Post-War 45-89 : Buildings, Projects, Architects
The Institute of Theory and History of Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture, Czech Technical University in Prague presents, a year after the first introduction of the exhibition POST-WAR 45–89, its continuation.
Mapping the stories of architecture of the second half of the 20th century has again been addressed by the students of the seminar "Post-War Architecture" at the Faculty of Architecture, together with their teachers. The results of their research project from the academic year 2016–2017 are summarized in the exhibition POST-WAR 45–89: buildings, projects, architects, which will be on display in the atrium of the Faculty of Architecture. The opening will take place on October 2, 2017, at 2:00 PM (as part of the formal start of the academic year at the Faculty of Architecture), and the exhibition will run until October 30, 2017.
The post-war period constitutes a specific chapter in the history of Czech architecture. For a long time, both experts and the wider public avoided the buildings from this politically sensitive era, often overlooking them as a product of the past regime. The theme of post-war architecture has only begun to resonate in society in recent years, particularly in connection with the increasing number of cases illustrating the ambiguous attitude towards its evaluation. Disputes fuel both professional and public debates, and buildings in the backdrop of this intense discourse continue to suffer from biased interpretation, deteriorate physically, undergo devastating reconstructions, and often face demolition. With the exhibition we are now presenting, we would like to deepen the current societal discussions and primarily draw attention to the uniqueness and refinement of this often undervalued architecture.
The research thus maps a wide range of projects from Prague and the regions, iconic and lesser-known buildings, both executed and unrealized, protected as monuments and currently endangered. Key materials for the research also included interviews conducted by students with the building's authors. These are also included in the exhibition.
The exhibition was created as an output of the seminar "Post-War Architecture," which has been held since 2015 at the Institute of Theory and History of Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture, Czech Technical University in Prague, under the guidance of Klára Brůhová, Petr Vorlík, Veronika Vicherková, and Klára Mergerová. Mapping Czech post-war architecture is conducted in accordance with the principles of the international movement for the protection and documentation of modern architecture, Docomomo, which the Institute of Theory and History of Architecture joined in 2015, and whose headquarters were moved to the Faculty of Architecture at the Czech Technical University in January 2016. The project is also part of the activities of the Working Group for Architecture of the Second Half of the 20th Century at the Czech National Committee of ICOMOS.
The exhibition was supported by a grant under the Institutional Plan of the Czech Technical University for 2017.
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Mapping the stories of architecture of the second half of the 20th century has again been addressed by the students of the seminar "Post-War Architecture" at the Faculty of Architecture, together with their teachers. The results of their research project from the academic year 2016–2017 are summarized in the exhibition POST-WAR 45–89: buildings, projects, architects, which will be on display in the atrium of the Faculty of Architecture. The opening will take place on October 2, 2017, at 2:00 PM (as part of the formal start of the academic year at the Faculty of Architecture), and the exhibition will run until October 30, 2017.
The post-war period constitutes a specific chapter in the history of Czech architecture. For a long time, both experts and the wider public avoided the buildings from this politically sensitive era, often overlooking them as a product of the past regime. The theme of post-war architecture has only begun to resonate in society in recent years, particularly in connection with the increasing number of cases illustrating the ambiguous attitude towards its evaluation. Disputes fuel both professional and public debates, and buildings in the backdrop of this intense discourse continue to suffer from biased interpretation, deteriorate physically, undergo devastating reconstructions, and often face demolition. With the exhibition we are now presenting, we would like to deepen the current societal discussions and primarily draw attention to the uniqueness and refinement of this often undervalued architecture.
The research thus maps a wide range of projects from Prague and the regions, iconic and lesser-known buildings, both executed and unrealized, protected as monuments and currently endangered. Key materials for the research also included interviews conducted by students with the building's authors. These are also included in the exhibition.
The exhibition was created as an output of the seminar "Post-War Architecture," which has been held since 2015 at the Institute of Theory and History of Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture, Czech Technical University in Prague, under the guidance of Klára Brůhová, Petr Vorlík, Veronika Vicherková, and Klára Mergerová. Mapping Czech post-war architecture is conducted in accordance with the principles of the international movement for the protection and documentation of modern architecture, Docomomo, which the Institute of Theory and History of Architecture joined in 2015, and whose headquarters were moved to the Faculty of Architecture at the Czech Technical University in January 2016. The project is also part of the activities of the Working Group for Architecture of the Second Half of the 20th Century at the Czech National Committee of ICOMOS.
The exhibition was supported by a grant under the Institutional Plan of the Czech Technical University for 2017.
More information >
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