Course detail

Basics of Geoecology

FA-ZGE-TAcad. year: 2025/2026

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, etc.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

1

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. arch. Jiří Löw

Department

Department of Urban Design (UU)

Entry knowledge

Not applicable.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Exam is written test.
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.

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.

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 (CS)
DOHNAL T.a kol. Krajina Národního parku Šumava – vsi, jejich struktura a vývoj, Státní fond životního prostředí, Vimperk, 2011 (CS)
FORMAN, GORDON, Lanscape medification and changing ecological charakteristies, New York, 1983, (CS)
LÖW, J. et al. (1995): Rukověť projektanta místního ÚSES. Doplněk. Brno. (CS)
Miklós L., Růžička M., Landscape - eccological planning in the process of territorial planing, Ekológia ČSSR 1, 1982 (CS)
VALENA Tomáš (1994): Vztahy – O vazbě k místu v architektuře. Nakladatelství Zlatý řez. Praha (CS)

Recommended reading

Dohnal T. a kol.: Krajina Národního parku Šumava, Státní fond životního prostředí, Vimperk, 2011 (CS)
KOPEČEK P. et al. (2015): Projevy křesťanské liturgie v kulturní krajině. Mendlova universita Brno (CS)
LÖW, J., MÍCHAL, I. (2003): Krajinný ráz. Lesnická práce. Písek. (CS)
LÖW, J. (2011): Katalog znaků pro architekty. FA VUT Brno (CS)
VALENA, Tomáš. Město a topografie. Národní technické muzeum 1991. (CS)
Zachování krajinného rázu NP a CHKO Šumava - manuály, LÖW & spol., Brno, 2009, http://zkr.npsumava.cz/ (CS)
ZLATNÍK, A. (1978): Lesnická fytocenologie. Státní zemědělské nakladatelství Praha (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B_A+U Bachelor's 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    specialization --- (do 2022) , 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  • Programme N_A+U Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
    specialization --- (do 2022) , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. arch. Jiří Löw