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Tradition and the New Urbanism
FAST-TG55Acad. year: 2020/2021
An overview of current international, traditionally-oriented conceptions of architecture, urban planning and the development of the cultural landscape from the 1960s up to the present: their forms, motivation, methodology and ideology, with an emphasis on the New Urbanism programme. A critical reflection oftheory and executed work in relation to the possibilities of application in the Czech environment.
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2. Reviews of modernist urban constructions and "the great devastation of the landscape" – H. Sedlmayr, J. Gehl, J. Jacobs and Post-Modernism
3. L. Krier, HRH Prince Charles and Poundbury, European Initiatives (Urban Resistance, INTBAU)
4. New Urbanism – A. Duany, E. Plater-Zyberk, development in the USA
5. Humanistic and holistic concepts – C. Alexander
6. Fractals and “biophilia” – traditional forms, materials and technologies as a reflection of physical and biological order in the world – N. Salingaros, E. O. Wilson
7.-12. Seminars: presentation of the students` translations of important theoretical texts, their analysis and reviews
13. Conclusion: the situation in the Czech Republic, discussion regarding possibilities of application
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Basic literature
KRIER, L.: Architektura – volba nebo osud. Academia Praha, 2001. 8020000127. (CS)
SALINGAROS, N.: A Theory of Architecture. Umbau Verlag Solingen, 2006. 978-3937954073. (EN)
SEDLMAYR, H.: Demolovaná krása. Státní ústav památkové péče Praha, 1992. (CS)
SITTE, C.: Stavba měst podle uměleckých zásad. Brno, 2012. 9788087318218. (CS)
Recommended reading
Alexander Christopher: The Nature of Order I-IV. Berkeley, 2005. (EN)
Dhiru A. Thadani: The Language of Towns & Cities: A Visual Dictionary. New York: Rizzoli, 2010. 978-0847834860. (EN)
DOWLING, E. M.: New Classicism: The Rebirth of Traditional Architecture. Rizzoli New York, 2004. 978-0847826605. (EN)
DUANY, A., PLATER-ZYBERK, E., SPECK, J.: Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream. North Point Press, 2010. 978-0865477506. (EN)
Hardy Matthew ed.: The Venice Charter Revisited: Modernism, Conservation and Tradition in the 21st Century. Newcastle upon Tyne: CSP, 2008. 978-1847186881. (EN)
HRH PRINCE CHARLES PRINCE OF WALES: A Vision of Britain. Doubleday London, 1989. 978-0385269032. (EN)
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