Post-War 45–89: Stories of Prague Architecture - Invitation to the Exhibition
Mapping Prague's realizations from the second half of the 20th century was undertaken by first-year students of the Faculty of Architecture at CTU over two semesters. The results of their research project are presented in the exhibition POST-WAR 45–89: Stories of Prague Architecture, which will take place from November 7, 2016, to January 10, 2017, at Café NONA in the New Stage of the National Theatre (Národní 4, Prague 1). The opening will take place on November 7, 2016, at 6 PM.
The exhibition presents the public with a whole spectrum of pre-revolutionary realizations and highlights their qualities, which are often still unappreciated today. The research encompasses projects from a period of almost five decades, iconic as well as lesser-known buildings, heritage-protected and currently endangered.
Post-war architecture forms a specific chapter in the history of Czech architecture. Buildings from this sensitive period have long been avoided not only by experts but also overlooked by the general public as a product of the past regime. The topic has only started to resonate in society in recent years. Architecture from the second half of the 20th century has come into the spotlight, especially in connection with the increasing number of cases that reflect the ambiguous stance on its evaluation. Disputes over the recognition of its values fuel professional and public debates, and the buildings continue to suffer from biased interpretations as well as physical decay and face frequent threats of demolition.
The exhibition was created as an outcome of the seminar "Architecture of the Second Half of the 20th Century," which has been running since 2015 at the Department of Theory and History of Architecture at CTU under the guidance of Klára Brůhová, Klára Mergerová, and Petr Vorlík. It introduces first-year bachelor's students to the contexts of post-war architecture through theoretical lectures, debates, and excursions to selected sites, during which participants have the opportunity to explore the uniqueness, qualities, and controversies of this architecture. The students then map, analyze, and present significant Czech buildings from the period between 1945 and 1989.
The project mapping Czech post-war architecture is in line with the principles of the international movement for the protection and documentation of modern architecture, Docomomo, which the Department of Theory and History of Architecture became involved with in 2015, and whose headquarters were moved to the Faculty of Architecture at CTU in January 2016. The project is also part of the activities of the Working Group for Architecture of the Second Half of the 20th Century at the Czech National Committee of ICOMOS.
The exhibition was supported by a grant from the capital city of Prague in the field of culture and the arts.
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The exhibition presents the public with a whole spectrum of pre-revolutionary realizations and highlights their qualities, which are often still unappreciated today. The research encompasses projects from a period of almost five decades, iconic as well as lesser-known buildings, heritage-protected and currently endangered.
Post-war architecture forms a specific chapter in the history of Czech architecture. Buildings from this sensitive period have long been avoided not only by experts but also overlooked by the general public as a product of the past regime. The topic has only started to resonate in society in recent years. Architecture from the second half of the 20th century has come into the spotlight, especially in connection with the increasing number of cases that reflect the ambiguous stance on its evaluation. Disputes over the recognition of its values fuel professional and public debates, and the buildings continue to suffer from biased interpretations as well as physical decay and face frequent threats of demolition.
The exhibition was created as an outcome of the seminar "Architecture of the Second Half of the 20th Century," which has been running since 2015 at the Department of Theory and History of Architecture at CTU under the guidance of Klára Brůhová, Klára Mergerová, and Petr Vorlík. It introduces first-year bachelor's students to the contexts of post-war architecture through theoretical lectures, debates, and excursions to selected sites, during which participants have the opportunity to explore the uniqueness, qualities, and controversies of this architecture. The students then map, analyze, and present significant Czech buildings from the period between 1945 and 1989.
The project mapping Czech post-war architecture is in line with the principles of the international movement for the protection and documentation of modern architecture, Docomomo, which the Department of Theory and History of Architecture became involved with in 2015, and whose headquarters were moved to the Faculty of Architecture at CTU in January 2016. The project is also part of the activities of the Working Group for Architecture of the Second Half of the 20th Century at the Czech National Committee of ICOMOS.
The exhibition was supported by a grant from the capital city of Prague in the field of culture and the arts.
More information >
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