Architect in Practice 2023 - Lecture Series FA VUT

Within the lecture series 'Architect in Practice' for second-year master's students, nine creators will present their works during the winter semester, which were created under challenging conditions, with a limited budget, and primarily involving their own hands. In today's times of an inflated real estate bubble, when many middle-income households cannot afford mortgages, building on one's own can be not only a way to achieve affordable construction but also primarily a means for aspiring architects to thoroughly grasp their future profession, learn the craft, understand the properties of materials, predict the behavior of structures, and gain many other practical experiences that cannot be acquired by sitting in classrooms or in front of a computer.
At the beginning, we will present the temporary results of student design-build workshops, which have been organized for a long time at the Brno faculty by Barbora Ponešová and Kristýna Smržová at the Institute of Spatial Creation. Following will be works that, although built under difficult conditions, aim to serve their users in the long term.
The introductory lecture will take place on Thursday, October 19, 2023, at 17:00 in the space of the women's educational association Vesna at Údolní 10. Subsequent lectures will be held at 17:00 either on Tuesdays or Thursdays in the large auditorium (A310) at the Faculty of Architecture, VUT at Poříčí 5.

Thursday, October 19, 2023, 17:00, Vesna, Údolní 10
Barbora Ponešová (*1974) is a Czech architect and photographer, a member of the girls' art group Babis. She graduated from FA VUT in 2000 and in 2006 completed her studies at the Institute of Creative Photography, FPF SU in Opava. In 2008, she founded the architectural office Archanti with Martin Doležel and Martin Daňek. She is a member of the editorial board of the magazine ERA21.
Kristýna Smržová is an architect, PhD student, and academic who graduated from FA VUT in 2015, where she works as an assistant at the Institute of Spatial Creation and focuses primarily on the Design-build teaching method. In her practice, she has collaborated with several architectural studios (RO_AR – Szymon Rozwałka architects, dílna – Michal Palaščák architects, FARA-ON – Rudolf Müller architects, atelier b9, and others). In 2020, she co-founded the studio Kobra with Michael Gabriel and Petr Preininger.

Tuesday, October 31, 2023, 17:00, A310
Jan Tyrpekl (*1986) studied architecture at FUA TUL (2005-2013), gained experience at the studio of Marc Casagrande, with whom he participated in teaching and the realization of wooden structures worldwide. He currently runs his own studio focused on low-cost self-built projects.

Tuesday, November 7, 2023, 17:00, A310
Martin Kožnar (*1980) graduated from FA ČVUT and AVU ŠA Emil Přikryl. He worked in the studio of Rudolf Netík. Since 2004, he has been engaged in his own practice, and from 2006 to 2013, he co-led Atelier25 with Jiří Bíza. Since 2013, he has been running his own practice, Martin Kožnar Architect, collaborating with various authors.
Samuel Netočný (*1986) completed his bachelor's degree at the Faculty of Architecture, VUT in Brno (2005-2009), studied abroad as an Erasmus student at the School of Architecture, University of Brighton (2007-2008), and completed his master's degree at the Institute of Art and Architecture (IKA) at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna (2009-2011). He gained experience at the Vienna studio juri troy architects (2011-2014). Since 2014, he has been working at the studio BEHF. Previously, he worked in studios in Poprad, Munich, and London. Together with Vojtěch Jemelka, he forms a localistic duo of academics, who have walked the landscape from pub to pub long enough to achieve nearly thirty realizations, of which 43% have been demolished, and almost none of the clients paid for any of the realizations.
Vojtěch Jemelka (*1985) completed an internship at FUA TUL in Liberec (2008), graduated under Prof. Ivan Koleček at FA VUT in Brno (2011), and subsequently continued his studies under Prof. Emil Přikryl at AVU in Prague (2014). In 2014, he began working with the Olomouc studio Ječmen and is also active as a lecturer at FA VUT.

Tuesday, November 14, 2023, 17:00, A310
Matěj Petránek (*1979) is an architect and builder. He designs and builds houses with his own hands. These are wooden, small, family houses, yet there is still a lot of work and joy involved. He builds houses for people and with people. When he is not building houses, he builds sailboats and kites. And he plays cards.

Tuesday, November 21, 2023, 17:00, A310
Adam Lacina (*1985) is an architect and biologist who studied at the Faculty of Science, MU in Brno, and FUA TU in Liberec. He collaborated with the Olomouc studios Ječmen and StudioPAB. In 2019, he founded his own studio ertepl - an underground apple pushing through the architecture's soil.

Thursday, November 23, 2023, 17:00, A310
Lukáš Blažek (*1980) is a graduate of AVU and ČVUT in Prague. He is a member of the Czech Chamber of Architects, co-founded the studio L8 with friends at school, and has led Ječmen studio with Eva Blažková since 2007. He collaborates with a team of young architects and specialists. He has three small boys who constantly teach him something new.
Vojtěch Jemelka (*1985) completed an internship at FUA TUL in Liberec (2008), graduated under Prof. Ivan Koleček at FA VUT in Brno (2011), and subsequently continued his studies under Prof. Emil Přikryl at AVU in Prague (2014). In 2014, he began working with the Olomouc studio Ječmen and is also active as a lecturer at FA VUT.

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