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Lecturer(s)
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Hojda Ondřej, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Šenk Filip, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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The panorama of the Czech architecture of the 20th century on the background of European history. Characteristic reatures. Wanger's disciples are building the institutions of a new state. Cubism, rationalism, monometallism. Young modern avant-garde as a parallel movement. Constructivist and functionalist avant-garde. Rebellion. The Devětsil group; Karel Teige, a theoretician. Teige's constructivist theories. Functionalism, international relations. Bauhaus, Le Curbusier, Soviet constructivists. A collective house as an instrument of social transformation. The PAS group. Post-war period: Establishment of State Design Institutes. The era of ""socialist realism"" in the architecture of the 1950s. The urbanist period; construction of sets of buildings in housing estates; industrialisation; standardisation; reduction of the range of building industry products; dominance of ""building industry production"". The Czech architecture from the late 1980s up until the present times. A competition of bids for the Old Town Hall in 1987. The contemporary Czech architecture. An educational tour.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Observation, Demonstration
- Class attendance
- 14 hours per semester
- Preparation for credit
- 14 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The seminar is especially focused on architecture at the beginning of the 21st Century. Emphasis is on first-hand experience of prominent Czech architectural works and thorough familiarisation with some of the world-renowned works.
To grasp knowledge of current trends in architecture.
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Prerequisites
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Unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Presentation of artistic and creative activities
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Recommended literature
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Česká architektura 1945 - 1995. Obec architektů Praha, 1995.
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7 ročenek české architektury od r. 2000 do r. 2007. Praha.
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Benešová, M. Česká architektura v proměnách dvou století. Praha, 1984.
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časopisy. Architekt, Stavba, Fórum, Zlatý řez.
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Kratochvíl, P. Czech Architecture 1918-2018. Liberec, 2019.
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Nový, O. Česká architektonická avantgarda. Praha, 1998.
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Švácha, R. Česká přítomnost. Praha, 2004.
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Švácha, R. Katalog DEVĚTSIL, Czech avantgard art, architecture and design of the 1920s and 30s. London, 1990.
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Švácha, R. Od moderny k funkcionalismu. Praha, 1995.
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