Course detail
Elaboration of Master´s Thesis M5 – Heritage Care and Reconstruction
FA-DP5-AAcad. year: 2023/2024
In this course, students work on their architectural and urban design of their Master's thesis. The emphasis is placed on
adequate theoretical explanation of the proposal as well – the diploma thesis must contain a written, theoretical and/or critical part, including the studied sources in scope determined by the assignment of the diploma thesis.
Within the module Heritage Care and Reconstruction, the acquisition and application of practical skills in a specific area
of architectural design of historic buildings, their protection and their social activation with respect to the principles of
cultural heritage protection is expected.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
The particular requirements are specified in the assignment of the Master's thesis which the students receive in written form. The Master's thesis usually comprises:
- theoretical part in scope specified in the thesis assignment
- textual part
- urban context
- architectural and operational design
- structural design
- physical model
Mandatory participation at one consultation per week as specified by the supervisor and at the interim critiques. Mandatory submission of the project complying with the conditions specified in the assignment of the Master's thesis and meet the deadline (specified in the thesis assignment).
Upon the agreement with the teacher, the absences in the classroom can be compensated via online participation.
Aims
- By elaboration and defense of their Master's thesis, students demonstrate their skills, abilities and knowledge required by the graduate profile.
- By elaboration and defense of their Master's thesis, students demonstrate their readiness to enter the practice and and the following levels of their professional training, namely attaining the Czech Chamber of Architects certification.
- By elaboration and defense of their Master's thesis, students demonstrate their ability to independently design architectural and operational building solutions for a whole range of requirements on operation, structure and/or urban design.
- By elaboration and defense of their Master's thesis, students demonstrate their ability to apply all legal requirements and standards on the architectural/urban design.
- By elaboration and defense of their Master's thesis, students demonstrate the ability to give adequate theoretical explanation of their proposal.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
- compulsory prerequisite
Landscape Design - compulsory prerequisite
Structures and Indoor Environment of Buildings - compulsory prerequisite
Information Literacy - compulsory prerequisite
Architect´s Practice - compulsory prerequisite
Architect´s Practice - compulsory prerequisite
Master Thesis Seminar - compulsory prerequisite
Construction Law in Architectural Practice - compulsory prerequisite
Construction Process - compulsory prerequisite
Theory and Aesthetics in Architecture - compulsory prerequisite
Elaboration of Master´s Thesis Concept M5 - compulsory prerequisite
Specialized Professional Internship - compulsory prerequisite
Theory of Urban Design
Basic literature
DOUCET, Isabelle; JANSSENS, Nel (Eds.): Transdisciplinary Knowledge Production: Towards Hybrid Modes of Inquiry in Architecture and Urbanism. Zurich: Springer 2011. ISBN: 978-94-007-0103-8 (EN)
HAYS, Michael (Ed.) Architecture Theory Since 1968. Cambridge - MA: MIT Press, 1998. ISBN 978-0262581882. (EN)
IMHOF, Barbra; GRUBER, Petra (Eds.). Build to Grow. Zurich: Springer, 2016. (EN)
MALLGRAVE, Harry Francis. Architectural Theory: Volume I – An Anthology from Vitruvius to 1870. Oxford UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2006. ISBN 978-1405102582. (EN)
NEUFERT, Ernst a Peter NEUFERT. Navrhování staveb: zásady, normy, předpisy o zařízeních, stavbě, vybavení, nárocích na prostor, prostorových vztazích, rozměrech budov, prostorech, vybavení, přístrojích z hlediska člověka jako měřítka a cíle. 2. české vyd., (35. něm. vyd.). Praha: Consultinvest, 2000, 618 s. : il., plány. ISBN 80-901486-6-2. (CS)
NORBERG-SCHULZ, Christian, Petr KRATOCHVÍL a Pavel HALÍK. Genius loci: krajina, místo, architektura. 2. vyd. Praha: Dokořán, 2010, 219 s. : il., mapy, plány ; 25 cm. ISBN 978-80-7363-303-5. (CS)
SCHLAFFEROVÁ, Hannelore. City: Život v ulicích plánovaného města. Zlín: Archa, 2017. ISBN 978-80-87545-48-5. (CS)
SIMON, Herbert A. The Sciences of the Artifitial. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1969. ISBN 978-0262691918. (EN)
TICHÁ, Jana, Rostislav ŠVÁCHA a Milena SRŠŇOVÁ (eds.). Euroamerické architektonické myšlení 1936-2011. Praha: Zlatý řez, 2018. ISBN 978-80-88033-03-5. (CS)
Vyhláška č. 268/2009 Sb. o technických požadavcích na stavby. (CS)
Vyhláška č. 398/2009 Sb. o obecných technických požadavcích zabezpečujících bezbariérové užívání staveb (CS)
Vyhláška č. 501/2006 Sb. o obecných požadavcích na využívání území. (CS)
Zlatý řez (časopis). Praha: Zlatý řez. ISSN 1210-4760. (CS)
Recommended reading
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme N_A+U Master's 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
specialization --- (do 2022) , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
Type of course unit
Studio work
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
- Analysis of the location and assignment, excursion, work on the concept
Choice of critical, historiographic and/or research and theoretical focus of the work
Work on the proposal of own imaging, analytical and interpretation tools and procedures: textual, architectural-visual and architectural-spatial
Formulation of the main research question and secondary questions. Formulation of procedures, methods and research methodology for the diploma thesis. Formulation of the hypothesis and its verification - Work on architectural, operational, structural and/or urban design
Work on the theoretical part of the thesis - Completion of the project and its text part
Work on the project presentation