VŠTE:DAR Architectural History - Course Information

DAR Architectural History

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Ing. arch. Filip Landa (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Ing. Vladimír Nývlt, MBA, Ph.D.
Department of Civil Engineering – Faculty of Technology – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Supplier department: Department of Civil Engineering – Faculty of Technology – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice

Timetable of Seminar Groups

DAR/P01: Fri 8:00–9:30 E1, F. Landa
DAR/Q5: Sun 29. 9. 13:05–14:35 B1, 14:50–16:20 B1, 16:30–18:00 B1, Sat 2. 11. 13:05–14:35 B2, 14:50–16:20 B2, Sun 15. 12. 14:50–16:20 B2, 16:30–18:00 B2, F. Landa

Prerequisites

Critical thinking, general cultural overview, active interest in the environment around us, basic orientation in the history of art and architecture, ability of abstraction

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.

Course objectives supported by learning outcomes

The thematic lecture cycle ofers an interpretation of the history of architecture with transcendece into other fields (sociology, philosophy, psychology...). It will focus on the basic development of settlements and their forms with a special focus on the key periods of the history of the building culture of the European civilization sircuit. The theoretical position of the topics discucced will be transfered into the level of specific methodologically stimulating examples. After the completion of the course, students will be able to understand the structure value structure of the buildings, they will encounter in practice, and to include these constructions in the development context. The course will focus on categorical terms and their place in thinking about the built einvironment. It will not focus on the encyclopaedic knowledge of historical factuality, but on the understandint of the history of architecture from the point of view of community-based paradigms. The student will be able to place individual architectural scenes into historical and culturalcivilization contexts, not just based on external expression forms.

Learning outcomes

The student is acquainted with the basic development of settlements and their forms with a special focus on the key periods of the history of the building culture of the European civilization circuit. The student is able to understand the value structure of the buildings that will be encountered in practice and to include these constructions in the developmental context. It will control categorical terms and their place in thinking about the built environment. The student understand the history of architecture from the point of view of social paradigms and put individual architectural scenes into historical and cultural-civilization contexts, not only on the basis of external expression forms.

Syllabus

• 1.Definition of terms, object of investigation, limits of knowledge, architecture as arché + techné
• 2. Ancient architecture and Vitruvian principles of urban construction
• 3. Urban Development - Case Study České Budějovice
• 4. Excursion, architecture and urbanism in practice
• 5. Romanesque and Gothic architecture
• 6. Renaissance and Baroque architecture
• 7. Classicism, Wagner School, the beginnings of modernism
• 8. Building Cities according to Art Principles (Sitte), Public Space, Context, Proportion, Scale
• 9. Modernism, avant-garde movement, functionalism and the first half of the 20th century
• 10. The Athens Charter and its impact on city planning
• 11. Postmodernism, deconstructivism and other trends of the second half of the 20th century
• 12. Contemporary trends in the world context
• 13. Contemporary trends in the Czech context

Literature

recommended literature
• GEHL, Jan: Život mezi budovami: užívání veřejných prostranství. Brno: Nadace Partnerství, 2000. 202 s. ISBN 80-85834-79-0.
• HEROUT, Jaroslav. Staletí kolem nás. 3. vyd. Praha: Paseka, 2002. 392 s. ISBN 80-7185-389-5.
• NORBERG-SCHULZ, Christian. Genius loci. Krajina, místo, architektura. 2. vyd. Praha: Dokořán, 2010. 224 s. ISBN 978-80-7363-303-5.
• SITTE, Camillo. Stavba měst podle uměleckých zásad. 2. vyd. Brno: ÚÚR, 2012. 113 s. ISBN 978-80-87318-21-8.
• KOOLHAAS, Rem, B. MAU, J. SIGLER a H. WERLEMANN. S, M, L, XL: Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Rem Koolhaas and Bruce Mau. New York: Monacelli Press, 1997. ISBN 978-1885254863.
• JEHLÍK, Jan. Obec a sídlo. O krajině, urbanismu a architektuře. Praha: Ausdruck Books, 2013. 159 s. ISBN 978-80-260-5399-6.
• JACOBS, Jane: Smrt a život amerických velkoměst. Dolní Kounice: MOX NOX, 2012. ISBN 978-80-905064-4-2.
• PALLASMAA, Juhani. Oči kůže. Architektura a smysly. Zlín: Archa, 2012. ISBN 978-80-87545-10-2.
• HRŮZA, Jiří. Svět architektury. 1. vyd. Praha : Aventinum, 2000. 416 s. ISBN 80-7151-112-9.
• ŠEVČÍK, Oldřich. Architektura – historie – umění. Praha: Grada, 2007. 330 s. ISBN 978-80-247-2032-6.
• JEHLÍK, Jan. Rukověť urbanismu. Praha: Ausdruck Books, 2016.
• MICHL, Jan. Tak nám prý forma sleduje funkci. Praha: VŠUP, 2003. ISBN 80-901982-7-9.
• DAY, Christopher. Duch a místo. Brno: Era – vydavatelství, 2004. ISBN 80-86517-95-0.
• ZUMTHOR, Peter. Prožívat architekturu. Zlín: Archa, 2009. ISBN 978-80-901926-1-4.
• LYNCH, Kevin. Obraz města: The image of the city. Praha: Polygon, 2004. ISBN 80-7273-094-0.
• FRAMPTON, Kenneth. Moderní architektura – kritické dějiny. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 2004. ISBN: 80-200-1261-3.
• HNILIČKA, Pavel. Sídelní kaše. 2. vyd. Brno: HOST, 2012. 212 s. ISBN 978-80-7294-592-4.
• KOTALÍK, Jiří T. 10 století architektury. 1. vyd. Praha: Správa pražského hradu, 2001. 255 s. ISBN 80-86161-38-2.
• ROSSI, Aldo. Vědecká autobiografie. 1. vyd. Praha: Arbor vitae, 2005. 126 s. ISBN 80-86300-15-3.
• KAHN, Louis. Ticho a světlo. Praha: Arbor vitae, 1999. 128 s. ISBN 80-86300-02-1.
• KOUCKÝ, Roman. Elementární urbanismus. Praha: Zlatý řez, 2006. ISBN 80-902810-7-9.
• ŠVÁCHA, Rostislav. Česká architektura a její přísnost. Praha: Prostor – architektura, interiér, design, 2004. ISBN 80-903257-3-4.

Forms of Teaching

Lecture
Seminar
Tutorial
Consultation
Teaching Block - excursion - professional

Teaching Methods

Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Competition
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Group Teaching - Collaboration
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
diskuze (in Czech)

Student Workload

Activities	Number of Hours of Study Workload
	Daily Study	Combined Study
Preparation for Lectures	6	32
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial	13
Preparation for the Final Test	20	36
Seminární práce (in Czech)	13	20
Attendance on Lectures	26	16
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion	26
Total:	104	104

Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate

Exam – written 70 %
Seminary Work 30 %

Exam conditions

Final test with the possibility of oral examination - maximum 70 points, tasks entered during the semester maximum 30 points. Total Classification of the Course, ie points for the test (70 - 0) + points from the interim evaluation (30 - 0): A 100 - 90, B 89.99 - 84, C 83.99 - 77, D 76.99 - 73, E 72.99 - 70, FX 69.99 - 30, F 29.99 - 0. Participation in teaching in all forms is solved by a separate internal standard of VŠTE (Evidence of attendance of students at VŠTE). For students of full-time form of study, 70% attendance is compulsory for contact education, ie all except lectures.

Language of instruction

Czech

Teacher's information

The assignment of the seminar work, its content and deadlines will be communicated by the teacher at the first lesson.

Attendance in lessons is defined in a separate internal standard of ITB (Evidence of attendance of students at ITB). It is compulsory, except of the lectures, for full-time students to attend 70 % lesson of the subjet in a semester.

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