The Faculty of Architecture of CTU will celebrate 40 years of the restoration of its independent existence
“From the new school year, independent faculties of architecture,” proclaimed the front page of the magazine Československý architekt on September 14, 1976. The forty-year relatively short history of the Faculty of Architecture is, however, linked to the long history of the Czech Technical University in Prague since its founding in 1707. On the occasion of the anniversary, the Faculty of Architecture CTU will honor significant figures in Czech architecture. The works of faculty members and alumni will be showcased in an exhibition at the Jaroslav Fragner Gallery, while a publication titled FA CTU 1976-2016 will remind of the school’s history and its direction.
The celebrations of the 40th anniversary of the restoration of the independent existence of the Faculty of Architecture will culminate in November this year. At a ceremonial gathering in the Bethlehem Chapel on November 24, significant architects and educators will be awarded medals for extraordinary pedagogical and scientific activities associated with CTU. The same day will see the opening of an exhibition at the Jaroslav Fragner Gallery and the launch of the book FA CTU 1976-2016.
The exhibition and publication will present the history of the school, the development of architectural education, selected works by graduates and faculty, and remember notable personalities of the faculty. The celebrations will conclude in January 2017 in the New CTU Building in Dejvice and will be associated with a ceremonial opening of the exhibition of studio projects FABRIKA winter 2017. The visual style of the celebrations was designed by the graphic studio Mütanta.
The Faculty of Architecture CTU in Prague counts its independent existence from the date of September 22, 1976, when Regulation No. 107/1976 Coll. came into effect. By a decree of the government of the Czech Socialist Republic, the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague was divided into the Faculty of Civil Engineering and the Faculty of Architecture. A similar situation occurred at the Brno University of Technology and the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava.
“The restoration of independent faculties of architecture by separating the architectural fields from the faculties of civil engineering in 1976 was primarily motivated by the desire to create a more independent and specific environment for educating both architects and civil engineers,” explains the Dean of the Faculty of Architecture CTU, Prof. Ladislav Lábus.
Architecture has a long tradition at CTU in Prague. Independent architectural education was introduced as early as 1864 when civil engineering at the Prague Polytechnic was divided into architecture - civil engineering and engineering constructions. The first dean of the field of architecture - civil engineering was Josef Zítek, the creator of the National Theatre.
Significant Czech architects have always participated in architectural education here. In the 19th century, for example, Jiří Fišer, Antonín Balšánek, Josef Fanta, and Jan Koula worked here. Over the 40 years of independent existence, the education system has fundamentally changed, with more attention directed towards studio work and the school opening up to professionals from practice. The faculty managed to bring in top architects, urban planners, and designers, who are known and appreciated for their works both in the Czech Republic and abroad, and many excellent architects have emerged from FA CTU.
A significant milestone in the recent history of the faculty was the construction of the New CTU Building in Dejvice by Professor Alena Šrámková and her team, where FA CTU has been located since 2011. The improvement of teaching conditions provided new opportunities for its further development. Until then, solely focused on one field, FA opened a new study program in Design in 2009 and accredited a new field of Landscape Architecture in 2015.
“The further development of architecture and the environment will be crucially determined by whether our students can bridge the hypertrophy of individualism in modern architecture, which hectically divides architects into superstars and the others, who ultimately define our surroundings. It will increasingly depend on whether, in addition to ambitions, we will be able to teach modesty and humility in designing buildings, not only in admiration of nature, animals, or computers, but also of people and our environment,” speaks about the future of the faculty in relation to the anniversary, its dean Prof. Ladislav Lábus.
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The exhibition and publication will present the history of the school, the development of architectural education, selected works by graduates and faculty, and remember notable personalities of the faculty. The celebrations will conclude in January 2017 in the New CTU Building in Dejvice and will be associated with a ceremonial opening of the exhibition of studio projects FABRIKA winter 2017. The visual style of the celebrations was designed by the graphic studio Mütanta.
The Faculty of Architecture CTU in Prague counts its independent existence from the date of September 22, 1976, when Regulation No. 107/1976 Coll. came into effect. By a decree of the government of the Czech Socialist Republic, the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague was divided into the Faculty of Civil Engineering and the Faculty of Architecture. A similar situation occurred at the Brno University of Technology and the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava.
“The restoration of independent faculties of architecture by separating the architectural fields from the faculties of civil engineering in 1976 was primarily motivated by the desire to create a more independent and specific environment for educating both architects and civil engineers,” explains the Dean of the Faculty of Architecture CTU, Prof. Ladislav Lábus.
Architecture has a long tradition at CTU in Prague. Independent architectural education was introduced as early as 1864 when civil engineering at the Prague Polytechnic was divided into architecture - civil engineering and engineering constructions. The first dean of the field of architecture - civil engineering was Josef Zítek, the creator of the National Theatre.
Significant Czech architects have always participated in architectural education here. In the 19th century, for example, Jiří Fišer, Antonín Balšánek, Josef Fanta, and Jan Koula worked here. Over the 40 years of independent existence, the education system has fundamentally changed, with more attention directed towards studio work and the school opening up to professionals from practice. The faculty managed to bring in top architects, urban planners, and designers, who are known and appreciated for their works both in the Czech Republic and abroad, and many excellent architects have emerged from FA CTU.
A significant milestone in the recent history of the faculty was the construction of the New CTU Building in Dejvice by Professor Alena Šrámková and her team, where FA CTU has been located since 2011. The improvement of teaching conditions provided new opportunities for its further development. Until then, solely focused on one field, FA opened a new study program in Design in 2009 and accredited a new field of Landscape Architecture in 2015.
“The further development of architecture and the environment will be crucially determined by whether our students can bridge the hypertrophy of individualism in modern architecture, which hectically divides architects into superstars and the others, who ultimately define our surroundings. It will increasingly depend on whether, in addition to ambitions, we will be able to teach modesty and humility in designing buildings, not only in admiration of nature, animals, or computers, but also of people and our environment,” speaks about the future of the faculty in relation to the anniversary, its dean Prof. Ladislav Lábus.
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