Course detail

Folk architecture

FA-LARAcad. year: 2015/2016

Knowledge of traditional forms of rural architecture and way of life in rural areas. It is also trying to build on the work prof. Antonín Kurial.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. arch. Josef Hrabec, CSc.

Department

Department of Spatial Design (UPT)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

seminar work

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of the subject “Protection and restoration of monuments”.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

50% participation in education, participation in excursions, essay

Course curriculum

1. Introduction to the issue. Ethnographer, preservationist and architect.
2. Prof. Antonín Kurial and mensuration actions.
3. The form of the archives of the Moravian vernacular architecture.
4. Rural areas and the life in it in the past and at present.
5. Traditional building materials and work with them.
6. Typology of vernacular house.
7. Timbered house.
8. Mud house.
9. Traditional typology and interior of the house.
10. The presentation and protection of vernacular architecture.
11. Contemporaneity rural and folk structures.
12. Excursion
13. Excursion

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Learning the structure of rural folk house in Moravia in the context of Europe

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Ongoing review of theoretical knowledge, test in the seventh week of the semester

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

FROLEC, V.: Lidová architektura na Moravě a ve Slezsku. Brno, 1974.
KURIAL, A.: Katalog lidové architektury. Sv. 1-10., Brno 1979-2011
MENCL, V.: Lidová architektura v Československu. Praha, 1980.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme ARCHURB Bachelor's

    branch ARCH , 3. year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Special seminar

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. arch. Josef Hrabec, CSc.