CAAD (Space) in Slovak Architectural Education

The experience with Computer Aided Architectural Design and its use in education is connected with the Department of Computer Aided Architectural Design. The Department of Computer Aided Architectural Design (DCAAD) was founded some five years ago at the Faculty of Architecture of the Slovak Technical University. it aims to introduce to students and the architectural public the possibilities of computer techniques, applications and corresponding soflware in architectural and urban design. It also encourages computer literacy and a full range of usage by the realization of student's own projects with graphical support. It is involved with much international cooperation and research. At present the activies of DCAAD are concerned with: 1.) Education, 2.) Research applications in the field of geometrical 2D and 3D solid modelling, 3.) Realistic visual modelling for applications in design, architecture, construction of a typical architectural objects, graphic design, computer animation and multimedia presentation