Symbolic and Literal Aspects of Nature and Technology in the Contemporary Architectural Design a Study of Copernicus Science Centre

The subject of this article falls within the methodology used in the discipline of architecture and urban planning, focused on research and description of the interdependence of ideological, functional and formal aspects. The paper presents an analysis of the design process of one of the architectur...

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Main Author: KUBEC Jan
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Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2025-07-01
Series:Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/acee-2025-0019
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description The subject of this article falls within the methodology used in the discipline of architecture and urban planning, focused on research and description of the interdependence of ideological, functional and formal aspects. The paper presents an analysis of the design process of one of the architectural objects- Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw- implemented in the author’s studio. The complementarity of these relationships is summarized by the formula: research by design. In the methodological program of the Author, the project is a process of shaping the urban environment, both in the forms of recording interdisciplinary, professional investment intentions, as well as in the forms of academic models of architecture and urban planning. The essence of the interpretation of an architectural object, allowing for the assessment of its value – is the Idea. In the Copernicus Science Centre, it is the non-aesthetic and non-constructive logic of erosion and the functional machine, the consequence of which is the concept: aesthetic and constructive ideas for separating an adequately shaped space.
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spelling doaj-art-d2f76477957940308fee21faad98b0e72025-08-20T03:06:50ZengSciendoArchitecture, Civil Engineering, Environment2720-69472025-07-01182496410.2478/acee-2025-0019Symbolic and Literal Aspects of Nature and Technology in the Contemporary Architectural Design a Study of Copernicus Science CentreKUBEC Jan0PhD Eng. Arch., Assistant Prof.; The Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture, Akademicka, 44-100Gliwice, PolandThe subject of this article falls within the methodology used in the discipline of architecture and urban planning, focused on research and description of the interdependence of ideological, functional and formal aspects. The paper presents an analysis of the design process of one of the architectural objects- Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw- implemented in the author’s studio. The complementarity of these relationships is summarized by the formula: research by design. In the methodological program of the Author, the project is a process of shaping the urban environment, both in the forms of recording interdisciplinary, professional investment intentions, as well as in the forms of academic models of architecture and urban planning. The essence of the interpretation of an architectural object, allowing for the assessment of its value – is the Idea. In the Copernicus Science Centre, it is the non-aesthetic and non-constructive logic of erosion and the functional machine, the consequence of which is the concept: aesthetic and constructive ideas for separating an adequately shaped space.https://doi.org/10.2478/acee-2025-0019copernicus science centreecological architecturea free-standing landscape objectthinking of the project as a landscapeformal and functional interactionsconstructed narratives
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Symbolic and Literal Aspects of Nature and Technology in the Contemporary Architectural Design a Study of Copernicus Science Centre
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment
copernicus science centre
ecological architecture
a free-standing landscape object
thinking of the project as a landscape
formal and functional interactions
constructed narratives
title Symbolic and Literal Aspects of Nature and Technology in the Contemporary Architectural Design a Study of Copernicus Science Centre
title_full Symbolic and Literal Aspects of Nature and Technology in the Contemporary Architectural Design a Study of Copernicus Science Centre
title_fullStr Symbolic and Literal Aspects of Nature and Technology in the Contemporary Architectural Design a Study of Copernicus Science Centre
title_full_unstemmed Symbolic and Literal Aspects of Nature and Technology in the Contemporary Architectural Design a Study of Copernicus Science Centre
title_short Symbolic and Literal Aspects of Nature and Technology in the Contemporary Architectural Design a Study of Copernicus Science Centre
title_sort symbolic and literal aspects of nature and technology in the contemporary architectural design a study of copernicus science centre
topic copernicus science centre
ecological architecture
a free-standing landscape object
thinking of the project as a landscape
formal and functional interactions
constructed narratives
url https://doi.org/10.2478/acee-2025-0019
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