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Dr. János Gyergyák DLA habil.
Dr. János Gyergyák DLA habil.
Associate Professor
gyergyak.janos@mik.pte.hu
Professional CV

PERSONAL DETAILS:

Name:                                               Dr. János GYERGYÁK

Place and Date of Birth:                    Pécs, Hungary, 15h of Aug 1984

Citizenship:                                       Hungarian

Occupation:                                       Architect; Urban System Engineer; Associate Professor at the University of Pécs (UP), Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT), Institute of Architecture, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning;

Qualification:                                     Master in Urban System Engineer (2012); Master in Architecture (2008)

Academic Degree:                            Habilitation (2018); Doctor of Liberal Arts in Architecture (DLA) (2012)

E-mail:                                              gyergyak.janos@mik.pte.hu

Web:                                                 https://english.mik.pte.hu/organization-structure/person/gyergyak-janos

                                                         www.auroom.hu

List of All Publications:                      https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication?format=html&labelLang=hun&sort=publishedYear,desc&cond=authors;eq;10021651                                    

                                                        (at Hungarian Collection of Scientific Publications (MTMT)

ORCid ID:                                          0000-0003-2091-2704

                                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2091-2704

Scopus Author ID:                               57189040962, https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57189040962


LANGUAGE SKILLS:

English:                       with certificate level B2, without certificate C1, intensive used over the past years

French:                        without certificate A1,

Hungarian:                  Native Language

 

STUDIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS ABROAD:

2022                                Erasmus Teaching Mobility Program – Short Term Teaching Experience at Università degli

Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

2022                             Erasmus Teaching Mobility Program – Short Term Teaching Experience at Liverpool

John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom

2020                             Erasmus Teaching Mobility Program – Short Term Teaching Experience at Universidad

Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

2018                             Erasmus Teaching Mobility Program – Short Term Experience at Technische

Universität München, Munich, Germany

2018                            Erasmus Teaching Mobility Program – Short Term Experience at Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy

2016                             Scholarship for the young talents of Hungary – „Alongside cities and new roads – living spaces in American cities of the 21st century”, Metropolitan State University of Denver, in Colorado, the USA

2015                             Campus Hungary Scholarship - Higher Education Staff Short Term Mobility at The Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), School of Architecture, Beijing, China

2013                            Campus Hungary Scholarship - Higher Education Staff Short Term Mobility at the Department of Civil Engineering, Metropolitan State University of Denver, in Colorado, the USA, for two months.

 

EDUCATIONAL CAREER:

2019 –                      Associate professor at the University of Pécs, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (UP FEIT), Institute of Architecture, Department of Architecture and  Urban Planning

2014                               Guest Lecturer at Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai, China

2015 – 2017                  Guest Lecturer at Metropolitan State University of Denver, USA

2012 - 2019                  Assistant professor at the University of Pécs, Pollack Mihály Faculty of Engineering, Institute of Architecture, Department of Design and Architecture

 


CURRENT ACADEMIC ACTIVITY:

·       Course Director in the Undergraduate Programmes of the Faculty (UP Neptun data):

Design Studio 1, Introduction to Urban Planning       

·       Course Director in the Graduate Programmes of the Faculty (UP Neptun data):

Experimental design, Lectures on urban landscape

·       Other instructed courses in graduate training (current information) (UP Neptun data):

Complex Design 3., Complex Design 4.

·       Supervisors of doctoral students

Both in Hungarian and English Language at the University of Pécs, Marcel Breuer Architectural Doctoral School

·       Supervised doctoral students (doktori.hu data):

Gál BENCE (50%) (DLA) (2018), GE Dan (100%) (DLA) (2019), Péter PAÁRI (50%) (DLA) (2021), ZHAO Tianyu

(100%) (DLA) (2022), HE Honghao (100%) (DLA) (2022), Elhadad Sara Mohammed Reda Ali Elsayed (50%) (PhD) (expected graduation: 2023), GONG YU (50%) (DLA) (expected graduation: 2023),

Luca Lidia GALLYAS (50%) (DLA) (expected graduation: 2025), Luca Lidia GALLYAS (50%) (DLA) (expected graduation: 2025), Ben Khadra LUJAIN (50%) (DLA) (expected graduation: 2025),

Developing teaching materials

            Experminental design educational materials financed by the TÁMOP competition, 2020

 

 

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:

Students' Research Association competitions (TDK, ÚNKP, Kriszbacher I Scholarship):

ÚNKP:

Eszter MOLNÁR, Development of underutilised areas and areas condemned to decadence (2020);

Kriszbacher Ildikó Ösztöndíj:

Vivien VUKOVICS, (2021)

TDK:

Réka SZÁNTÓ (2013)

Vivien VUKOVICS (2019, II. PRIZE)

 

Supervised Final Design Projects since 2010: 32 (4 Award winner)

 

PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS:

UP Working team membership

Team leader of the Carbon Neutral Development Working team at UP, FEIT

Team member of the Smart City Research team at UP, FEIT

Crime Prevention through environmental design (CPTED)

Team leader at University of Pécs in the Safecity program organized by The National Crime Prevention Council, Hungary

Scholarship for the young talents of Hungary

Individual research for living spaces in American cities of the 21st century

Erdős Pál scholarship for young researchers

Individual research for the role of built environmental elements in forming communities – the architecture of public spaces program.

Integrated Settlement development

Team leader at University of Pécs in the ISD-UNI program in the frame of Interreg Europe (Integrated Settlement Development Knowledge Centres in the HU-HR border zone), Pécs, Hungary, Varasdin, Croatia

Living spaces

Common research topic with some students from UP Marcel Breuer Doctorate School

Periphery development

Doctoral dissertation research topic

 

ARCHITECTURAL CAREER:

2017 -                           Dombóvár town, Hungary - chief architect (www.dombovar.hu)

2017 -                           AU.ROOM Architectural atelier - CEO, leader architect and urban planner

                                    (www.auroom.hu)

2014                             LACIME INTERNATIONAL Architecture Office, Shanghai, China – architect

2008 – 2017                 Individual urban planning, architectural and interior design activities – architect, urban planner – architect, urban planner

2005 – 2008                 Sebestyén és Fia Ltd. – architect intern

 

NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY, CONFERENCES

(5 most significant from the last five years)

2022                             Lecture for international students in the frame of Erasmus Teaching Mobility Program

at Università degli  Studi di Cagliari, Italy, title: “Sustainable environmental design:

The new town hall square in Budapest, case study project.

2021                            Consultant participant of theNew Normal” workshop, organized by University of Pécs/Hungary, Wuhan University/China, Binus University/Indonesia and École Nationale Supérieure d'Art de Dijon/France.

2020                            Signing of a cooperation agreement between UN-Habitat and University of Pécs at The Tenth World Urban Forum (WUF10), Abu Dhabi, UAE

2019                            Team leader at University of Pécs in the Safecity program organized by The National Crime Prevention Council, Hungary

2018                             Team leader at University of Pécs in the ISD-UNI program in the frame of Interreg Europe (Integrated Settlement Development Knowledge Centres in the HU-HR border zone), Pécs, Hungary, Varasdin, Croatia

 

PROFESSIONAL AND PUBLIC AWARDS:

2021                            Mihály Pollack Medal Bronze Grade, for excellence in international connections

2020                            Young Researcher Award by MTA Pécs Academic Committee, on the recommendation of the Working Committee on Spatial and Urban Studies and with the support of the members of the Xth Committee

                                   Creative support by NKA College of Architecture

Creative support for the adaptation of the United Nations "New Urban Agenda" and "The 2030 Agenda for sustainable development" to Hungarian municipalities

2017                             Finish tower of a rowing course, national architectural design competition, Szeged, Hungary, III. PRIZE

Architectural and urban planning competition of the living area lying in the north from pollack mihály street in Paks, national architectural design competition, Paks, Hungary, IV. PRIZE

Renewing the József Attila residental zone in Ferencváros, national urban planning and architectural competition, Ferencváros, Budapest, Hungary, I. PRIZE

Establishing a green city in Szigetvár city, architectural design competition for invited architects, Szigetvár, Hungary, I. PRIZE

Rehabilitation of the facade at Andrássy road and establishing a city library in Hódmezővásárhely, national architectural competition, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary, HONORABLE MENTION

2016                            Design of the indoor swimming pool of Etelka sor in Szeged, national architectural competition, Szeged, Hungary, HONORABLE MENTION

Changing the image and design of shopping centers Ü1 and Ü2 at Kossuth Lajos street in Csepel”, national architectural design competition, Csepel, Budapest Hungary, III. PRIZE

2014                            ERDŐS PÁL scholarship for young researchers for “The role of built environmental elements in forming communities – the architecture of public spaces” program

2013                            MUT diploma commendation for " The rehabilitation of the subcenter regarding the eastern part of the Pécs city" diploma design project

2012                            MÉK-MÉSZ Spatial- and urban planning department national diploma award for “The rehabilitation of the subcenter regarding the eastern part of the Pécs city” diploma design project

DDÉK diploma award for "The rehabilitation of the subcenter regarding the eastern part of the Pécs city" diploma design project

Rákospalota center of a city quarter – national urban architectural design competition, national architectural competition, Rákospalota, Budapest, Hungary, HONORABLE MENTION

Tourism development on Miskolc-Tapolca, national architectural design competition, Miskolc, Hungary, II. PRIZE

Forming the environment of national university of public service, national architectural competition, Rákospalota, Budapest, Hungary, HONORABLE MENTION

2008                            „Generations under the same roof – meeting in a heritage building” national student architectural design competition, Győr, Hungary, I. PRIZE

2007                            Friendly bank competition for OTP Bank” national interior design competition,

Hungary, I. PRIZE

 

DESIGN PROJECTS:

(5 most significant from the last ten years)

2022                            The new town hall square in Budapest, Hungary

(János GYERGYÁK Dr., Ágnes BORSOS Dr. Réka TÓTH, Tamás RÁCZ Dr., Attila KOVÁCS , Dóra KALKÁN, Bendegúz NEDVIG, Attila FÁBOS, Dániel VARGA,) Competition plan

2022                             Refurbishment of Városmajor, Budapest Hungary

(János GYERGYÁK Dr., Ágnes BORSOS Dr. Réka TÓTH, Tamás RÁCZ Dr., Attila KOVÁCS , Dóra KALKÁN, Attila FÁBOS, Dániel VARGA) Competition plan

2021                            Development of Misina peak, Pécs, Hungary

                                   (János GYERGYÁK Dr., Ágnes BORSOS Dr., István PINTÉR, Tamás RÁCZ Dr., Attila FÁBOS, Dóra KALKÁN, Dániel VARGA, Attila KOVÁCS) Permission plan, Construction plan

2019 – 2021                 Revitalisation of fortress park, Szigetvár, Hungary

                                   (János GYERGYÁK Dr., Ágnes BORSOS Dr., Balázs KOKAS Dr., Péter ZILAHI Dr., Tamás DANCS, Dalma LOVIG, Attila KOVÁCS) Permission plan, Construction plan

2017 – 2019                 Complex Development of Jozsef Attila housing estate, IX. District, Budapest, Hungary

                                   (János GYERGYÁK Dr., Erzsébet Szeréna ZOLTÁN Dr., Zoltán ZSIGA Dr., Dalma LOVIG, Daniella SZAUTER, Ákos HOHMANN) Concept plan


WORKSHOPS, EXHIBITIONS, AND SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS:

(5 most significant from the last five years)

2022                            Young architects’ generation exhibition, Budapest, Győr, Sopron, Pécs, Debrecen, Hungary

                                    Exhibition of the design proposal for Refurbishment of Városmajor, Budapest Hungary

(János GYERGYÁK Dr., Ágnes BORSOS Dr. Réka TÓTH, Tamás RÁCZ Dr., Attila KOVÁCS , Dóra KALKÁN, Attila FÁBOS, Dániel VARGA), Competition plan

2021                            New Normal – Design by Research/Research by Design exhibition, exhibition about Research and Design at UP FEIT Institute of Architecture, Wuhan Design Week, 2021, Wuhan, China

2020                             Model simplification on energy and comfort simulation analysis for residental building design in hot and arid climate, S Elhadad, CH Radha, I Kistelegdi, B Baranyai, J Gyergyák, Energies 13 (8), 1876

2018                            The impact of building orientation on energy erformance: A case study in New Mina, Egypt, S Elhadad, B Baranyai, J Gyergyák, Pollack Periodica 13 (3), 31-4

2014                             4x4 workshop, Beijing, China, consultant professor

2014                            ATELIER URBAIN AIX 2040 workshop, Aix-en-Provance, France, consultant professor

2013                            Offroad Architecture workshop series, Graz, Leoben in Austria, and Ptuj in Slovenia,  consultant professor

 

 

PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC LIFE, MEMBERSHIPS:

(5 most significant)

2021 -                          Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), member of the public body, member of the Standing Committee on Settlement Studies

2013 -                          Association of Hungarian Architects (MÉSZ), member

 

2012 -                           Hungarian Society of Urban Planning (MUT), member, http://www.mut.hu/

2012 -                          Chamber of Hungarian Architects (MÉK, DDÉK), member, board member of the South-Transdanubian Chamber of Architects

2011 -                          Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA PAB), member of Scientific Committee for Spatial and Settlement Studies



COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:

 

 

·      KulturAktív/ CultureActive: Member of the KultúrAktív which is a public benefit non-governmental organization dedicated to sensitizing children and young people to the built environment. In the activities, the urban space provides a framework for learning and active participation, and the learning process becomes a catalyst for the transformation of both the built environment and society.

·       Researchers' Nights: Annual scientific event aiming to break down the stereotypes regarding researchers and their position in the world of science and work.

Publications

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