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

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Martin Horáček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Ondřej Jakubec, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 9:10–10:45 K31
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 since the end of the 19th century until present, and in the professional and lay debate as well. Key themes of new traditionalism in architecture will be 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 monument preservation, influential figures – architects and theorists, and problems of interpretation of the architecture of the 20th and 21st century. The objective of the seminar is analysis of important programmes and critical texts by architects, preservationists, theorist and historians of art engaged in the debates on contemporary architecture (C. Sitte, G. Scott, W. Hegemann, P. Schultze-Naumburg, L. Žák, B. Štorm, C. Alexander, D. Watkin, HRH The Prince Charles, A. Duany, N. Salingaros etc.).
Syllabus
  • 1. Traditionalism in architecture – theory: C. Alexander and N. Salingaros 2. Beaux-Arts, American Renaissance, and urban reform, R. Eitelberger, C. Sitte, W. Hegemann 3. Heritage preservation and the Heimatschutz Movement, P. Schultze-Naumburg 4. Traditionalism in the British architecture, 1890–1940, E. Lutyens 5. Traditionalism in the Spanish, Italian, and Slovenian architecture, 1890–1940, A. Palacios, G. Giovannoni, J. Plečnik 6. Traditionalistic styles in the Bohemian architecture, 1880–1939, F. Ohmann, J. Vejrych, K. Hilbert, L. Skřivánek 7. Traditionalist architecture in the countries of the Eastern block 8. Architecture and heritage preservation in Czechoslovakia during the communist period 9. Traditionalism in the world architecture, 1945–1989 10. Traditionalism in the contemporary architecture, New urbanism, HRH The Prince Charles, L. Krier 11. Czech architecture since 1989 12. New building in the so-called historical site – a case study: the skyscraper
Literature
  • Christopher Alexander, The Nature of Order I–IV, Berkeley 2001–2005.
  • Nikos Salingaros, A Theory of Architecure, Solingen 2006.
  • Martin Horáček, Za krásnější svět: Tradicionalismus v architektuře 20. a 21. století, Brno 2013.
  • W. Nerdinger ed., Geschichte der Rekonstruktion – Konstruktion der Geschichte, kat. München 2010.
  • MICHL, Jan. Funkcionalismus, design, škola, trh : čtrnáct textů o problémech teorie a praxe moderního designu. V Praze: Vysoká škola uměleckoprůmyslová, 2012, 327 s. ISBN 9788086863429. info
Teaching methods
lectures, debate, workshop, essays
Assessment methods
colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016.
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