Phenomenology in Architecture Yesterday and Today - Lecture at VI PER Gallery
On Monday, April 23, 2018, at 7:00 PM, a lecture by Ondřej Beneš and Petr Kratochvíl on the topic of Phenomenology in Architecture Yesterday and Today will take place at the VI PER gallery.
For a certain period in the second half of the 20th century, it seemed that phenomenology in architecture would become a dominant theme (the peak period of Christian Norberg-Schulze); however, in the end, this did not happen. Similarly, in the Czech context, although with some delay, it seemed for a while that Genius loci was the most important book. There are still many books and authors in the world and here, drawing from the legacy of Husserl, Heidegger, and others, but today perhaps only Juhani Pallasmaa openly identifies with phenomenology. Therefore, in the discussion, we want to provocatively ask where phenomenology in architecture has gone. The discussion will focus on the transformations of phenomenological interest in the Czech architectural environment and its current form, thus considering what this philosophical direction can contribute to architects today.
Petr Kratochvíl is a professor in the field of history of architecture and heritage preservation, specializing in modern and contemporary architecture and public space. He works at the Institute of Art History at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and at the Faculty of Art and Architecture of the Technical University of Liberec. He has published or edited many significant publications on architecture, including recent titles such as Contemporary Czech Architecture and Its Themes (2011), Architecture and Public Space (2012), and Urban Public Space (2015). An important part of his work is also translation; he has translated, among other books, On the Meaning and Interpretation of Architecture (2005), Modern Architecture: A Critical History by Kenneth Frampton (2004), and Christian Norberg-Schulze's Genius loci (1994, 2010).
Ondřej Beneš graduated from the Secondary Technical School of Construction specializing in carpentry in Volyně, the Faculty of Architecture at the Czech Technical University, and completed his doctoral studies in the field of theory of architecture with Prof. Urlych and Assoc. Prof. Ševčík there. He has long collaborated and published with Oldřich Ševčík (including the publication Architecture of the 1960s, regularly contributing to magazines like ERA 21, Architekt, ARCH, Architektúra & Urbanizmus, Bulletin of the Czech Chamber of Architects, Projekt). For several years, he was a member of the Supervisory Board of the Czech Chamber of Architects and has long been working in the Stempel-Beneš studio at the Faculty of Architecture, Czech Technical University. Since May 2017, he has been serving as the architect of the city of Děčín.
Thematic architectural discussions. Two participants and one current topic. A proven format of academic debate, presenting viewpoints, discussion, audience questions. The aim of the cycle is to open important and pressing topics, allowing the presentation of positions from various, often opposing, sides, confronting diverse views with insights from experts, responsible officials, politicians, and simultaneously enabling interested laypersons and professionals to learn the positions of the participating parties and ask them questions. Each discussion is connected by one overarching theme.
Concept: Jiří Tourek
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For a certain period in the second half of the 20th century, it seemed that phenomenology in architecture would become a dominant theme (the peak period of Christian Norberg-Schulze); however, in the end, this did not happen. Similarly, in the Czech context, although with some delay, it seemed for a while that Genius loci was the most important book. There are still many books and authors in the world and here, drawing from the legacy of Husserl, Heidegger, and others, but today perhaps only Juhani Pallasmaa openly identifies with phenomenology. Therefore, in the discussion, we want to provocatively ask where phenomenology in architecture has gone. The discussion will focus on the transformations of phenomenological interest in the Czech architectural environment and its current form, thus considering what this philosophical direction can contribute to architects today.
Petr Kratochvíl is a professor in the field of history of architecture and heritage preservation, specializing in modern and contemporary architecture and public space. He works at the Institute of Art History at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and at the Faculty of Art and Architecture of the Technical University of Liberec. He has published or edited many significant publications on architecture, including recent titles such as Contemporary Czech Architecture and Its Themes (2011), Architecture and Public Space (2012), and Urban Public Space (2015). An important part of his work is also translation; he has translated, among other books, On the Meaning and Interpretation of Architecture (2005), Modern Architecture: A Critical History by Kenneth Frampton (2004), and Christian Norberg-Schulze's Genius loci (1994, 2010).
Ondřej Beneš graduated from the Secondary Technical School of Construction specializing in carpentry in Volyně, the Faculty of Architecture at the Czech Technical University, and completed his doctoral studies in the field of theory of architecture with Prof. Urlych and Assoc. Prof. Ševčík there. He has long collaborated and published with Oldřich Ševčík (including the publication Architecture of the 1960s, regularly contributing to magazines like ERA 21, Architekt, ARCH, Architektúra & Urbanizmus, Bulletin of the Czech Chamber of Architects, Projekt). For several years, he was a member of the Supervisory Board of the Czech Chamber of Architects and has long been working in the Stempel-Beneš studio at the Faculty of Architecture, Czech Technical University. Since May 2017, he has been serving as the architect of the city of Děčín.
Thematic architectural discussions. Two participants and one current topic. A proven format of academic debate, presenting viewpoints, discussion, audience questions. The aim of the cycle is to open important and pressing topics, allowing the presentation of positions from various, often opposing, sides, confronting diverse views with insights from experts, responsible officials, politicians, and simultaneously enabling interested laypersons and professionals to learn the positions of the participating parties and ask them questions. Each discussion is connected by one overarching theme.
Concept: Jiří Tourek
More information >
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