The scientific activity of the Department of Urban Planning and Design is based on the foundations of the scientific school of urban studies, which has been developed over a long period within the university environment and continues to maintain its influence and relevance in the contemporary discourse of urban research. Currently, the department’s research focuses on the development of key areas of modern urbanism, adapting the established theoretical and methodological framework to new societal challenges and demands.
The department’s scientific interests are centered on the territorial and spatial development of settlements in the context of contemporary challenges caused by military conflicts, decentralization, the need to restore critical infrastructure, and the rethinking of urban planning approaches. Research efforts concentrate on identifying effective models of functional and planning organization, enhancing the resilience of territories, and increasing their capacity for recovery and development. Significant attention is given to issues of post-industrial territory revitalization, the formation of quality public spaces, the development of transport-spatial systems, as well as landscape-spatial organization of urbanized territories influenced by various social, economic, ecological, and political conditions.
Simultaneously, the department actively advances theoretical and methodological directions, particularly in the study of city morphology. The department’s scientific approaches are integrated into the global context of contemporary urban research oriented toward sustainable development, innovative spatial planning models and participatory practices that ensure public engagement in the processes of shaping the urban environment.
The Department of Urban Planning and Design actively participates in leading Ukrainian and international events, initiates and organizes scientific conferences, round tables, symposia, and other platforms for discussion. The results of the academic work of the faculty are reflected in publications in peer-reviewed journals indexed in international scientometric databases (Scopus, WoS), as well as in textbooks and teaching aids published for the training of specialists in architecture and urban planning.
Borshovskyi, O., Koznarska, H., & Lukashchuk, H. (2021). Organization of the urban public park of culture and recreation in the city of Uzhhorod. Architectural Studies, 7(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.23939/as2021.01.001
Cherkes, B., & Idak, Y. (2022). The phenomenon of the city in the contemporary discourse of urban history. Architectural Studies, 8(2), 7–23. https://doi.org/10.56318/as2022.02.007
Cherkes, B., Idak, Y., & Frankiv, R. (2023). The concept of “gated community” and its explication in the theory and practice of urban planning: A literature review. Architectural Studies, 9(2), 47–57. https://doi.org/10.56318/as/2.2023.47
Cherkes, B., Idak, Y., & Rakochyi, Y. (2024). Architectural and urban planning context of the physical dimension of urban identity. Architectural Studies, 10(2), 86–99. https://doi.org/10.56318/as/2.2024.86
Hnat, G., Hnes, I., Solovii, L., Hnes, L., & Babyak, V., (2021). Socio-Adaptive Thinking of Searching for an Architectural Connection to Improve the Lives of Students with Special Physical Needs as a Special Kind of Philosophical Communication. WISDOM, 18 (2), 48-57. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352753416_Socio-Adaptive_Thinking_of_Searching_for_an_Architectural_Connection_to_Improve_the_Lives_of_Students_with_Special_Physical_Needs_as_a_Special_Kind_of_Philosophical_Communication
Idak, Y. (2022). A vision for recovery models of Ukrainian cities. Journal of Public Governance, 59(1), 53–64. https://doi.org/10.15678/PG.2022.59.1.06
Idak, Y. (2023, December). "Habitus of the city" as a sign of the invariance of the historic city and the variability of its structure. In American Institute of Physics Conference Series (Vol. 2490, No. 1, p. 060013). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0123187
Idak, Y., & Frankiv, R. (2022). Gated communities in Lviv: Between social demand and spatial limitation. Spatium, 22–29. https://doi.org/10.2298/SPAT220703011I
Idak, Y., & Lysenko, O. (2024). Preservation of urban form: A critical analysis of modern development strategies and the importance of compositional integrity. Architectural Studies, 10(1), 92–103. https://doi.org/10.56318/as/1.2024.92
Koznarska, H., & Didyk, V. (2022). The impact of new buildings on the city’s image. Architectural Studies, 8(2), 33–41. https://doi.org/10.56318/as2022.02.033
Liubytskyi, R. (2023). Development of the transport network considering the specifics of Lviv’s planning structure (compared to Leipzig and Krakow). Architectural Studies, 9(2), 58-71. https://doi.org/10.56318/as/2.2023.58
Lukashchuk H., Onufriv Y., Tupis S. (2023). Green space and planning structure optimisation ways in parks and monuments of landscape architecture. Architectural Studies, 9 (1), 23–35. https://doi.org/10.23939/as2021.01.001
Petryshyn H., Pohrebennyk V., Sosnova N., Shybanova A., Ignatyuk A., Dzhumelia E., Liubytskyi R. (2020). Prospects for sustainable development of the monofunctional town of Dobrotvir (Ukraine). Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, Vol. 198: Sustainable production: novel trends in energy, environment and material systems, p. 177–199. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11274-5_12
Petryshyn, H., Sosnova, N., Ihnatiyk, A., Liubytskyi, R. (2020). Prospects for Sustainable Development of the Monofunctional Town of Dobrotvir (Ukraine). In: Królczyk, G., Wzorek, M., Król, A., Kochan, O., Su, J., Kacprzyk, J. (eds) Sustainable Production: Novel Trends in Energy, Environment and Material Systems. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 198. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11274-5 12
Petryshyn, H., Sosnova, N., Tupis, S., & Bolila, A. (2024). Development of the public space of a mono-functional town (on the example of the town of Novoyavorivsk, Ukraine). In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. Vol. 1376 : International conference "Urban infrastructure sustainable development and renovation", 25-27 January 2024, Kharkiv, Ukraine. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1376/1/012003
Ryzhova, I., Pavlenko, T., Hnes, L., Antypenko, Y., & Pavliuk, O. (2024). Principles of barrier-free formation of “green” architecture in the contemporary spatial-object environment. Architectural Studies, 2(10), 55-63. https://doi.org/10.56318/as/2.2024.55
Staniewska A., Petryshyn H., Lukashchuk H., Kliusa T., Koprynia K. (2021). Values of the historical parks and gardens of psychiatric hospitals in Kulparków and Kobierzyn as the basis for their revalorization. Walory historycznych założeń parków i ogrodów wokół szpitali psychiatrycznych w Kulparkowie i Kobierzynie jako podstawa ich rewaloryzacji. Wiadomosci Konserwatorskie, 67, 22–34. https://doi.org/10.48234/WK67KOBIERZYN
Zhou, C., Petryshyn, H., Liubytskyi, R., & Kochan, O. (2022). Optimization of On-Street Parking in the Historical Heritage Part of Lviv (Ukraine) as a Prerequisite for Designing the IoT Smart Parking System. Buildings, 12(6), 865. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12060865