Course detail

Reconstruction of historical monuments

FAST-DH62Acad. year: 2024/2025

Main content of subject is introducing to several works used in passed centuries. Knowing of these skills is required during reconstructions. At first it will be necessary when interiors of houses will be restored (surfaces of walls, ceilings, floors, furniture). Next intention will be placed on structures of stairways, siding (windows, doors, rooflights), roof trusses, additional members. In exterior we speak about facades and solitaire objects in surroundings of these buildings.

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Milan Vlček, CSc.

Department

Institute of Building Structures (PST)

Entry knowledge

History of architecture, theory of structures, maintenance of moistness, technological rules for building, making of details, physical and chemical properties of building materials.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

Orientation in various manners, evolution of hygienic rules, evolution of typology, influence of Great Moravian engineering, evolution of window and door systems, solitaire objects.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended literature

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Milan Vlček, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Sorting of historical periods 2. Sequence request for making of constructions in ancient times 3. Used materials, transport, processing, rough-work 4. Evolution of typology in various manners 5. Evolution of hygienic rules in various manners 6. Infrastructure in past times 7. Political, religion and cultural influence 8. Byzantine and Irish-Scottish influence on structures of Great Moravian structures 9. Influence from south-European and west-European 10. Fortresses, castles, chateaus – purpose, function, construction, rise and fall 11. Solitaire objects in parks 12. Structures of windows, doors – maintenance, reparation, rescuing, recovering 13. Details of controls in passed times