Already the Sokol 2018: Students of the Faculty of Architecture of VUT are mapping Czech Sokol halls
What is the present and future of first-republic Sokol halls? This is what the project "Me and Sokol 2018" aims to find out, which brings closer the architecture and details of selected fifty Czech Sokol halls. Students from the Faculty of Architecture at VUT examined the transformation of this symbol of first-republic sport and the possible future use of often dilapidated buildings. An exhibition dedicated to Sokol halls can be visited from the end of May as part of the Re:publika festival at the Brno Exhibition Centre.
“We are trying to map the current state of preservation and continuation of the Sokol heritage, where the intertwining of the sports, cultural, and social phenomenon has not lost its relevance. A database of Sokol buildings, artistic works, or craft details has not yet been comprehensively processed, so we are also planning the creation of a web application. The exhibition will convey the architecture, art, craft detail, and identity of Sokol halls to the general public. Last but not least, we want to present the development of Sokol identity both in architecture and art, as well as in the very motivation to become a Sokol,” said Nicol Gale, co-curator of the exhibition.
Twenty-two students from the Institute of Experimental Creation – under the supervision of architects Nicol Gale and Svatopluk Sládeček – created a total of seventeen works over the year, related to specific Sokol halls. The first installation was created on the occasion of the opening of the cornerstone time capsule and the establishment of a new children's center in one of the most famous Sokol halls in the country, the Sokol Brno I building on Kounicova Street in the center of Brno. “The theme of Sokol halls and Sokol buildings is intrinsically connected to architecture. Therefore, we decided to extend our cooperation with the Faculty of Architecture at VUT in this direction as well. Our ambition is to thematize Sokol halls in the year marking the centenary of the founding of the republic and contribute to addressing their current, often lamentable, state,” explained Michal Doležel, Deputy Mayor of Brno's Sokol I.
“Another assignment came from Uherské Hradiště, where students were tasked with comparing the possibility of renovating the existing building and its surroundings in case the building continued to serve as a theater, or the possibility of rebuilding it for its original purpose as a Sokol hall. The students were also to consider the possibility of building a completely new building in a different location, either as a new Sokol hall or a building for the Slovácké theater. We addressed everything directly with the theater's management and the local government of Hradiště. The students' work will be presented to the citizens by the city leadership in the summer,” added Gale.
Student proposals will also be presented as part of an exhibition that the Faculty of Architecture at VUT is preparing for the 100th anniversary of Czechoslovakia as part of the Re:publika festival, which will kick off on May 26, 2018, at the Brno Exhibition Centre. The faculty is also preparing an international summer school of architecture, where it will present the Czech influence of Sokol as a physical education organization as well as a cultural institution abroad.
Sokol is one of the most well-known physical education organizations worldwide, founded in 1862 in Prague. Currently, the organization has approximately 160,000 members. Every six years, the association organizes the so-called All-Sokol Slet, which will take place this year from July 1 to 6 in Prague as a reminder of 100 years of Czech statehood.
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“We are trying to map the current state of preservation and continuation of the Sokol heritage, where the intertwining of the sports, cultural, and social phenomenon has not lost its relevance. A database of Sokol buildings, artistic works, or craft details has not yet been comprehensively processed, so we are also planning the creation of a web application. The exhibition will convey the architecture, art, craft detail, and identity of Sokol halls to the general public. Last but not least, we want to present the development of Sokol identity both in architecture and art, as well as in the very motivation to become a Sokol,” said Nicol Gale, co-curator of the exhibition.
Twenty-two students from the Institute of Experimental Creation – under the supervision of architects Nicol Gale and Svatopluk Sládeček – created a total of seventeen works over the year, related to specific Sokol halls. The first installation was created on the occasion of the opening of the cornerstone time capsule and the establishment of a new children's center in one of the most famous Sokol halls in the country, the Sokol Brno I building on Kounicova Street in the center of Brno. “The theme of Sokol halls and Sokol buildings is intrinsically connected to architecture. Therefore, we decided to extend our cooperation with the Faculty of Architecture at VUT in this direction as well. Our ambition is to thematize Sokol halls in the year marking the centenary of the founding of the republic and contribute to addressing their current, often lamentable, state,” explained Michal Doležel, Deputy Mayor of Brno's Sokol I.
“Another assignment came from Uherské Hradiště, where students were tasked with comparing the possibility of renovating the existing building and its surroundings in case the building continued to serve as a theater, or the possibility of rebuilding it for its original purpose as a Sokol hall. The students were also to consider the possibility of building a completely new building in a different location, either as a new Sokol hall or a building for the Slovácké theater. We addressed everything directly with the theater's management and the local government of Hradiště. The students' work will be presented to the citizens by the city leadership in the summer,” added Gale.
Student proposals will also be presented as part of an exhibition that the Faculty of Architecture at VUT is preparing for the 100th anniversary of Czechoslovakia as part of the Re:publika festival, which will kick off on May 26, 2018, at the Brno Exhibition Centre. The faculty is also preparing an international summer school of architecture, where it will present the Czech influence of Sokol as a physical education organization as well as a cultural institution abroad.
Sokol is one of the most well-known physical education organizations worldwide, founded in 1862 in Prague. Currently, the organization has approximately 160,000 members. Every six years, the association organizes the so-called All-Sokol Slet, which will take place this year from July 1 to 6 in Prague as a reminder of 100 years of Czech statehood.
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