546-0126/01 – Architecture for Brownfields (ABR)
| Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Engineering | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. arch. Aleš Student, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. arch. Aleš Student, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2018/2019 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Learning outcomes of the course unit The aim of the subject is to acquaint students with the development of architecture and urbanism in the European space, with the function and application of architecture in the revitalization of brownfields.
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Summary
The course deals with history and contemporary forms of industrial architecture. Industrial architecture reflects the specific technologies of individual disciplines and contemporary architectural views. Industrial architecture focused on potential and current brownfields is understood from the point of view of urbanism, function, construction and aesthetics.
Compulsory literature:
DEMCHAK, G.L. Towards a post-industrial architecture: Design and Construction of Houses for the Information Age. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Oregon. 2000.
MCGOWAN, F., RADOSEVIC, S., TUNZELMANN, N. Emerging Industrial Architecture in Europe. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis, 2004.
FRAMPTON K. Modern Architecture: A critical History. Thames & Hudson, Londýn 2007.
UNWIN S. Analysing Architecture. Routledge 2009
Recommended literature:
COOPER T. How to read Industrial Britain. Ebury Press, London 2011
FRAMPTON K. The Evolution of 20th-Century Architecture: A SynopticAccount.Springer, New York, 2006.
RAIZMAN D. History of Modern Design. Laurence King Publishing 2010.
BRADLEY, B. H. The Works: The Industrial Architecture of the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
credit and oral exam
study of selected historic building
E-learning
Other requirements
Elaboration of two essays according to the assignment
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Architecture as one of the tools for dealing with brownfields.
2. Brief overview of city development and landscape redevelopment in prehistory and antiquity.
3. A brief overview of urban development and landscape redevelopment during the Middle Ages and Modern Times.
4. A brief overview of urban development and landscape transformation from the 19th century.
5. A brief overview of the architecture of technical constructions in the period before the Industrial Revolution.
6. Architecture of technical and industrial buildings of the 19th and 20th centuries.
7. Architecture of transport and water structures.
8. Heavy Industry Architecture - Mining and Metallurgy, Engineering, Chemical and Power Industry.
9. Light industry architecture - food, textile and shoe industry.
10. Light industry architecture - paper, glass and furniture industry.
11. Architecture of agricultural buildings.
12. Contemporary architecture in the historical industrial environment, renewal of urban settlements and conversion of industrial and agricultural buildings in the Czech Republic.
13. Contemporary architecture in a historic industrial environment, renewal of urban settlements and conversion of industrial and agricultural buildings in the world.
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