Adolf Loos, space and contemporary architecture - colloquium at FUA TUL

The Faculty of Art and Architecture TUL is hosting a guest lecture and expert colloquium that revisits the work of Adolf Loos, particularly regarding the creation and perception of space in architecture, on the occasion of the publication of the book Raumplan and Contemporary Architecture. The introductory lecture will be given by one of the co-authors of the book, leading global expert on the work of Adolf Loos, Professor Christopher Long from the University of Texas at Austin. Maria Szadkowská will discuss the most famous example of Loos's use of spatial planning in the Müller villa. Further contributions presented by Dan Merta, Martina Mertová, and Filip Šenk will expand on reflections about the relationships between contemporary architecture and the modernist legacy of architectural space thinking. Artist Jiří Příhoda will discuss his own work in the final presentation, which can be characterized as an exploratory investigation of the living and soft boundary between art and architecture.

Program / Programme
16:00 welcome note: Lenka Burgerová, Vice-Rector
16:10 keynote: Christopher Long, The University of Texas at Austin
16:50 Maria Szadkowská, The Prague City Museum
17:15 coffee break
17:30 Dan Merta, FUA TUL and Architectura
17:55 Martina Mertová, Olomouc Museum of Art
18:20 coffee break
18:30 Filip Šenk, FUA TUL
18:55 Jiří Příhoda, artist
19:30 end


Simultaneous interpretation into Czech and English will be provided.