Course detail

Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism

FA-SAUAcad. year: 2009/2010

The course acquaints students with current events of contemporary architectural and urban planning and arts scene, both domestic and foreign. It surveys contemporary urban architecture and methods of each country with emphasis on the performances of notable buildings, analyzing the concepts and the overall architectural expression. Represents celebrities, studios, as well as events associated with a given field, such as exhibitions, publications, Pritzker award prizes, etc. An integral part is lecturing extern both teoretků and architectural historians, and prominent architects and urban planners in practice

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. arch. Vladimír Šlapeta, DrSc.

Department

Department of Theory (UTold)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Orientation in the contemporaneous Czech architectonic scene with the corresponding links

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of current authors and their achievement.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

oral examination

Course curriculum

The course acquaints students with current events in the contemporary architectural and urban planning and art scene, both domestic and foreign. It surveys contemporary urban architecture and methods of each country with emphasis on the performances of notable buildings, analyzing the concepts and the overall architectural expression. Features celebrities, studios, as well as events associated with a given field, such as exhibitions, publications, Pritzker award prices, etc. An integral part of the lectures and externs both theorists and historians of architecture and prominent architects and urban planners in practice.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Overview and orientation in the current development in the field of architecture and urbanism, trends and directions, key authors and works.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Active participation of students in the preparation of stemming Desk, work on the topics discussed by the lectures. Form of replacement monitors Study and Examination Regulations of BUT and Dean FA VUT.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Učební texty lektora (CS)

Recommended literature

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme ARCHURB Master's

    branch ARCH , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. arch. Vladimír Šlapeta, DrSc.