Course detail

Contemporary architecture

FA-1M6Acad. year: 2017/2018

Students are informed about current situation on home and foreign architectonic stage. Using significant examples of present architecture the analysis of solution concept is done, that shall help students to orientate in their own architectural work. Integral part is also familiarising with creation and approach to architecture by way of lectures given by external teachers from prominent architectonic studios as well as art historians, architectonic theoreticians and other specialist from this or related branches.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

MgA. Ing. arch. Petr Šmídek, Ph.D.

Department

Department of experimental design (UET)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students should orientate themselves in the trends, directions and movements of contemporary architecture, have sufficient professional knowledge of architecture, and be able to make use of it in practice.

Prerequisites

Expected is the knowledge gained from individual study, internet, monitoring of both Czech and foreign professional journals focussed on the given subject.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The exam is written, combined when retaking. Classification takes into account knowledge of the student and his orientation in problems.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Students should gain a general grasp of trends, directions, personalities and significant works of contemporary architecture, so as to be able to react to studio assignments and references on selected contemporary buildings. Orientation in this discipline should facilitate the students' communication with the teachers of studio subjects.

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

Teaching is given by lectures that are not mandatory.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ČESKÁ ARCHITEKTURA annual book since 1999, Prague: Prostor publishing (CS)

Recommended reading

KRATOCHVIL, Petr. Architecture outside the centers, Liberec: FUA TUL (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme ARCHURB Bachelor's

    branch ARCH , 1. year of study, summer semester, elective

  • Programme ARCHURB Master's

    branch ARCH , 1. year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

MgA. Ing. arch. Petr Šmídek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

20th century architecture and its context.
Functionalist architecture.
Present architecture of the last decade.
Architecture of Austria.
Architecture of Switzerland.
Architecture of Netherlands.
Architecture of Spain and Portugal.
Architecture of Scandinavia.
Architecture of Germany.
Architecture of France.
Architecture of Southern America, Brazil specifications.
Architecture of Japan.
Architecture of Brno from the last decade.