Course detail

Space in Modern Architecture

FA-PMA-TAcad. year: 2023/2024

Not applicable.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. arch. Vladimír Šlapeta, DrSc.

Department

Department of Theory (UT)

Entry knowledge

Not applicable.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Not applicable.

Aims

Not applicable.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Arnheim, R.: The Dynamics of Architectural Form. Berkley - Los Angeles 1977 (Chapter "Elements of Space", pp. 9-31). (EN)
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

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N_A+U Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
    specialization --- (do 2022) , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

  • Programme ARCHURB Bachelor's

    branch ARCH , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

  • Programme B_A+U Bachelor's 3 year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Seminar

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. arch. Vladimír Šlapeta, DrSc.
Bc. Ondřej Hanuš, M.Sc.
Mgr. Zuzana Ragulová

Syllabus

Obsah bloků výuky:
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)