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The article presents the living idea of the creation of places of worship and religious encounter and dialogue between Christian communities against the background of the division between the Christian East and West and the hidden potential of its returning to ecumenical unity. Based on a short case study, it demonstrates the architectural design of the All Saints Temple as an academic ecumenical chapel in the campus of the Bialystok University of Technology. By referring to the universal symbolism of forms and or...

Article is devoted to the history of the one of the first state medical facility in Russia- Naval hospital in Kroonstad (nowadays he 35th Lenin Military Naval Hospital named in in honour of N.?. Semashko). Peter the Great initiated global changes in the state medical care, according to his decree 10 hospitals and 500 infirmaries have begun their work in the largest cities; the military naval hospital in Kronstadt was one of them. This hospital was built in 1717 in Kroonstad by solders of fortress for the fleet nee...

The way that design is being taught is continuously changing under the pressure of the transition from analogical to digital environments. This becomes even more important as the novelty and the alleged superiority of the digital world is used as a marketing tool by competing universities. Even though in some fields of application this approach is desirable, some particular aspects of teaching design and architecture make this transition debatable. The advantages of drawing on blackboards over drawing on whiteboar...

In the previous study the authors suggested and examined the principles of architecture's integration into nature (i. e. the principle of preservation of the place, regeneration of biocenose, interaction of environments, harmonization, using of natural-born forms, seamlessness, rational consumption, consolidation of forces). They have been used intuitively during the whole mankind’s history of creating an artificial environment. The aim of this paper is to show how the principles of architecture's integration into...

During the historical development of drama, theatrical performances took place in various settings: simultaneous medieval stages, illusional and perspective Renaissance stages, Humanist stages of palaces and academies, decorated Baroque stages. The space of drama has always retained its detachment, being a symbolic world. Theatre has the biggest power and potential to discuss the most delicate and complicated political and social issues. Its role is to be document and communication channel. Since the beginning of ...

For a long time the interest in environmentally friendly materials in architecture is no longer limited to the use of renewable and natural substances such as wood, stone, straw, or reusable materials, such as metals or glass. Today the so-called naturals and the materials compatible with the idea of sustainability constantly appear on the market in new forms. Increasing awareness of the necessity to limit the building sector’s negative impact on the environment at all possible levels changed the way designers, ar...

Glass in architecture, on the one hand, is an extraordinary, colourful detail ranging from the stained glass in Saint Chapelle to the door of the Church of the Sacred Heart in Munich. On the other hand, it is also a timeless vision of the new art connected strongly with architecture, which reflected and still reflects the avant-garde aesthetics, like the Crystal Palace. A series of prophetic visions of architects links "glass" as a synonym of progress in the technology and understanding of architectural detail as ...

As more and more aspects of the design and manufacturing process move into the digital environment, the way that design is being taught becomes an up to date topic. The novelty of digital technologies makes the transition from the analogical environments to be seen as a natural and unavoidable event, taking into account their alleged superiority. Traditional means are perceived as being outdated, without taking into account all their strengths and weaknesses. Even though in some fields of application this particul...

The purpose of the study is to discuss dwelling, and how it affects the building structure. A building structure is the basis for creating an architectural form. One can't discuss architectural design if dwelling and the building structure are not taken into account during the design process. It is the architects who decide where the elements of construction will be placed in space, and it is these elements that create future dwelling spaces. Architecture is meant to be an apt answer to the user's need. The needs ...

Presenting the world in its theosis, in transformation into saved reality was and is the basic function of all types of art. This is how it used to be. Is this the case today? Is such a synthesis possible nowadays? Is it a transmission of “living” Church Tradition and its esthetic and religious experience of sacrum? How does it happen? Asking a question about the meaning of human existence, we also ask about the meaning of man’s creativity through art, creativity understood as a continuation of divine work of crea...

The article presents characteristic features of this type of buildings on the example of old and modern Orthodox churches of the borderland area. Their ideological message and spatial and functional shape are revealed in comparison with the traditional archaeological and symbolic structures of Orthodox churches that are considered canonical. They are also evaluated in terms of their liturgical servitude. The newly created temples, using traditional spatial and liturgical arrangements and at the same time the conve...

Small industrial towns of the Ural region (about 200 in number) are mainly one-company towns, their history dating back about 300 years. Most of them are now experiencing economic decline because raw materials have already been exhausted, and agglomeration processes intensify the outflow of population. However, they constitute a unique settlement system, well thought-out and adjusted to the climatic conditions, and retain lifestyle, system of values and mentality aimed at the active interaction between man and nat...

The aim of the study is to capture the relationship between the revival of a region and the space that the human inhabits. Owing to unlimited computing power and broad access to information, anyone can make many decisions in a short time. With many communication channels and automation of activities, these decisions will be passed on without any human intervention. The internet enables long-distance communication; we can study and learn from the best even with a limited budget. With internet, running e-commerce, m...

The paper has its aim to determine the features of the search of national identity and its origins in the architectural theory in XVII century Britain. In spite of troublesome period of time the rule of Charles I, with its difficulties, which led to the revolution, Civil war, execution of the king, the pass of power to the Parliament, then restoration of Charles II one topic had been constantly present in the British architectural mentality. It was the question, who built Stonehenge and what that already famous an...

Throughout its history, architecture has been created according to the signs memorised for years. From the time of Vitruvius and his theory to the beginning of the twentieth century, buildings were given a perfect shape corresponding to their function. Banks and governmental buildings were to be monumental, the rulers’ seats to intimidate the subjects with their splendour. The great avant-garde of the early twentieth century liberates art and architecture from memorised patterns. The contemporary world changes the...

Symbol has always been an intrinsic part of a person. A person’s life is marked with symbols. In the past, this was directly reflected in the architecture and in the art of all religions. They have their special compensation in the temple and vice versa; the temple is a concrete manifestation of the function of a symbol. Thanks to them, art could manifest itself, could naturally pass from the level of aesthetics to the level of religion. One of the proofs to confirmate this thesis is an example of dome and iconost...

The paper analyses the issues of Bratislava’s industrial heritage that are related to urban planning, addressing the inappropriateness of many locations chosen historically for development of industry. The objective is to identify less obvious factors that have impact on optimal development of formerly industrial zones, and explain why consideration of a broader urban structure is crucial for the assessment of any situation occurring within it, including the endeavour for heritage conservation or sustainable re-us...

Medieval fortified castles occupy a place of their own in the collective conscious of society, being constantly present in the world of our imagination due to their expressive place in the landscape. After a period of greatness in the Middle Ages, in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries there occurred a decrease in the military significance of castles. The contemporary role of medieval castles appears to be that of a status of tourist attractions and this necessitates their adaptation to this function. The forms ...

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...

This paper presents “second life” of abandoned Christian temples. It focuses on searching for modern methods of saving the architecture of temples from ruination and profanation, while ensuring its dignified transformation. It presents selected examples of full or partial reconstructions of the ruins of temples and interconfessional conversions in the last quarter of a century in Poland. Apart from a retrospective look at first post-war buildings of this type there are also latest author projects introduced. They ...

Contemporary art, and thus architecture, wants to break away from the art of the past once again. This is not a new thing as it reappears every few generations of artists. The present gives creators a new ally though: a patron-investor. As never before, the advertising value of art creates the possibility of a new use of architectural works. The creators no longer need rulers or the church, the ordinary world of finances or even city authorities who are ready to bear large costs in the name of a new art is enough ...

This essay reflects on the relationship between space and construction characterizing the contemporary in thickness architecture. Understood as a new project material, the system of walls/spaces is the result of an evolution and synthesis of three different wall conceptions and construction techniques. The first belongs to the Roman wall, a large and continuous mass that is transformed into the negative space of an inner volume. The second one belongs to the Renaissance, where the research focuses on the decomposi...

In the present paper the author discuss architecture as an art and its language which is architectural drawing, the oldest and most efficient system of its representation. Although drawings such as sectional views or projections are expressed by means of unequivocal symbols that are generally understood and leave no margin for interpretation, there exists a whole sphere of more abstract notions which includes sketches as records of individual ideas that often only remain on paper but sometimes create a new reality...

The paper discusses the issue of the possibility of use and applying the latest technological achievements used to collect and display artifacts from the past. The increasing number of collected works and emerging newer areas of archaeological research, later transformed into museum centers, enforce the introduction of other means than physical storage and exhibition. It is becoming easier to show the huge collected material obtained during research and archaeological excavations with the help of several stations ...