US_114 The Modern Architecture

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Ing. arch. Iveta Černá (lecturer), Mgr. Kristýna Celhofferová, Ph.D. (deputy)
Ing. Igor Kyselka, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Kristýna Celhofferová, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Kristýna Celhofferová, Ph.D.
Timetable
each even Thursday 13:20–16:35 zruseno D22
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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 200 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/200, only registered: 0/200, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/200
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the course os to acquaint students with modern trends in architecture, their features, main names. Thanks to frequent excursions a student gets the ability to better understand the subject in the context of Brno specificities.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Art nouveau, art deco, industrial architecture
  • 3. Garden cities and public greenery
  • 4. 10s - 20s, cubism, modernity
  • 5. Excursion to the Brno parks
  • 6. Functionalism
  • 7. Exkursion to fuctionalist buildings
  • 8. Totalitarian architecture
  • 9. Building in the landscape in the 20th century, land art
  • 10. Present architecture (last 20 years)
  • 11. -12. All-day coach excursion
Literature
  • J. Sedlák: Slavné brněnské vily, 2006
  • I. Kyselka: Architektura krajiny a rekreace, VŠB FAST Ostrava, 2007
  • G. a S. Jelicoe: Landscape of man
Assessment methods
written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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