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The city itself is a multifunctional and complex object that can be represented as a demographic, ecological, transport, administrative-territorial and industrial production system. Unlike a conventional city, the smart city actually means a "digital" city - a concept that has so far no unambiguous definition. Experts' opinions, however, unite in the fact that a smart city should not be perceived in the narrow sense as a city packed with technology. The technologies in this case are rather a means of achieving a c...

Electrical lighting solutions affect the functioning of contemporary cites at a night-time. Urban lighting is associated with vision, provision of information and security as well as with the intelligent technologies. The amount, the appearance of light and its setup can significantly affect human behaviours and contribute tomajor spatial changes. This article verifies how emerging lighting technologies correspond with a design of the built environmentand how they may improve the robustness and resilience of a con...

The article shows the relationship between the characteristics of the post-modern society, and the development of media architecture with the function of interactivity. In this context, the duality of the features of post-modern society was emphasized: taking into account its location between creativity and consumerism, as well as on the border between the real and virtual word. The development of media architecture has been linked also to the city development models derived from the Smart City concepts, open to i...