International Specialized Conference

Josip Plečnik

and Sacred Architecture of the First Half of the 20th Century

Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord in Prague's Vinohrady
as part of the Central European Architectural Scene

Organizer: Friends of Prague 3, o. s. as part of Archifest 2011
under the patronage of the Prague 3 municipality
Collaboration: AAAD - AAAD

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Lecture Hall of the AAAD
Jan Palach Square 80, Prague 1

Program
Moderated by Prof. Tomáš Vlček
(short discussion after each presentation)
8.30–9.00 Registration of participants
9.00–9.15 Opening of the conference
Introductory speech: Tomáš Kalousek, Deputy Mayor of Prague 3
9.15–9.50 Dr. Damjan Prelovšek, conference guarantor:
Report from Slovenia, broader context of Plečnik's sacred work
10.00–10.20 Prof. Pavel Kalina: Plečnik's Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord and the Transformation of Sacred Space in Interwar Architecture
10.30–10.50 Prof. Tomáš Valena: Innovation & Tradition.
Themes and Spatial Concepts in Plečnik's Church Reconstructions
11.00–11.20 Prof. Jindřich Vybíral: Plečnik versus Bauer
11.30–11.50 PhDr. Helena Čižinská: Piety and Liturgy
in the Work of Josip Plečnik
12.00-13.00 Lunch Break
13.00–13.20 Prof. Ákos Moravánszky: Metallic Tents, Stone Curtains: Plečnik and the “Stoffwechseltheorie” by Gottfried Semper
13.30–13.50 Dr. Zuzana Güllendi-Cimprichová: Heritage Value of Religiosity / On the Heritage Concept of Josip Plečnik
14.00–14.30 Break
14.30–14.50 Doc. Martin C. Putna: Plečnik on the Border of Religious Cultures: Between Catholicism and Masarykism
15.00–15.20 Ing. arch. Mgr. Norbert Schmidt: Josip Plečnik and His Significance for the Current Debate on the Church, Architecture, and Art
15.30–17.00 Concluding Discussion
17.00 End of the conference

Accompanying Program: Guided Tour of the Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord, Jiřího z Poděbrad Square, Prague 3
Led by: Dr. Damjan Prelovšek
Sunday, November 6, 2011 Meeting in front of the church
(A metro stop – Jiřího z Poděbrad Square) at 15.00 h

FREE ENTRY

(Detailed program see attached files)