Course detail

Sacral Structures

FA-SACAcad. year: 2015/2016

Common course curriculum
Lecture
Seminar
Exercise

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. arch. Jan Hrubý, CSc.

Department

Department of Theory (UT)

Offered to foreign students

The home faculty only

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Accomplishment of the subject of History of Architecture, basic awareness of existence of world religions

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The condition for obtaining the unit credit is the participation in consultations of the assignated task and a
presentation of the documentation cards

Course curriculum

1. Basic info of the spiritual substance for the world religions development and its expression in architecture
2. Types of sacral structures: temples, monasteries, hospitals, Calvaries, village chapels, etc.
3. An overview of the development of Christianity expressed in Romanesque, Renaissance,
Baroque and modern architecture.
4. Sybolic expression of the Old Testament in the space arangement of Orthodox churches
5. Symbolic expression of spiritual and religious expression in design of Gothic temples
6. Selection of the topic for the semester task – the type and purpose of the structure
7. Presentation of reference examples
8. Consultation + experience excursion
9. Presentation of reference examples
10. Consultation + experience excursion
11. Consultation + experience excursion
12. Consultation + experience excursion
13. Consultation + experience excursion

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Acquaintance with the contemporary and historical sacral architecture in the Czech Republic (& worldwide)

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

Continuous presentation, review, common discussion and consultation

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Edwin Heathcote: Contemporary Church Architecture
Banister Fletcher: A History of Architecture
Wolfgang Jean Stock: European Church Architecture 1900 – 1950
Průběžná prezentace, kritika, společné diskuse a konzultace
Dušan Foltýn a kol.: Encyklopedie moravských a slezských klášterů

Recommended literature

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme ARCHURB Master's

    branch ARCH , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

  • Programme ARCHURB Bachelor's

    branch ARCH , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional