Course detail

Basics of Geoecology

FA-ZGE-TEAcad. year: 2024/2025

The course introduce selected topics that are important for architects from auxiliary science disciplines of geoecology, geomorphology, hydrology, paedology and soil erosion, climatology, ecology, nature protection, agriculture and forestry, geography of tourist industry, free-time activities in landscape, liturgy in landscape etc.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

1

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Tomáš Dohnal, DiS.

Department

Department of Urban Design (UU)

Aims

The main goal of the course is to introduce the students to the ecological and landscape aspects of their architectural designs.
  • Method of analysis, the knowledge and application of landscape contexts in architectural design – basics of contextual architecture.
  • Basic information for designing the unbuilt parts of urban complexes and for designing rural areas of municipalities in spatial planning.
  • Ability to evaluate landscape character.
  • Knowledge of tools and techniques and their application in designing rural landscape.
  • Ecologic minimum for the students focused on „ecologic“ (rather environmental friendly) houses.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Graded credit is awarded for seminar paper.
The seminars are optional, their basic content is available in study materials which are stored on the shared disc and available during the whole semester.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BASTIAN O., Structure, function and change - three main aspects in investigation of biotic landscape componeus, 1988 (EN)
Miklós L., Růžička M., Landscape - ecological planning in the process of territorial planing, Ekológia ČSSR 1, 1982 (EN)
FORMAN, GORDON, Lanscape medification and changing ecological charakteristies. In: Ecological Studies - Analysis and Synthesis. New York, 1983. ISSN: 0070-8356. (EN)
LÖW, Jiří, WITTMANN, Maxmilian, DOHNAL Tomáš. Rural Landscaping and its Tools. Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2022. ISBN 978-80-7623-085-9. URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11012/207502 (EN)

Recommended literature

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B_A+U Bachelor's 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Seminar

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Tomáš Dohnal, DiS.