Course: Archeology of contemporary design II

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Course title Archeology of contemporary design II
Course code KDT/FU022
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Štěch Adam, Mgr.
Course content
1. Ico and Luisa Parisi and their synthesis of art. 2. Carlo Scarpa and architecture of detail. 3. Antonio Bonet Castellana and his surrealistic design. 4. French decorative design after the World War II: Maxime Old, Jean Royere, Jacques Adnet, Jacques Quinet, Mathieu Mategot and others. 5. Eclectic tendencies of Sybold Van Ravesteyn and Togo Murano. 6. Sir Basil Spence and the collective work of Coventry Cathedral. 7. Lina Bo Bardi and Brazilian modernism. 8. The individualistic space of Belgian modernists. 9. Ernest Fooks and Australian immigrants. 10. Representative interior design by Jan Šrámek and Zbyněk Hřivnáč. 11. Radical design and interiors by Nanda Vigo.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
Between decoration and architecture A series of lectures and tutorials dealing with design as a tool of total interior and architecture. We will present this symbiosis of architecture and design through interiors designed by little-known representatives of modernism in the second half of the last century. The course focuses on detailed mapping the alternative history of design and applied art, which did not take place on mass production manufacture lines, but in the background of architectural projects. Architects and interior designers in this case designed unique solutions as part of a comprehensive artistic expression. Furniture, lamps, doors, railings, windows, fireplaces, elevators, radiators, carpets, curtains, handrails, doorhandles and more are a unique testimony of the era in such architectural "Gesamtkunstwerke", and in spite of that, they often remain hidden within walls of buildings. The cycle of 24 lectures maps some of the significant examples of this phenomenon, which took place between 1900-1990.
The gained capabilities constitute an encompassment and an aquirement of knowledge and experience in the given field of study, they result from a concrete annotation of the subject and are aimed at a profile´s fulfilment of the graduate of the given field of study.
Prerequisites
Successful completion of the previous study

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Attendance
Recommended literature
  • KAROUS, Pavel. Hotel Praha. Praha, 2019.
  • LA PIETRA, Ugo. Gio Ponti. New York, 2009.
  • MARTIN-VIVIER, Pierre-Emmanuel. Jean Royere, decorateur a Paris. Paříž, 1999.
  • MERRILL, Todd, IOVINE, Julie V. Modern Americana. New York, 2008.
  • Michl, J. Tak nám prý forma sleduje funkci. Sedm úvah o designu vůbec a o chápání funkcionalismu zvlášť. UMPRUM, 2003.
  • NIGGL, Reto, Eckart Muthesius. The Maharaja's Palace in Indore. Německo, 1996.
  • PLUMMER, Henry. The Experience of Architecture. Londýn, 2016.
  • SAINT-PIERRE, Raphaelle. Villas en France 60-70. Paříž, 2013.
  • SHERIDAN, Michael, Landmarks. The Modern House in Denmark. Ostfildern, 2014.
  • The Japanese House. Architecture and Life after 1945. Benátky, 2016.
  • WILLIAMSON, Leslie. Modern Originals. New York, 2014.


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