Course detail

Cultural values of landscape and settlements

FAST-NGB054Acad. year: 2021/2022

The course complements and expands knowledge in the field of cultural and natural heritage and aims to arouse in students interest in the history of building development in the Czech landscape. It describes the development of Czech towns, changes of landscape and landmarks in historical periods from the Middle Ages to the present transformations of today.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. arch. Adam Guzdek, Ph.D.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Spatial orientation among current historical as well as contemporary structures, the knowledge needed for an architect to create within a historically determined environment in the following scope:
- 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.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of monument care, history of architecture and urbanism.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Systems of values in monument care.
2. Specifics of the Czech landscape.
3. Development of settlement in our territory and medieval town.
4. Urban and architectural heritage of medieval town.
5. Feudal castles and fortresses.
6. Renaissance and Baroque landscape transformation.
7. Aristocratic castles and palaces.
8. Traces of industrial revolution and causes of monument care.
9. Transformation of cities in the 19th and 20th centuries.
10. Architecture of industrial construction.
11. Landscape of single economy.
12. Suburbanization of landscape.
13. Excursion.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

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.

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

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

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NPC-ARS Master's

    specialization ARA , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    specialization ARP , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. arch. Adam Guzdek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Systems of values in monument care. 2. Specifics of the Czech landscape. 3. Development of settlement in our territory and medieval town. 4. Urban and architectural heritage of medieval town. 5. Feudal castles and fortresses. 6. Renaissance and Baroque landscape transformation. 7. Aristocratic castles and palaces. 8. Traces of industrial revolution and causes of monument care. 9. Transformation of cities in the 19th and 20th centuries. 10. Architecture of industrial construction. 11. Landscape of single economy. 12. Suburbanization of landscape. 13. Excursion.

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. arch. Adam Guzdek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Assignment of seminar work. 2.-11. Consultation of seminar work. 12. Submission of seminar work. 13. Excursion.