French Autumn 2019 - Lecture Series at FA VUT

After the previous eight cycles focused on architectural creation in a certain corner of the world, this autumn we will set off to the French Republic. The goal of six lectures will be to explain the continuity of French architecture from the mid-18th century to the present day, which has not been disrupted by any war or revolution. We will analyze the contemporary French scene in detail, highlighting the differences among individual creators. The cycle French Autumn 2019 is a shortened version of the series English Spring 2020 prepared for the next semester. The lectures by Petr Šmídek will be held at the Faculty of Architecture VUT in Brno for all those interested in contemporary architecture every odd Tuesday in room A118 starting at 5:00 PM.

15.10. Visionaries
Claude Nicolas Ledoux, Étienne-Louis Boullée, Henri Labrouste, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc

29.10. Steel and Concrete
Gustave Eiffel, Tony Garnier, Auguste Perret, Le Corbusier, Jean Prouvé

5.11. Post-war Years
Fernand Pouillon, Frédéric Borel, Claude Parent, Jean Renaudie

19.11. Starchitects
Jean Nouvel, Dominique Perrault, Christian de Portzamparc, Rudy Ricciotti, Dominique Coulon

3.12. Theme Reconstruction
Local Architecture Network, Atelier Zündel Cristea, Bruther, lacaton&vassal

17.12. Digital Age
XTU Architects, Francis Soler, Roche&Sie, Jakob+MacFarlane


Architecture Today - Lecture Series at FA VUT
The autumn series again responds to the current architectural events. It previews exhibitions, freshly published publications, and highlights interesting speakers who will visit the Czech Republic. Following the model of Frampton's critical regionalism, we will analyze creations by various countries, which we will attempt to capture as characteristics shared across generations. The lectures by Petr Šmídek will be held at the Faculty of Architecture VUT in Brno for all those interested in contemporary architecture every Wednesday in room A118 starting at 9:00 AM.

25.9. Czech Scene
Current events, notable buildings in our country over the past year.

2.10. The Graubünden Phenomenon
Valerio Olgiati, Peter Zumthor, Gion A. Caminada
On the occasion of the publication of Zumthor's book A Story in Things and the expanded edition of Olgiati's book Non-referential Architecture.

9.10. Pyrenean Minimalism
Alberto Campo Baeza, Manuel Aires Mateus
On the occasion of the opening and lecture by the Aires Mateus studio in České Budějovice. Mateus' inspirational excursions into history and Baeza's book Built Idea.

16.10. Chilean Rawness
Smiljan Radić, Alejandro Aravena, Cristián Undurraga, Pezo von Ellrichshausen
On the occasion of the release of Radić's essays Whenever a Talking Dog Appears. When both story and form are equally valuable partners in designing a house.

23.10. Bauhaus Today
Heike Hanada, Volker Staab, Bruno Fioretti Marquez, González Hinz Zabala
On the occasion of this year's opening of two new Bauhaus museums in Germany and the Ostrava installation bauhausTWINS.

30.10. From Japanese Metabolists to Velocity
Students of Toyo Ito - Kazuyo Sejima, Kumiko Inui, Sou Fujimoto, Junya Ishigami, Kentaro Kurihara
In relation to the exhibition Japanese Constellation at New York's MoMA presenting the circle of Toyo Ito.

4.11. Portuguese Family
Fernando Távora, Álvaro Siza, Souto Moura, Nuno Brandão Costa
On the occasion of Siza's Berlin exhibition Unseen & Unknown, the new Moura monograph at Yale, and the emergence of the youngest generation revitalizing the legacy of Portuguese masters.

11.11. Austrian Visionaries
Friedrich Kiesler, Wolf D. Prix, Ernst J. Fuchs, Wolfgang Tschapeller
On the occasion of Wolf Prix's lecture at the Prague conference.

18.11. 30 Years Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Kleihues x Ungers, fathers x sons
On the occasion of the Berlin excursion with presentations by participants of the course XX1. The greatest modern transformation of a European city.

25.11. 5 North American Architects
Steven Holl, Rick Joy, John Patkau, Stanley Saitowitz, Howard Sutcliffe
On the occasion of the second Czech edition of Frampton's book Modern Architecture, we will introduce his no less known publication focused on American creators.

4.12. PLOT=JDS+BIG
Julien de Smedt, Bjarke Ingels
On the occasion of the Copenhagen excursion to the exhibition Forming by Bjarke Ingels.

11.12. Nordic Warmth
Tham&Videgård, Helen&Hard, Jarmund/Vigsnæs, Snøhetta
Scandinavian design based on simplicity close to both people and nature.

18.12. Rem's Students
Winy Maas, Zaha Hadid, Xaveer de Geyter, Dan Wood, Ole Scheeren, Joshua Ramus
Everyone who means something in today's architecture has passed through the OMA office over the past four decades.