The Faculty of Architecture of the Silesian University of Technology conducts research covering a range of issues corresponding to the area of education in the field of technical sciences, in the disciplines of architecture and urban planning as well as visual arts and conservation of works of art.
Research areas faculty of Architecture SUT_2025
Scientific works are carried out in the following thematic areas:
I. Urban planning and spatial planning
• green transformation of post-mining areas,
• relations between urbanized and blue-green spaces,
• systemic approach to the implementation of blue-green infrastructure and solutions based on natural capital in urban areas,
• concretization of the idea of a sustainable, compact, 15-minute city in urban design,
• shaping sustainable districts in the polycentric spatial structure of cities,
• models of the functional and spatial structure of cities and regions (physical or digital),
• models of the functioning of urbanLABs,
• Child Friendly City - cities friendly to children,
• cities friendly to longevity,
• shaping psychoacoustic conditions in cities
• digital urban twin - Urban Digital Twin,
• participation of residents in the process of renewal of post-war cities,
• shaping and adapting public spaces to contemporary urban challenges and the needs of residents,
• assessment of the quality of the natural environment in the city in the face of climate change.
II. Protection and revitalization of cultural heritage
• architectural heritage of the 2nd half of the 20th century – research and protection,
• revitalization of post-industrial facilities and areas,
• wooden architecture - protection, modernization, research,
• energy efficiency of historical buildings,
• post-industrial heritage of Upper Silesia,
• digital models of historical architectural facilities.
III. Architectural design
• multifunctional spatial and functional structures – adaptation and creation of architectural objects in the context of a town and region, in historical and contemporary terms,
• development and improvement of the quality of public spaces in cities – the built environment,
• redefinition of the concept of materiality in architecture in the era of sustainable development and new technologies
• new paradigms of architectural design in the era of global and local crises
• design of residential architecture in the scope of shaping residential spaces and objects,
• supportive, accessible and inclusive construction,
• mobility and accessibility in urban public spaces for the elderly,
• meaning in architecture and interior architecture, architecture of meanings – creation and perception,
• Architecture, art and technology – form, detail, aesthetics.
