Course detail

Elaboration of Master´s Thesis Concept M3 – Urban and Landscape Design

FA-MA3-AAcad. year: 2023/2024

In this course, students work on their project which formulates and specifies the assignment of their Master's thesis in terms of assigned locality or problem. It is, for example, development of extensive analyses, strategical studies or experimental projects. This Master's thesis concept is not part of the Master's thesis.
The topics of the module Urban and Landscape Design are focused on the issue of settlements and urbanized landscapes. The issue is addressed to various scales according to the specific assignment as: part of the settlement, the settlement as a whole, the settlement in the landscape or the landscape with the settlements. Student works focus on settlements of various sizes and importance. The issue of development of settlements and urbanized landscape is solved using the tools of urban study or land-use planning.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

15

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. arch. Karel Havliš

Department

Department of Urban Design (UU)

Entry knowledge

Not applicable.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

To complete the course successfully, students must submit the complete project on time. The required content and extend of the work reflects the assigned topic and is defined by the supervisor at the beginning of the semester.

The grading scale is given in Article 14 of the Study and Examination Rules of BUT. The recommended grading scale is the following:
  • A: excellent design showing personal contribution, all aspects and components of the project are excellent
  • B: very good design, or excellent design with partial deficiencies
  • C: good design, technically correct
  • D: technically correct design with partial deficiencies
  • E: sufficiently developed design, with all assigned tasks completed, it complies with the legal requirements (standards)
The works which do not meet the minimal requirements (specified as E) are graded failed (grade F).

The supervisor is authorized to require parallel or preceding participation in relevant selective courses.
Students must attend one consultation per week as specified by their supervisor, and the interim design critiques. Students must submit the project that meets the requirements further specified by the supervisor at the beginning of the semester.
Upon the agreement with the teacher, the absences in the classroom can be compensated via online participation.

Aims

The aim of the course is to elaborate the Master´s thesis concept.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Basic literature

NEUFERT, Ernst a Peter NEUFERT. Navrhování staveb: zásady, normy, předpisy o zařízeních, stavbě, vybavení, nárocích na prostor, prostorových vztazích, rozměrech budov, prostorech, vybavení, přístrojích z hlediska člověka jako měřítka a cíle. 2. české vyd., (35. něm. vyd.). Praha: Consultinvest, 2000, 618 s. : il., plány. ISBN 80-901486-6-2. (CS)
NORBERG-SCHULZ, Christian, Petr KRATOCHVÍL a Pavel HALÍK. Genius loci: krajina, místo, architektura. 2. vyd. Praha: Dokořán, 2010, 219 s. : il., mapy, plány ; 25 cm. ISBN 978-80-7363-303-5. (CS)
GEHL, Jan. Města pro lidi. Brno: Partnerství, 2012, xi, 261 s. : il. (převážně barev.), plány ; 26 cm. ISBN 978-80-260-2080-6. (CS)
LYNCH, Kevin, Lenka POPELOVÁ a Jaroslav HUŤA. Obraz města = The image of the city. Praha: Polygon, 2004, xi, 202 s. : il., plány. ISBN 80-7273-094-0. (CS)
SITTE, Camillo a Vladimír BURIÁNEK. Stavba měst podle uměleckých zásad. 2. české vyd. ÚÚR : ABF, 2012, 111 s. : il., 1 portrét, plány, faksim. ; 23 cm. ISBN 978-80-87318-21-8. (CS)
SCHLAFFEROVÁ, Hannelore. City: Život v ulicích plánovaného města. Zlín: Archa, 2017. ISBN 978-80-87545-48-5. (CS)
OSWALT, Philipp. Shrinking cities. New York: Distributed by D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, 2006. ISBN ISBN978-3-7757-1682-6. (EN)
HNILIČKA, Pavel. Sídelní kaše: otázky k suburbánní výstavbě kolonií rodinných domů. 2., dopl. vyd. Brno: Host, 2012, 207 s. : il., mapy, plány ; 21 cm. ISBN 978-80-7294-592-4. (CS)
KRATOCHVÍL, Petr. Veřejný prostor v ohrožení?: aktuální problémy městského veřejného prostoru z pohledu společenskovědních disciplín. Praha: Artefactum, 2018, 143 stran : ilustrace. ISBN 978-80-88283-18-8. (CS)
Vyhláška č. 501/2006 Sb. o obecných požadavcích na využívání území. (CS)

Recommended reading

Zlatý řez (časopis). Praha: Zlatý řez. ISSN 1210-4760. (CS)
Česká architektura (ediční řada). Praha: Prostor. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N_A+U Master's, 2. year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    specialization --- (do 2022) , 2. year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Studio work

104 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. arch. Luboš Františák, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. arch. Karel Havliš
doc. Ing. arch. Gabriel Kopáčik, Dr.
Ing. arch. Kristína Richter Adamson, M.Sc.
Ing. arch. Radek Suchánek, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. arch. Maxmilian Wittmann, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Semester block schedule:
  1. Analysis of the location and assignment, excursion, work on the concept
  2. Work on architectural, operational, structural and/or urban design
  3. Completion of the project, work on the project presentation