Printed Architecture: Anna Beata Háblová

Vladimír's bookshop Serius and the civic association PLAC cordially invite you to the 43rd lecture in the series "Printed Architecture". This time, on Friday February 9, 2018 at 6:30 PM in Jablonec nad Nisou, we will welcome architect Anna Beata Háblová, who will focus mainly on the comic-scientific book Cities of Walls, discussing the history, interpretation, and backgrounds of shopping centers in relation to the city.

The book Cities of Walls deals with shopping centers, their architectural development, as well as the role they play in the life of contemporary society and within the urban structure of the city. A knowledgeable and informed explanation is combined here with a very readable format, complemented by witty illustrations. Despite the lightness of the text, the publication Cities of Walls clearly points to the seriousness of the problem that shopping centers have brought into the urban organism and city life. The shopping center is not just one of many building types, but a phenomenon on which many fundamental features of contemporary civilization can be revealed. However, the author's critique of shopping centers is not one-sided - she understands that shopping centers are and will be part of our urban environment, and it is necessary to seek forms that can be designed more considerately towards the surrounding urban fabric.

Ing. arch. Anna Beata Háblová, Ph.D. (*1983) is an architect, theorist, and poet who studied architecture at the Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University in Prague. For her architectural designs and theoretical works, she has received the Young Architect Award 2010, Young Planning Professionals Award 2012, and Juniorstav 2012. She has published poetry collections Kry (Mox Nox, 2013), Rýhy (Arbor Vitae, 2015), and poems in literary journals Host, Tvar, and Weles. At the cultural center Dominikánská 8, she moderates evenings on topics of poetry, art, and architecture.

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