Architecture

Compared with the currently operating curriculum in engineering studies at the Faculty of Architecture Warsaw University of Technology, the proposition here contained is regarded as innovative. The flexible teaching formula is intended to allow students to develop intellectual predispositions and practical abilities that should permit in future employment active participation in the creative process of designing in urban and rural areas. Simultaneously, the scope of proposed knowledge should enable an acquisition of skills in identifying cultural values alongside the application of efficient economy measures. Special attention is to be paid to the circular economy solutions in building projects, architectural design and urban planning, including harmonious location of designed volumes within pre-existing surroundings. A vital area of required knowledge which in the current curriculum accounts for a small margin of the study time, will be ensuring the maximum creation energy efficiency of buildings, with particular attention being paid to occupants’ access to daylight and visual contact with the surrounding environment, while maintaining adequate technical parameters in the building’s design. The teaching process in planning and designing urban spaces is to be provided through the application of architectural tools, as well as reference to a variety of interdisciplinary subjects: the fine arts, architectural and town-planning theory, the history of architecture, economics of building investments, basic management method in design processes, with emphasis placed on BIM (Building Information Modelling) techniques, state-of-the-arts computer technologies and software aiding with an aim towards best case design scenarios. The programme is devised to allow future graduates from the Faculty of Architecture to undertake the professional tasks of a designer, while equally preparing those who wish to become project managers in all or part of building investment process, developers’ and contractors’ representatives, land investment or real estate consultants.