Czech

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Student gets knowledge concerning the origin, and the development of the settlement in the Czech republic as well as in Europe, and the cultural values of the urban environment. Student acquaints himself with changes of the urban structures in the respective style stages till present. Student will learn to analyse the cultural values in the built-up area, architectural values, values of the public space, handicaps and conflicts across the area. Student will comprehend the significance of the urban industrial heritage. Student will be informed about the preservation of the historical cities in the Czech republic, the international documents of ICOMOS, the organisation and cooperation in the European area. Student will receive information about the landscape planning in connection with specificity of sight preservation of the landscape. Student will understand present topics of the sustainable development of the cities from the point of view of the cultural values and historic preservation.

Basic theoretical and practical knowledge of urban planning, physical planning and monument conservation. Knowledge of the valid legislation for physical planning and monument conservation in the Czech Republic.

Knowledge of the sights preservation in the Czech republic, principles of the landscape planning in the Czech republic.

The course is taught through lectures, practical classes and self-study assignments. Attendance at lectures is optional, but attendance at classes is compulsory.

The subject ends with the credit, and the exam. To get the credit, student has to successfully graduate of the course, elaborate, and submit the seminar work. The exam has the written form with the questions concerning all of the course topics.

1. Initial stages of the urbanization of Europe and the foundations of urban settlements on our territory.
2. Foundation and creation of town structures, medieval urban planning, a town-dweller’s house and its development.
3. Urban and architectural heritage of a medieval town, spatial structure, building typology, sacral constructions, walls and fortifications, silhouette and image of a town.
4. The renaissance form of towns in European conditions and on our territory.
5. Baroque changes to a town, changes to the town structure and urban conception, composition and re-creation of architectural expression.
6. Fundamental changes to towns and their development in the 19th century.
7. The town and its image in the 20th century and at present.
8. Excursion with a presentation of the stages in the development of Brno and the present expression of the central zone, urban areas and the quality of the urban environment.
9. Importance of the industrial heritage for a town, urban brownfield areas and other problematic areas for towns.
10. Analysis of cultural values within the area of a town, historical urban reserves, historical urban zones, compositional and spatial relationships determining interventions into existing town structures.
11. Protection of historical towns in the Czech Republic, ICOMOS international documents, organization and cooperation in the European region.
12. Physical planning in relation to the specifics of protected areas for monuments, the fundamentals of the area protection of monuments.
13. The present problems of sustainable urban development from the point of view of protection and care for cultural values, the future of the historical cultural heritage of Czech towns.

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The aim of the subject is to gain information enabling good orientation in the historical as well as modern structure of a town, to provide information about the carrying out of analyses and evaluation of development from the aspect of its historical and artistic value, to study and combine the view of an architect – urban planner with the main principles of area protection of territory and monuments.
The result is the application of the principles of the protection of historical structures and environment to the tools of physical planning.

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

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Hoffmann F.: České město ve středověku. Panorama Praha, 1992. (CS)
Sitte C.: Stavba měst podle uměleckých zásad. ABF+ ART Praha, 1995. (CS)
HALÍK, P., KRATOCHVÍL, P., NOVÝ, O.: Architektura a město. Praha, AV ČR, 1996. (CS)
HORSKÁ, P, MAUR, E., MUSIL, J.: Zrod velkoměsta. PASEKA, 2002. (CS)
KUČA. K,, KUČOVÁ. V,: Principy památkového urbanismu. Praha, SÚPP, 2002. (CS)
KUČA, K., KUČOVÁ, V., KIBIC, K.: Novostavby v památkově chráněných sídlech. Praha, NPÚ, 2004. (CS)
LYNCH, K.,: Obraz města, The Image of the City. Praha, BOVA POLYGON, 2004. (CS)

Gehl J.: Život mezi budovami(Užívání veřejných prostranství). Nadace Partnerství, 2000. (CS)
Hrůza J.: Charty moderního urbanismu. Agora Praha, 2002. (CS)
Hodrová D.: Citlivé město (eseje z myopoetiky). Akropolis Praha, 2006. (CS)
Maier K., Čtyřoký J., Vorel J.: Územní plánování a udržitelný rozvoj. ABF Praha, 2008. (CS)

26 hours, compulsory

In the practice the student has to prepare, present, and submit the seminar work about the cultural values of the city. The students choose the topic from the offered ones.
Week 1 - Proseminar lesson - to acquaint oneself with the assignment, to choose the topic of the seminar work
Week 2 - to put the seminar work into the concrete terms - i.e. the task, the progress of the work; the samples of the finished seminar works; to obtain sources; the structure of the work
Week 3-4 - ground work, development of some part of the work, consultations, making snaps for the work
Week 5-7 - making of the work, preparing of the sources for the presentation; consultations
Week 8-12 - presentation of the works, discussion, results
Week 13 - to submit work; evaluation