PROJECT LLIV-299CONCEPTS OF ROADSIDE INFRASTRUCTURE AND REST AREAS

Kaunas University of Technology

Department of Architecture and Land Management

Prof. dr. Kestutis Zaleckis

Introduction• Department was re-established at 1995• Four study programs:

• Bachelor of architecture (LT+ENG)• Master of architecture• Master of town and country planning• PhD

• ~250 students• 24 teaching staff employees (full and part time): 2

professors, 12 assoc. prof., 8 lecturers, 1 assistant, etc.

Research fields

• EIA• SEIA• Complex modeling of urban structures and urban frame

• Visual quality of landscape• Cultural heritage• Recreational potential of the territories• Ecological architecture

Projects• INTERREG IIIB “Baltic Fort Route”• COST actions:

• C11 Urban Green Structure • TU0602 Land Management for Urban Dynamics • TU0902 Integrated assessment technologies to support the sustainable development of

urban areas.

• POLARIS (Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES).

• Two national research projects financed by LAS:• Spatial urban structure and security of inhabitants• Military architecture in Lithuania

• Investigation of urban potential of spatial structure for Kaunas master plan and preparation of the concept

• Investigation and design of Nature Frame for Kaunas Region (part of previous Kaunas Master Plan)

• Project LLIV-299 CONCEPTS OF ROADSIDE INFRASTRUCTURE AND REST AREAS

Some current research topics

Investigation of Hedonomic road landscape

Fractal analysis of urban structures

Space syntax

Space syntax

Space syntax

Remote sensing for modeling of metropolisation and EI (Sebastien Gadal)

Remote sensing for modeling of metropolisation and EI (Sebastien Gadal)

Remote sensing for modeling of metropolisation and EI (Sebastien Gadal)

Remote sensing for modeling of metropolisation and EI (Sebastien Gadal)

Project team

• Prof.dr. Kestutis Zaleckis• dr. Irina Matijosaitiene• Assoc. prof. Jurate Kamicaityte-Virbasiene• Book keeper Vida Cechanauskiene• External consultant prof. dr. Sebastien Gadal• External GIS expert arch., spatial planner Nerijus Stanionis

The main tasks in the project

•Research activities•Modeling and analysis•Development of the concepts of the rest areas

Thank you!