Course: Workshop

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Course title Workshop
Course code KAR/W
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional, Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Stolín Jan, doc. M.A.
  • Kolařík Radek, doc. Ing. arch.
  • Saffarian Saman, Ing. arch. Mag. arch.
  • Stolín Petr, doc. Ing. arch.
  • Němcová Zedníčková Zdeňka, doc. MgA. Ph.D.
  • Buček Jiří, doc. Ing. arch.
Course content
The subject deals with creation of architectonic or fine art object and/or installation of such an object in a particular situation. This workshop is led by a personality of architectonic of fine art scene in the Czech Republic or from abroad, who defines the theme of the workshop in co-operation with other teachers of the Department of Architecture and third partied, which are mostly municipal authorities. The aim is to implement a small object of art or architecture the idea of which roots in intense communication between the customer/investor, leading teachers and students. The form of this implementation is exercising, applying theoretical knowledge about fine art, materials, and constructions acquired during the studies.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments)
  • Preparation for credit - 65 hours per semester
  • Semestral paper - 55 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The essence of the course is the creation of an architectural or an art object or installation in a particular situation (workshop) or the creation of architectural and urbanist design in teamwork with participation of other schools of architecture (summer school). A personality of the architectural or artistic Czech or foreign scene is entrusted with leading the workshop, who, together with teachers from the Department of Architecture and third parties, especially municipalities, define the workshop's topic. The management of the summer school is solved similarly in agreement with other participating schools. The aim of the workshop is to realize a small object, the idea of which arose from intensive communication between the client, pedagogical management and students. Implementation is in the form of seminars, application of acquired theoretical knowledge, of especially artistic, material and constructional character. The aim of the summer school is to create an architectural or urban design in cooperation with other schools and their students. The output of the summer school is the presentation of works in the form of an exhibition.
Immediate contact with contemporary artists and their work.
Prerequisites
any one

Assessment methods and criteria
Presentation of acquired experience via portfolio

Attendance: Active and regular attendance at workshops. Credit: The presentation of the outputs from individual workshops.
Recommended literature
  • Deplazes, A. Construcitng Architekcture: Materials, Processes, Structures. Birkhäuser Basel, 2005.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Architecture Study plan (Version): Architecture (ANG) Category: Architecture - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -