Course detail
Space in Modern Architecture
FA-PMA-TAcad. year: 2023/2024
Not applicable.
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Benton, T. (ed.): Form and Function: A Source Book for the History of Architecture and Design. 1890-1939. London 1975. (EN)
Casey, E. S.: Getting Back into Place. Toward a Renewed Understanding of the Place-World. Bloomington - Indianapolis 1993. (EN)
Collins, P.: Changing Ideals in Modern Architecture. Montreal 1975 (Chapter "New Concepts of Space", pp. 285-293). (EN)
Forty, A.: Words and Buildings. New York 2000 (Chapter "Space", pp. 256-275). (EN)
Hays, K. M. (ed.): Architecture. Theory since 1968. New York 2000. (EN)
Nesbitt, K. (ed.): Theorizing a New Agenda for Architecture. New York 1996. (EN)
Ven, der van C.: Space in Architecture. The Evolution of a New Idea in the Theory and History of the Modern Movements. Assen - Maastricht 1987. (EN)
Vidler, A.: Warped Space. Cambridge/Mass. 2001. (EN)
Zevi, B.: Architecture as Space. New York, 1993. (EN)
Recommended reading
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme B_A+U Bachelor's 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
- Programme N_A+U Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
2 year of study, winter semester, elective
specialization --- (do 2022) , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
specialization --- (do 2022) , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional - Programme B_A+U Bachelor's
specialization --- (do 2022) , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
- Programme ARCHURB Bachelor's
branch ARCH , 4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme B_A+U Bachelor's
specialization --- (do 2022) , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
4 year of study, winter semester, elective
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Seminar
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Syllabus
I. Moderní architektura a prostor: úvod do pojetí prostoru v moderní architektuře (Collins, Forty, Zevi)
II. Cesta k prostoru moderny: počátky koncepcí architektonického prostoru a hledání identity v architektuře
III. Uzavřený prostor (Semper, Berlage): uzavřenost vnitřku – přístřeší; Wrightovo rozbití krabice a plynoucí prostor
IV. Modernismus a prostor: diskurs o prostoru a jeho předpoklady
V. Nové chápání prostoru (Schindler, De Stijl, Moholy-Nagy, Mies van der Rohe)
VI. Le Corbusier: od osvícenského snu o transparentnosti k Espace indicible
VII. Kritika pojetí prostoru moderny a návrat ke koncepci místa
VIII. Od fenomenologie a existencialismu k architektonickému prostoru (van der Laan)
IX. Pojetí místa (Norberg-Schulz)
X. Dekonstrukce: od Derridova espacement k jinému místu (Tschumi)
XI. Kritická reflexe koncepcí prostoru (Arnheim, Casey, Foucault, Lefebvre, Vidler)