English

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Department of Design (UN)

The aim of the course is to show that architectural theory is not disconnected from the practice, but it is a discipline which is closely related to designing. In this course, students will learn to understand that the way of thinking about architecture, which is characteristic for the theory, is not present only in the work of top architects, but it can help them to design better. By writing texts and discussing the assigned literature, students will improve their critical thinking and the skill to formulate their stances.

• Students will be able to recognise the theoretical rationales, to identify their presence in a particular design, and to critically assess them.
• Students will realise their own way of thinking about architecture, and will improve their ability to evaluate what is important.
• Students will be prepared to clearly formulate and justify by theory their stances as a creative architect, but also with regard to the society which they will influence, and the environment that they enter.
• By writing their own text, students will improve their professional communication and also their ability to evaluate the relevance of received information and opinions.
• Students will have the notion of various characters of theoretical problems, and experience with searching for relevant literature.

The course is ended by a credit. It is required to attend 80 % of seminars, to present the main idea of the work and the way of argumentation, and to submit an essay.
Active participation in the lessons. Absences must be compensated by self-study.
When students excuse their absence, they can compensate their absence by individual arrangement with the guarantor. In the case of a student's apology and with approval of the supervisor, personal participation may be substituted with online participation in the studio.

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CHING, Francis D.K. Architecture: Form, Space, and Order, 2014. ISBN: 978-1118745083. (EN)
KRIER, R. Architectural Composition. Reprint, 2010. ISBN: 978-3936681390. (EN)
MEISS, P. von. Elements of Architecture: From Form to Place, 2000. ISBN: 978-0747600374. (EN)
PALLASMAA, Juhani. The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses. Wiley, 2012. ISBN: 978-1119941286. (EN)
ZUMTHOR, Peter. Thinking Architecture. Birkhäuser Architecture, 2010. ISBN: 978-3034605854. (EN)
KOOLHAAS, Rem. Conversations with Students. Princeton Architectural Press, 1997. ISBN: 978-1885232021. (EN)
PLOWRIGHT, Philip D. Revealing Architectural Design: Methods, Frameworks and Tools. London: Routledge, 2014. ISBN: 978-0415639026. (EN)
GRAHAM, James, ed. 2000+. The Urgencies of Architectural Theory. New York: Columbia Books on Architecture and the City, 2015. ISBN-13: 978-1941332078. (EN)
BEDFORD, Joseph. Theory's Curriculum: The Architecture Exchange Workshop Series, No. 3. Architecture Exchange Press, 2020. ISBN: 978-0998375021. (EN)
SMITH, Korydon. Introducing Architectural Theory: Debating a Discipline. New York: Routledge, 2012. ISBN 978-0415888387. Dostupné z: doi:10.4324/9780203084236 (EN)

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