Course detail
Management and valorize of cultural heritage
FA-MVK-TEAcad. year: 2023/2024
Cities of tomorrow, their identity and cultural heritage, its protection, renovation and new usage.
Industrialization era. Current situation of industrial heritage, abandoned factories, new owners, temporary usage, dangers. Conversion of industrial heritage as part of development heritage programme.
In the study programmes “Architecture and Urban Design” the course is part of the theoretical courses.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Department
Offered to foreign students
Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Theoretical subject knowledge check shall be carried out by checking the practical part of knowledge and workshop process.
Aims
- Gaining knowledge and skills needed for conservation and renovation of industrial heritage.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
REICHEN, Bernard; ROBERT Philippe: Reichen & Robert. Birkhäuser, 2003. ISBN: 978-3764369729. (EN)
SIMON, Philippe. Architectures Transformees: Rehabilitations Et Reconversions a Paris. Pavillon de l'Arsenal, 1997. ISBN: 9782907513487. (EN)
Recommended reading
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme NE_A+U Master's
specialization --- (till 2022) , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme BX_A+U Bachelor's
branch ARCH , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
- Programme NE_A+U Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
- Programme NE_A+U Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
specialization --- (till 2022) , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
1 year of study, winter semester, elective
Type of course unit
Seminar
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
2. Industrialization era in urbanistic city structure. Industry as city development motor.
3. Brno – textile and engineering industry in 19th and 20th century, area around Svitava.
4. Field trip.
5. Zlín – model industry city founded by T. Baťa, sights zone, means of rescue.
6. Field trip.
7. Ostrava – mining and metallurgical industry in urbanistic city structure. Inhibition programme. Rescue ways, development programmes.
8. Field trip.
9. Foreign examples of reconstruction and renewal of historical heritage.
10. Management, protection, historical heritage valorization. Training programmes for students, municipal government employees and wide public.
11. Workshop – functional, urbanistic, architectonic and social change of chosen factory.
12. Workshop – graphic presentation.
13. Workshop evaluation, public presentation of result.
Course syllabus:
- Identity of historically grown towns and cities, their significant periods.
- Period of industrialization in urbanistic structure of towns and cities. Industry as a motor for the development of towns and cities.
- Brno – textile and machinery industry in the 19th and 20th century, Svitava river zone. New functional usage.
- Excursion.
- Zlín – model industrial town founded by T. Baťa, conservation zone, ways of conservation.
- Excursion.
- Ostrava – mining and steelworks industry in urban structure of the city. Mining phase-out programmes. Ways of conservation, development programmes.
- Excursion.
- International examples of cultural heritage conservation and renovation.
- Management, conservation, valorisation of cultural heritage. Educational programmes for students, town council officials, and general public.
- Workshop – functional, urbanistic, architectural, and social transformation of a selected factory.
- Workshop – graphic presentation.
- Evaluation of the workshop, public presentation of the results.