HEN507 Modern architecture between utopia, the ideal and the present

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Kroupa, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ivona Tolarová
Timetable
Mon 14:00–15:40 U32
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 45 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/45, only registered: 0/45, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/45
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to understand and explain the principles of the main architecture styles and architects, working in the 20th Century in the Europe an in the U.S.A. The particular attention is dedicated to the functionalist architectural movement in Brno.
Syllabus
  • 1. Theory and History (from Emil Kaufmann to Werner Oechslin). & 2. The Origin of the „Modern mouvement“ in the historical legacy. & 3. Frank Lloyd Wright. & 4. Adolf Loos and the „Raumplan“. & 5. The Expresionism in the architecture in Germany and Holland. & 6. From the „Neue Sachlichkeit“ to the organic architecture. & 7. Le Corbusier. & 8. The Constructivism and De Stijl. & 9. The Funktionalism and the International Style. & 10. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. & 11. Architecture after World War II – the new interest for the form. & 12. The „New Brutalism“. & 13. The Postmodernism - High Tech architecture. & 14. The Deconstructivism - the „critical Regionalism“ &
Literature
  • FRAMPTON, Kenneth. Moderní architektura : kritické dějiny. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2004, 457 s. ISBN 8020012613. info
  • TEIGE, Karel. Modern architecture in Czechoslovakia : and other writings : Moderní architektura v Československu (Orig.). Translated by Irena Žantovská Murray - David Britt, Edited by Jean-Louis Cohen. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2000, xi, 367 s. ISBN 0-89236-596-X. info
  • Kudělka, Zdeněk - Chatrný, Jindřich. O nové Brno. Brněnská architektura 1919-1939. Brno 2000
Teaching methods
The course is based on lectures and individual work with the study recourses.
Assessment methods
The course is finished by an examination - final written test. The exact conditions of the point evaluation for the test essays will be published in the section “Study materials”.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Kurz se otevírá při 5 a více přihlášených studentech.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014.
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