PTE Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology

PERSONAL DETAILS:

Name: dr. Balázs KOKAS

Place and Date of Birth: Pécs, Hungary, 27th of June 1984

Citizenship: Hungarian

Occupation: Architect,Assistant Professor at the University of Pécs (UP), Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT), Institute of Architecture, Department of Building Structures and Energy Design;

Qualification: Master in Architecture (2013)

Academic Degree: Doctor of Liberal Arts (DLA) (2019)

E-mail: kokas.balazs@mik.pte.hu

Web: https://english.mik.pte.hu/organization-structure/person/kokas-balazs-dr

List of All Publications: (at Hungarian Collection of Scientific Publications (MTMT)

https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=authors10039616

ORCid ID: 0000-0003-0937-6728

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0937-6728

Scopus Author ID: 57207301336

https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57207301336

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

English: (Good) ELC (European Language Certification Stage 2 English) state-recognized language exam (B2) in English language language, certificate (No: 045444) (2000)

French: (Elementary) without certificate

Hungarian: Native Language

STUDIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS ABROAD:

EDUCATIONAL CAREER:

2020 - Assistant professor at the University of Pécs, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Institute of Architecture, Department of Building Structures and Energy Design

2016-2020 Assistant lecturer at the University of Pécs, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Institute of Architecture, Department of Building Structures and Energy Design

CURRENT ACADEMIC ACTIVITY:

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

Épületszerkezetek stúdió 1., Building Constructions 1.

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

Épületszerkezetek stúdió 1., Building Constructions 1., Building Constructions 2., Komplex tervezés 1., Komplex tervezés 2., Komplex tervezés 3. Komplex tervezés 4., Complex Design 4., Épületszerkezetek stúdió 4., Épületszerkezetek stúdió 5., Design studio 6.

Developing teaching materials:

With the titles ‘Digital Presentation’ educational materials financed by the ZENFE competition (2015).

Épületszerkezetek stúdió 1. Jegyzet, Building Constructions 1. Educational materials

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:

Supervised Final Design Projects: 24

PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS:

UP Research Team membership: Parameterized Comfort in Physical Spaces Research Team (https://english.mik.pte.hu/parameterized-comfort-in-physical-spaces-research-team )

ARCHITECTURAL CAREER:

2013- Individual Architectural activity

NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY, CONFERENCES

(5 most significant from the last five years)

2019 Sustainable City Conference, Valencia Spain (Wessex Institute, UK). Structural Adaptability of Residential Buildings - Sustainable Concepcts in Hungarian Housing. 1-3. October 2019.

2019 Places and Technologies, Pécs Hungary. The Design Concept of a Prefabricated Apartment Building. 9-10 May 2019.

2018 New Forest UK (Wessex Institute, UK). And Eco-approach to Modularity in Urban Living. 2-4. October 2018.

PROFESSIONAL AND PUBLIC AWARDS:

2021 PTE MIK HÖK Award for Student-friendly Approach and Exemplary Sense of Vocation

DESIGN PROJECTS:

(5 most significant from the last ten years)

2022 PTE MIK ÉMI-Bosch Lab - Interior design, implementation plans (Gabriella MEDVEGY Dr., Ágnes BORSOS Dr. and Balázs KOKAS Dr.) Location: Pécs, Hungary.

2021 'TRANZIT BUILDING - COMMUNITY and EDUCATION CENTER' - Open call for a Hungarian design competition, first-prize winner competitive design. Location: Budapest, Hungary.

2021 PTE TP Science and Innovation Park in the University of Pécs - Implementation plans, interior design (Gabriella MEDVEGY Dr., Bálint BACHMANN Dr., Ágnes BORSOS Dr. Balázs KOKAS Dr., Imre SZAMOSKÖZI and István NÉMETH Dr.) Implementation plan. Location: Pécs, Hungary.

2020 CIBE - Development of the so-called West- Campus at the University of Pécs and Centre for Biomedical Engineering and Innovation Building. Architectural design, (Gabriella MEDVEGY Dr., Gábor VERES Dr., Donát RÉTFALVI Dr., Balázs KOKAS Dr., and Tamás RÁCZ and Tibor KUKAI Dr.) Concept plan. Location: Pécs, Hungary.

2016 PTE ÁOK Extension of the Medical Campus of the University of Pécs. Architectural design. (Gabriella MEDVEGY Dr., Bálint BACHMANN Dr., András GREG Dr. and Balázs KOKAS Dr.) Location: Pécs, Hungary.

WORKSHOPS, EXHIBITIONS, AND SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS:

2020 Harmonization of Structural and Functional Lifespans of Prefabricated Residential Buildings INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DESIGN & NATURE AND ECODYNAMICS 15 : 2 pp. 161-165. , 5 p.

2019 An eco-approach to modularity in urban living

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DESIGN & NATURE AND ECODYNAMICS 14 : 2 pp. 83-90. , 8 p.

2019 STRUCTURAL ADAPTABILITY OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS: SUSTAINABLE CONCEPTS IN HUNGARIAN HOUSING WIT TRANSACTIONS ON ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT 238 pp. 593-600. , 8 p.

PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC LIFE, MEMBERSHIPS:

(5 most significant)

Member of Chamber of Hungarian Architects (MÉK) architect (No: É -02-1554) since 2021

Publications