226-0504/02 – Urbanism and Planning of Cities (URB)
| Gurantor department | Department of Architecture | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | Prof. Ing. arch. Petr Hrůša | Subject version guarantor | Prof. Ing. arch. Petr Hrůša |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FAST | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The student will get an overview of the development of settlement construction with the vast majority of urban construction since the beginning of settlements - the oldest city of Jericho, organic settlements in Malta, Sardinia and Central America. Fertile Triangle - Mesopotamia, Turkey, Nile. The headquarters of the Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Hittites, and Egyptians. Archaic Greece - Crete, Mycenae. High Greece - Athens, Sparta, Corinth, Hellenic Greece, Pergamon, Roman Empire and cities from Great Britain to Syria, prehistoric, Celtic, Roman, Germanic and Slavic settlements in the Czech Republic. Fortified settlement. Medieval cities of Italy, France, Germany, Russia. Medieval grows in the Czech Republic. Medieval cities based in the colonization phase. The influence of the Renaissance on the construction of cities. Baroque Rome. The development of Paris. The Development of London. Development of Prague, Brno and Ostrava. Garden cities and utopian urban ideas. Modern urban ideas. Modern based cities. Urban theory. Athens Charter and contemporary urban development, mass housing construction, especially extensive construction.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Summary
Students will acquire an overview of the development of settlement construction with the vast majority of urban construction from the beginning of the establishment of settlements to modern-based cities. Urban theory. Athens Charter and contemporary urban development, mass housing construction, especially extensive construction.
Compulsory literature:
HRŮZA, J. Svět měst. Praha: Academia, 2014.
HRŮZA, J. a J. ZAJÍC. Vývoj urbanismu I. díl. Praha: ČVUT, 2002.
HRŮZA, J. a J. ZAJÍC. Vývoj urbanismu II. díl. Praha: ČVUT, 2007.
VYBÍRAL, J. Zrození velkoměsta. Brno: ERA, 2004.
Recommended literature:
ŠEVČÍK, O. Architektura historie umění: Kulturně-civilizační vývoj v Evropě od antiky do počátku 19. století. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2002.
FRAMPTON, K. Moderní architektura. Kritické dějiny. Praha: Academia, 2004.
STRAKOŠ, M. Ostrava a její satelity. Kapitoly z dějin architektury 30.-50. let 20. století. Ostrava: Národní památkový ústav, územní
odborné pracoviště v Ostravě, 2010.
JACOBS, J. Cities And The Wealth Of Nations. NY: Vintage Books, 1988.
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Active participation in lectures.
The course is concluded with an exam.
E-learning
Other requirements
There are no further requirements for the student.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. City and village
2. Prehistoric settlements - organic and rectangular, Fertile triangle
3. Cities of Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt
4. Settlements in Crete, Mycenae
5. Cities of Classical Greece, Acropolis of Athens, Hellenic Cities - Pergamon
6. Ancient Rome - Roman camp, Imperial forums and civil engineering
7. Medieval cities
8. Renaissance cities
9. Baroque, classicism in urbanism
10. Urbanism of the 19th century
11. Development of Prague, Brno and Ostrava including 19th century
12th 1st half of the 20th century, CIAM - le Corbusier and others
13. Modern cities founded - Brasília and others, Futuristic projects of cities
14. The world's largest cities and urban areas
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction