Syllabus
New technologies and historicist form – historicisms, tour around Josefov, Old Town and consequences of redevelopment, riot against tradition – floral and geometric Art Nouveau, examples at New Town, looking for new form – construction and expediency versus expressionism in architecture, tour around the villa under Vyšehrad, quality and available living for all – exclusivity and social projects of functionalism, tour traces of functionalism at Old and New Town, housing estate development, brutalist form, examples at New Town of Prague, reaction to uniformity – Postmodernism, tour Postmodernist Prague, Return to functionalist minimalishousm/ bioplastic architecture.
Annotation
The course offers a view to the roots and development of modern architecture. It describes technical assumptions and ideological background of changes in architectural styles.
The presented development trends are illustrated at walks and activities realized in Old and New Town of Prague.