Department of Building Theory

2023

2023

2023-2025

2022

2022

2021-2023

Current architectural theory and practice deal mainly with the issue of buildings for social services in the urban environment. Life in the countryside has its differences, so does caring for the people in need outside the city. The aim of the project is to compile professional and study materials providing comprehensive information on current practice in the implementation of buildings for social services in the countryside (housing for the elderly, day hospitals, community centers, low-threshold facilities for children and youth, etc.). First of all, the creation of a clear database of such buildings, sorted according to criteria relevant to architecture and typology. Using case studies, the project will assess whether the current practice meets the specific needs of the rural population. Interviews with users and staff of the analyzed objects will provide a deeper insight into these needs. The database will also make it possible to compare new buildings for selected purposes with the use of reconstructed historic buildings, both in terms of the frequency of individual solutions and to determine whether this difference universally affects the spatial quality of buildings. The project will include an analysis of existing subsidy programs which support the development of buildings for social services in rural environment. The aim of the project is to determine the specifics of buildings for social services in rural areas and to enable the definition of appropriate approaches to the design of such objects. The output of the project will serve not only as a basis for further research on the topic of buildings for social services, but also as a reference base, especially for studio teaching of similar typologies. At the same time, it will supplement the publications of the Ministry of Regional Development and the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs on the issue.

Detail

2021

Communication and interpretation of architecture represents an important aspect of contemporary discussion for the community of architects and also for the general public. The flow of information between communicants runs both ways. When analyzing the topic, it is possible to come to a group of flows. They can be expressed in a simplified way as follows: architects to architects; architects to general public; general public to architects; general public to general public. Each of them has its special features suitable for closer research and the chosen group are students of architecture. Research will be focused on direct cooperation with the students, participating on a workshop organized for them. Participants will be faced with different interpretive situations, including the unusual ones. The results of the workshop will be analyzed by the group of research workers who organized the event and their findings will be published in the form of an article and a brochure.

Detail

2021-2022

Glass making industry in Northern Bohemia is a phenomenon. Factory buildings producing and refining glass were places for the intangible dissemination of ideas, the exchange of experiences and the emergence of new social relations. Such enterprises in the past employed a large number of local inhabitants and the city grew spontaneously around them. The ruins of these buildings resemble their well-known past only very remotely. The chance for their saving is very low. The memory of the rich history and importance of those houses and products produced there is transferred only in people and their stories by now. SGS research aims to capture this memory on audiovisual media and preserve it tangibly for future generations.

Detail

2021

2021-2023