DU2356 More or less homeless. Housing transformations from the nineteenth century to present

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Vendula Hnídková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Vendula Hnídková, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 17. 10. 10:00–13:40 L32, Thu 14. 11. 10:00–13:40 L32, Thu 12. 12. 10:00–13:40 L32
Prerequisites
English language
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The lecture series deals with the transformation of housing from a global perspective from the 19th century to the present. Against the background of the phenomena of industrialization, urbanization, and modernization, it will critically focus on the most important examples of residential culture, which has undergone a radical transformation since the 19th century. Individual building types will be presented on the most important architectural objects, but always in direct connection with their authors, clients, and residents. Therefore, the genesis of architectural types will not remain isolated exclusively to the history of architecture, but the architecture will become a field for a more comprehensive reflection of social history, political systems, and material culture.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to identify basic residential typologies and characterize their strengths and weaknesses from a cultural, social, economic, and climatic point of view; to write an essay focused on the issue of housing and its development in time and place.
Syllabus
  • 1. Birth of an apartment building 2. A worker on the periphery 3. Villa as an innovation field 4. Reform potential of garden cities 5. Ambitions of authors of collective houses 6. Vertical power in the vertical of high-rises 7. Red Vienna 8. Berlin between democracy and totalitarianism 9. Czechoslovak priorities 10. Concrete scenery of life 11. Conflict of tradition and innovation 12. Urban sprawl during the climate crisis 13. Housing First and current housing alternatives
Literature
    required literature
  • HNILIČKA, Pavel. Sídelní kaše : otázky k suburbánní výstavbě kolonií rodinných domů. Druhé, doplněné vydání. Brno: Host, 2012, 207 stran. ISBN 9788072945924. info
    recommended literature
  • ŠEVEČEK, Ondřej. Zrození Baťovy průmyslové metropole : továrna, městský prostor a společnost ve Zlíně 1900-1938. Vyd. 1. České Budějovice: Bohumír NĚMEC - VEDUTA, 2009, 412 s. ISBN 9788073686789. info
  • KOOLHAAS, Rem. Třeštící New York : retroaktivní manifest pro Manhattan. Translated by Jiří Ogrocký. Praha: Arbor vitae, 2007, 247 s. ISBN 9788086300771. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussions, reading
Assessment methods
A final essay consisting of 9000 characters (including footnotes)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021.
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