Architecture

Joint doctoral studies in the field of architecture – third cycle university studies designed to prepare highly-qualified architectural researchers who can initiate and implement, design, interpret and develop research based on architectural practice, as well as generate systematic practical and theoretical knowledge for the development of new ideas; apply state-of-the-art knowledge to the advancement of society, culture, or business, thus enabling effective expression in the areas of arts and architectural creation.

Cycle	Third cycle
Language	Lithuanian, English
Duration	4 y.
Degree awarded	Doctor of Art

Partners

Vilnius Academy of Arts

Contacts

Doctoral School
Student Info Center
Studentų st. 50
LT-51368, Kaunas
email phd@ktu.lt

Research Topics

Topic title	Possible scientific supervisors	Source of funding
Application of the "Tree City" Concept in Modeling Urban Structures	doc. prakt. Gražina Bernotienė prof. dr. Jūratė Kamičaitytė	state-funded	Research Topic Summary. The presented topic will seek to assess to what extent and which principles of the functioning of natural ecosystems could be relevant in creating more sustainable cities characterized by circular metabolism, creating a self-regulating sustainable connection with the biosphere (dynamic equilibrium), how this could be realized from a methodological and technological point of view, and how this could be expressed in the aesthetic visual dimension and reflected in the psychonomic level of perception of urban structures.