Course detail

Architecture of 20th Century 2

FA-A2B-TEAcad. year: 2021/2022

The course focuses on the interpretation of the history and theory of architecture from the end of World War II, starting with urban reconstructions, through late functionalism, structuralism, brutalism to the postmodern wave, the high-tech movement and deconstructivism at the turn of the millennium.
In the study programmes “Architecture and Urban Design” the course is part of the theoretical courses.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. arch. Vladimír Šlapeta, DrSc.

Department

Department of Theory (UT)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is led in the form of lectures followed by a possible discussion of the topic.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Oral exam.

Course curriculum

Semester block schedule:

Czech architecture after the war, Stalinism, return to late mosernism and reaction to world trends
Significant tendencies of the second half of the 2nd century – structuralism, brutalism, high-tech
Important personalities of the post-war era – Aalto, Rossi, Kahn, Boehm, Kolhaas, Herzog-de Meuron, etc.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Selected chapters of secend half of 20th century architecture in Czech republic, Central Europe and world.

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

Not applicable.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

FRAMPTON, Kenneth. Modern Architecture: A Critical History: 1 (World of Art). Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2007. ISBN: 978-0500203958. (EN)
CURTIS, William J. R. Modern Architecture Since 1900. Phaidon Press Ltd, 1996. ISBN: 9780714833569. (EN)
LOBELL, John. Louis Kahn: architecture as philosophy. New York: The Monacelli Press, 2020. ISBN 978-1-58093-528-9. (EN)
KOOLHAAS, Rem. Elements of Architecture. Taschen, 2018. ISBN: 9783836556149 (EN)
MCCARTER, Robert; AALTO, Alvar. Aalto. London: Phaidon Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0-71484442-8. (EN)
GHIRARDO, Diane; ROSSI, Aldo. Aldo Rossi and the spirit of architecture. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2019. ISBN 978-0-300-23493-0. (EN)
Pioneering British "High Tech". London: Phaidon, 1999. ISBN 0-7148-3880-2. (EN)
BYKOV, Alex; GUBKINA, Ievgeniia; NICOLSON, John. Soviet modernism, brutalism, post-modernism: buildings and projects in Ukraine 1955 - 1991. Berlin: DOM Publishers, 2019. ISBN 978-3-86922-706-1. (EN)

Type of course unit

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Bc. Ondřej Hanuš, M.Sc.
Mgr. Zuzana Ragulová
prof. Ing. arch. Vladimír Šlapeta, DrSc.

VUT

Faculties

University Institutes

Parts

Architecture of 20th Century 2

Type of course unit