%0 Journal Article %T Architecture as a tool for solving selected social problems – on the examples of Leżajsk, Niepołomice and Wieliczka %A Butelski, Kazimierz %A Kozień-Woźniak, Magdalena %A Łukasik, Marta %J Przestrzeń Urbanistyka Architektura %V 2017 %R 10.4467/00000000PUA.17.037.7218 %N Volume 2/2017 %P 189-204 %K Leżajsk, Chasidic, Institute of Judaic Studies, Jagiellonian University, careers, seniors, juniors, Laboratory of Technical Acoustics AGH %@ 2544-0853 %D 2017 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/przestrzen-urbanistyka-architektura/article/architektura-jako-narzedzie-rozwiazywania-wybranych-problemow-spolecznych-na-przykladzie-lezajska-niepolomic-i-wieliczki %X The methodology taught from years in the Chair of Social and Public Building Design has been invented to develop study projects in small towns to familiarize students with the specificity of introducing new architectural forms into the existing cultural environment. It is extremely valuable to cooperate with local communities and to work together during this project – formulation of design guidelines and proposing locations for the chosen topic, up to the organization of the exhibition and evaluation of the students design proposals. These studies may have gave an important implications for the city in future decisions regarding the location of public buildings and their impact on the spatial structure. They can also foster the sustainable development and strengthening the economic potential. So far, cooperation has been established with such cities as Leżajsk, Niepołomice and Wieliczka.