DU2727 Traditionalism in the architecture of the 20th and 21st century

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Martin Horáček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Ondřej Jakubec, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Martin Horáček, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 12:30–14:05 K32
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of architectural history and methodology of art historical research.
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The objective of the course is gaining overview of traditionalist tendencies in architecture from the end of the 19th century to the present, and in the professional and lay debate as well. Key themes of new traditionalism in architecture are discussed in the lectures: Beaux-Arts architecture and the theory of style, reformist urban planning from Camillo Sitte to New Urbanism, the Heimatschutz Movement and controversies between traditionalists and modernists in the heritage preservation, influential architects and theorists, and problems of interpretation of the architecture of the 20th and 21st century. The objective of the seminar is an analysis of important programmes and critical texts by architects, preservationists, theorists and historians of art engaged in the debates on contemporary architecture.
Syllabus
  • 1. Traditionalism in architecture and the empathy theory: H. Wölfflin, G. Scott 2. Traditionalism in architecture – theory: C. Alexander 3. Traditionalism in architecture – theory: N. Salingaros 4. Skyscraper in architecture 5. Beaux-Arts and the American renaissance 6. City planning reform: R. Eitelberger, C. Sitte, W. Hegemann 7. Heritage preservation and the Heimatschutz Movement, P. Schultze-Naumburg 8. Traditionalism in the British architecture, 1890–1940, E. Lutyens 9. Traditionalism in the Spanish, Italian, and Slovenian architecture, 1890–1940: A. Palacios, G. Giovannoni, J. Plečnik 10. Traditionalism in the world architecture, 1945–1989 11. Traditionalist architecture in the countries of the Eastern block 12. Traditionalism in the contemporary architecture, New urbanism, HRH The Prince Charles, L. Krier
Literature
  • Nikos Salingaros, A Theory of Architecure, Solingen 2006.
  • Christopher Alexander, The Nature of Order I–IV, Berkeley 2001–2005.
  • Winfried Nerdinger (ed.), Geschichte der Rekonstruktion – Konstruktion der Geschichte, kat. München 2010.
  • Martin Horáček, Za krásnější svět: Tradicionalismus v architektuře 20. a 21. století / Toward a More Beautiful World: Traditionalism in Architecture of the 20th and 21st Centuries, Brno 2013.
  • Jan Michl, Funkcionalismus, design, škola,trh: Čtrnáct textů o problémech teorie a praxe moderního designu, Brno 2012.
Teaching methods
Lecture, presentation, debate.
Assessment methods
Seminar work and presentation of a translation and review of important critical texts written by architects, preservationists, theorists and historians of art engaged in the debates on contemporary architecture.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2014, Autumn 2015.
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