HEN563 Enigma Loci - Architecture, Man and Landscape in 16. - 20. Century

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
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 13:20–14:50 B13, Mon 14:00–15:40 B13
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to understand and explain the basic terms and principles of early modern and contemporary urban design. Student swill be able to use the knowledge gained for independent text writting.
Syllabus
  • 1. Enigma loci vs. Genius loci (the urban design and urban planning between architecture, history of art and sociology - the concept of the "sociology of seeing"). & 2. Architecture, utopia and the feast (the antropomorphism in the architecture , the Vitruvian figure - "aspetto" versus "prospetto"). & 3. The sensualisation of the place (palazzo and villa - their scenic integration in Toscana). & 4. The rationalisation of the nature in the town (Villa in Rome). & 5. The economic villa and enigma loci (Veneto, Venice and Palladio). & 6. The skiagraphy and the architecture as a place of wonders (Vinzenzo Scamozzi). & 7. The Sacro bosco in Bomarzo (mannerism, the "secret" garden and studiollo). & 8. The concept of the urban design in the baroque: the way, direction and the center (Rome, Paris). & 9. In the castle and around the castle "V zámku a podzámčí" ("spirit of systems" in the baroque). & 10. The sentimental journey across the garden (age of the enlightenment). & 11. "Ringstrasse" and "boulevard" (the urban design of Vienna, Paris and Chicago in the 2nd Half of the 19th century. & 12. The european town in the 19th century. & 13. The utopia and reality of the functionalism. & 14. The circles of Otterloo (Aldo van Eyck: "space and time versus place and a moment of form"). & 15. The Learning from Las Vegas and "Delirious New York" (Robert Venturi and Rem Koohlhas). & 16. Unrealised urban design of Brno (from beginn of the 19th century, through the organic design of Královo Pole to Jindřich Kumpošt). &
Literature
  • NORBERG-SCHULZ, Christian. Genius loci : k fenomenologii architektury. Edited by Petr Kratochvíl, Translated by Pavel Halík. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1994, 218 s. ISBN 8020702415. info
  • Hannes Stekl (Hg.), Architektur und Gesellschaft. Salzburg 1980.
  • David H. Pinkney, Napoleon III and the Rebuilding of Paris. Princeton 1958.
  • M. H. Baillie Scott, Dům a zahrada. Praha 1910.
  • Frank Lloyd Wright, The Living City. New York 1958.
  • Kevin Lynch, The Image of the City – Obraz města. Praha 2004.
  • Robert Venturi – Denise Scott Brown – Steven Izenour, The Learning from Las Vegas / Lernen von Las Vegas. Zur Ikonographie und Architektursymbolik der Geschäftsstadt. 1978/1979.
  • Rem Koolhaas, Delirious New York. A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan. Rotterdam 1994.
Teaching methods
The course is based on lectures and individual work with the study recourses.
Assessment methods
The course is finished by an examination - written test. The exact conditions of the point evaluation for the test will be published in the section “Study materials”.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
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 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010.
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