Course detail

Theory and development of architecture

FA-D03Acad. year: 2011/2012

The lecturer presents a theme in which he has been engaged as researcher and which he has repeatedly published. He gives a comprehensive overview in a wider context of style, time and place.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. PhDr. Jan Sedlák, CSc.

Department

Department of Theory (UTold)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Basic knowledge of the modern architecture of Brno, as to development periods, changes of style, prominent personalities, should enable the doctorands to grasp and evaluate the architecture of the first half of the 20th century also in a wider territorial context of the Czechoslovak republic and Europe. The knowledge of the progressive building traditions of Brno may become one of the sources of inspiration for one's own architectural creation.

Prerequisites

Lectures on development of architecture attended in the preceding university study.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Working out a seminar work of 15 pages of text, with illustratiions, that will present a prominent personality,a collection of works, or a style period of Czech or world architecture of the 20th century,according to one's own choice.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The objective is to make the doctorands test their theoretical and practical knowledge on the architectural monuments of the city of Brno which, in the first half of the past century, became an importand centre of modern architecture.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Lectures are not obligatory.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme ARCHURB Doctoral

    branch ARCH , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch URBAN , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme ARCHURB Doctoral

    branch ARCH , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch URBAN , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme ARCHURB Doctoral

    branch ARCH , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch URBAN , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme ARCHURB Doctoral

    branch ARCH , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch URBAN , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. PhDr. Jan Sedlák, CSc.

Syllabus

The cycle of lectures is divided into four basic parts: Secession period 1895 - 1918; period of search for a new style in the first half of the twenties; heroic period of Brno functionalism in the late twenties and thirties; fading of functionalism after World War II.
The influence of the interwar period on the creative activity of contemporary Brno architects is continuously remembered.