Department of Housing and Architecture of Public Buildings | The Faculty of Architecture at the Gdańsk University of Technology

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Department of Housing and Architecture of Public Buildings

Activity of the Department is mainly focused on research and education in the field of residential architecture and architecture of public buildings. Both of mentioned areas are researched in many aspects, often in interdisciplinary teams to bring to our domain with new design methods, theoretical perspectives and teaching methods. Department consists of two studios: Residential Architecture Studio and Public Architecture Studio. They are headed respectively by Prof. Antoni Taraszkiewicz, and Assoc. Prof. Elżbieta Ratajczyk-Piątkowska. Whole Department is headed by mentioned above Prof. Antoni Taraszkiewicz. Research is conducted in the changing requirements for living, as well as the transformation and adaptation of buildings for residential functions. They are guided with respect to both locations in city centers, fortified complex requirements of conservation, as well as to housing complexes in non-urban locations. Research deals with issues of the composition, revitalisation, transformation and development of urban space.