DU2383 The origins and crisis of modern architecture

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Kroupa, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Kroupa, CSc.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 8:00–9:40 K32
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Lecture on modern architecture provides an overview of the most important realizations of modern architecture and its creators in the first half of 20th century. Emphasis is placed on theoretical ground of this architecture, on architectural work with space, volume and on relation of architectural function to the human environment. The original effort for a completely independent, autonomous architecture, however, contained moments of crisis, which later manifested themselves in the second half of the century.
Learning outcomes
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.
Syllabus
  • I. Introduction
  • 1. How theoretical concept is rising? – from Emil Kaufmann to Werner Oechslin.
  • 2. 'Historical' architecture and its transformation into a modern architectural movements.
  • 3. Idea of an autonomous architecture, Lodolis "retta funzione", new technology = sources and origins of "modern architecture" in the historical heritage.
  • 4. Theoretical sources of modern architecture: Karl Bötticher, Gottfried Semper, Adolf Loos.
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  • II. Modern architecture, the generation of founders
  • 5. Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1869 - 1959): "exploding the box".
  • 6. Adolf Loos (1870-1933: "dissolve the plan in interior space".
  • 7. Expressionism in architecture: deformations of architectural form for "developing emotional effect."
  • 8. Five pillars of modern architecture (Jürgen Pahl: Constructivism - Functionalism - Biomorphic architecture - Rationalism - Sculptural architecture).
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  • III. The architecture of the early 20th century
  • 9. Between functionalism of New Objectivity and biomorphic functionalism: Ernst May, Bauhaus, Erich Mendelsohn, Hans Scharoun.
  • 10. Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, 1887-1965): from purism to functionalism.
  • 11. Constructivism and De Stijl.
  • 12. Funkctionalism and / or / international style? - CIAM.
  • 13. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and his concepts of "flowing space" and "open space”.
  • 14. Alvar Aalto: from functionalism to the phenomenological architecture.
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Literature
  • FRAMPTON, Kenneth. Moderní architektura : kritické dějiny. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2004, 457 s. ISBN 8020012613. info
  • GÖSSEL, Peter and Gabriele LEUTHÄUSER. Architektura 20. století. Translated by Blanka Pscheidtová - Petr Turecký. Vyd. 1. Praha: Slovart, 2003, 447 s. ISBN 3822825689. info
  • PAHL, Jürgen. Architekturtheorie des 20. Jahrhunderts : Zeit-Räume. München: Prestel, 1999, 334 s. ISBN 379132019X. info
  • ŠVÁCHA, Rostislav. Od moderny k funkcionalismu : proměny pražské architektury první poloviny dvacátého století. Photo by Jan Malý. Praha: Victoria publishing, 1995, 590 s. ISBN 8085605848. info
Teaching methods
lecture
Assessment methods
Oral exam + visual test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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