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Cultural Values in Towns in History and the Present
FAST-TG52Acad. year: 2020/2021
During their studies, students will be acquainted with the process of town creation and history, the alterations to its structures in the individual stages of its development and the analysis which needs to be carried out for the perception and evaluation of cultural values. Similarly, present cultural values need to be analysed and unsuitable changes to valuable historical as well as contemporary structures need to be eliminated. The tools for the protection of the historical cultural heritage and historical structures need to be suitably used and set up in such a way that they don’t become obstacles in the region. Knowledge of the application of area protection of monuments, contemporary problems of reconstructions of existing structures and the principles by which an architect may exercise creativity in a historically valuable environment will be part of the taught content at the end of the semester.
During the teaching cycle, students will be acquainted with the creation and development of urban areas on our territory, the development of and changes to urban structures in the individual style periods up to the present. The subject of the tuition will also be the area protection of central parts and historically valuable structures, as is applied at present in the Czech Republic and in connection with international documents and agreements. The seminar tuition will be an application of the theoretical part of the tuition. It will be focused on the functional and spatial analysis of town structures and the setting of values which are important for the conception of the restoration and development of a region.
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- analysis and evaluation of development and public areas;
- fundamentals of the application of area protection of historical structures and environments;
- application of principles into ÚAP (the foundations of physical analysis), ÚP (physical planning) and PD (project documentation)
- creation of regulations and rules for new creations in historical structures.
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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 result is the application of the principles of the protection of historical structures and environment to the tools of physical planning.
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Basic literature
Hoffmann F.: České město ve středověku. Panorama Praha, 1992. (CS)
HORSKÁ, P, MAUR, E., MUSIL, J.: Zrod velkoměsta. PASEKA, 2002. (CS)
KUČA, K., KUČOVÁ, V., KIBIC, K.: Novostavby v památkově chráněných sídlech. Praha, NPÚ, 2004. (CS)
KUČA. K,, KUČOVÁ. V,: Principy památkového urbanismu. Praha, SÚPP, 2002. (CS)
LYNCH, K.,: Obraz města, The Image of the City. Praha, BOVA POLYGON, 2004. (CS)
Sitte C.: Stavba měst podle uměleckých zásad. ABF+ ART Praha, 1995. (CS)
Recommended reading
Hodrová D.: Citlivé město (eseje z myopoetiky). Akropolis Praha, 2006. (CS)
Hrůza J.: Charty moderního urbanismu. Agora Praha, 2002. (CS)
Maier K., Čtyřoký J., Vorel J.: Územní plánování a udržitelný rozvoj. ABF Praha, 2008. (CS)
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