewolucja tej relacji, silnie obarczonej dziedzictwem...
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From the Concept to Results: A Case Study on the Collection Development for the ODC–Opening Day Collection at Qatar National Library
PublikacjaAbstract "A library collection should fit the mission for which it is created. The number of books it holds does not determine its worth." (E. J. Loveland, 2000) If so, how do we create a national library, and how do we build its collection from scratch without making many mistakes? Since 2012, when the plans for the new national library were announced, Qatar National Library (QNL) envisioned as carrying...
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Gender and Digital Divide - Information and Communication Technologiesand their Impact on Equality
PublikacjaIn the entire Europe more women than men graduate from tertiaryeducation institutes. However, they are underrepresented in scientific and engineering disciplines. Women researchers still constitute a minority in the Government and Higher Education Sectors. A number of industry reports highlight a low number of women in IT occupations49. This has led to a variety of public policy measures, such as subsidies on community provision,...
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Landscape as the tool of coherence in the land management of rural communes
PublikacjaEconomic and social transformation of rural areas in Poland after 1990 reveals itself through disintegration of previous spatial order. Building a new pattern requires a vision, which would counteract complex causes of disintegration. The latter belong to institutional domain of planning strategies and the area of common practices. Therefore, agreement on aims and means between spatial policy strategies and tactics of space users...
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Platform governance for sustainable development: Reshaping citizen-administration relationships in the digital age
PublikacjaChanging governance paradigms has been shaping and reshaping the landscape of citizen-administration relationships, from impartial application of rules and regulations by administration to exercise its authority over citizens (bureaucratic paradigm), through provision of public services by administration to fulfil the needs of citizens (consumerist paradigm), to responsibility-sharing between administration and citizens for policy...
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Application of virtual gate for counting people participating in large public events
PublikacjaThe concept and practical application of the developed algorithm forpeople counting in crowded scene is presented. The aim of the work is to estimatethe number of people passing towards entrances of a large sport hall. Thedetails of implemented the Virtual Gate algorithm are presented. The video signalfrom the camera installed in the building constituted the input for the algorithm.The most challenging problem was the unpredicted...
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Thematic Areas in the Polish Countryside and Their Role in Local Development
PublikacjaThe article defines the phenomenon of space thematisation with regards to rural areas in Poland. The typology of thematic spaces and criteria of their comparative description have been proposed. Thematic villages, home gardens, amusement parks and housing estates have been distinguished. They have been compared in terms of spatial availability, the degree of user participation and the commercial vs. non-commercial creation purpose....
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A method for counting people attending large public events
PublikacjaThe algorithm for people counting in crowded scenes, based on the idea of virtual gate which uses optical flow method is presented. The concept and practical application of the developed algorithm under real conditions is depicted. The aim of the work is to estimate the number of people passing through entrances of a large sport hall. The most challenging problem was the unpredicted behavior of people while entering the building....
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IMPROVING STUDENT SKILLS WITH ENGAGING IN HERITAGE PROTECTION PROJECTS. CASE STUDY OF ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY WORKS AT WISŁOUJŚCIE FORTRESS, POLAND (2017)
PublikacjaToday's educational offer at universities contains a lot of theoretical and general knowledge, which becomes less understandable and less suitable for students of the new generation. Student's educational needs aimed at increasing the practical experience necessary for future professional life. Heritage conservation projects are a good opportunity to implement project-based learning methods. Such projects can be scientific and...
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Polski PR-owiec w świecie ponowoczesnym – wyniki badań i ich analiza. Poza dobrem i złem
PublikacjaW artykule analizuję wyniki badania Profesjonalizm public relations w Polsce, przeprowadzonego na potrzeby budowanego dokumentu Standardy profesjonalnego public relations – prezentowanego w tej pracy. Stawiam również pytanie o przyczynę częstych odpowiedzi respondentów „czasami” czy „nie mam zdania” i wykazuję niespójność systemów wartości respondentów zestawiając ich odpowiedzi na poszczególne pytania. Stawiam tezę, że niespójności...
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Redefiniowanie przestrzeni medycznej = Redefining healthcare space
PublikacjaSzpital jest obiektem publicznym, budynkiem-miastem, jego architektura nakierowana jest na realizację procesu leczenia i zdrowienia, a jednocześnie formuje przestrzenne ramy mikrokosmosu interakcji społecznych rozgrywających się pomiędzy pacjentami i personelem, gośćmi i „mieszkańcami”. Współcześnie w podejściu do rozumienia czym jest szpital - a zatem również do kształtowania architektury obiektów medycznych - można zauważyć dwa...
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When digital government matters for tourism: a stakeholder analysis
PublikacjaDespite the importance of governance processes for destination management and the impact of digital technology on such processes, surprisingly little academic research has explored the use of digital technology to transform public governance in the tourism sector. This conceptual paper fills this gap by conducting a digital government stakeholder analysis for the tourism sector using the digital government evolution model as its...
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An application of blended and collaborative learning in spatial planning course
PublikacjaSpatial Planning is a master course for graduate students of Environmental Engineering. The course is based on assumptions that students’ future work will be connected with spatial planning, and spatial issues will have an influence on their everyday lives. To familiarize students with environmental issues in planning, the teams of students get an assignment to design an urban space, waterfront along a stream. The whole project...
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Use of Daylight and Aesthetic Image of Glass Facades in Contemporary Buildings
PublikacjaThe 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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Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk as an Example of Contemporary Design Trends in Museum Buildings
PublikacjaAt a time when history gives us one of the last opportunities to confront our knowledge of World War II, with the knowledge of people living in those days, there are buildings created with strong transmission not only architectural, but also of a great emotional load. At the same time, when the political system does not forbid to speak openly about the past period, and the technology allows you to create structures, about which...
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Rewitalizacja historycznego zespołu pałacowo-parkowego w Lokalnym Programie Rewitalizacji Wejherowa (2008-2015). Revitalisation of the Historic Palace and Park in the Local Revitalisation Program of Wejherowo (2008-2015)
PublikacjaW latach 1990. po upadku komunizmu w Polsce, przestrzeń publiczna w Wejherowie - podobnie jak i w innych miastach Polski była w dużym stopniu zdegradowana. W 2008 roku władze miasta Wejherowa opracowały i zatwierdziły "lokalny program rewitalizacji na lata 2008-2015", który dotyczył głównie centrum miasta. Miał on być w dużym stopniu finansowany przez Unię Europejską..Jedną z najbardziej eksponowanych przestrzeni publicznych, które...
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Using Container Structures in Architecture and Urban Design
PublikacjaAbstract. The paper presents the use of shipping containers in architecture and urban design. Even today, houses and apartments are still too expensive. Since 1923 architects have been improving the living conditions of citizens by building very simple, repeatable forms. With prefabrication technology it became possible to build quicker, causing house prices to decrease. Apartments in block of flats became affordable to more and...
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Implementing Sustainable Development Goals with Digital Government – Aspiration-capacity gap
PublikacjaSustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent a commitment by all United Nations Member States to pursue development efforts, including ending poverty and hunger, promoting well-being and education, reducing inequalities, fostering peace, and protecting the planet. Member States and their governments are supposed to take ownership of the SDGs, strengthen the implementation means, and improve public governance as both the means...