VIA VILLAS: famous villas of the Visegrad Group countries and Slovenia

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16.05.2013 11:20
Foibos

The extensive project called Via Villas, supported by the European Commission and the Culture program, lasted three years and culminated in a comprehensive collection of villa architecture from the V4 countries and Slovenia. After processing the architecture of family housing in Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia, as well as Slovakia between 2004 and 2011, the FOIBOS agency decided to expand the project to include the remaining Visegrad Four countries and Slovenia. This was successfully accomplished, and the entire project will be presented in the last week of May in Brussels.
In 2011, research work began in Poland, Hungary, and Slovenia, involving the leading experts in architecture from these countries from the very start. The result of their extensive authorship is the publications Famous Villas of Poland, Famous Villas of Hungary, and Famous Villas of Slovenia, along with exhibitions of the same name. The texts in the books and on the exhibition panels are complemented by a rich visual material, archival documents, and photographs of the current state of the objects. The books have been published in national, Czech, and English languages, while the texts on the exhibition panels are prepared bilingually. The discussions about individual villas target both professional and lay audiences, and besides presenting the architecture itself, they broadly address the personalities of architects, builders, owners, and the period of the villas' creation.
The exhibition of Polish, Hungarian, and Slovenian villas has already premiered in the individual countries and is now to be presented as a whole along with Czech and Slovak villas in Brussels. During the week from May 27 to May 30, a series of vernissages and accompanying events related to the project will take place.
The centerpiece of the project will be the opening of the exhibition in the European Parliament on May 29, where a selection of the best from all five countries will be displayed. Before the opening itself, a seminar will be held at the Parliament, featuring editors of the individual books.
Other thematically focused exhibitions will be held at the Prague House, the Hungarian Institute, and the Faculty of Architecture. Additionally, there will be separate exhibitions of regions and cities of the Czech Republic, which will be on view at the Plzeň House, the Representation of the Central Bohemian Region, and the Faculty of Architecture.

As part of the Via Villas project, two editions of the competition Contemporary House: Through the Eyes of Young Architects have been organized, which involved the faculties of architecture from V4 countries and Slovenia. The aim of the project was to challenge mutual comparisons of the youngest architectural creations of students from these countries and their collective responses to current issues of individual housing and lifestyle. The resulting works from all countries will also be presented at the Faculty of Architecture in Brussels.

Famous Villas of Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia
The publication and exhibition present 120 villas and family houses built between 1816 and 2006 in 63 towns and villages of the Czech Republic. These villas and family houses are the work of 117 Czech and foreign authors.
Alongside the Tugendhat villa, inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List, they represent works by significant European and Czech architects such as Adolf Loos, Leopold Bauer, Hubert Gessnet, Jan Kotěra, Josef Gočár, Bohuslav Fuchs, and many others.

Editors:
prof. Ing. arch. Vladimír Šlapeta, DrSc., Prague
prof. PhDr. Pavel Zatloukal, CSc., Olomouc

Famous Villas of Slovakia
The publication and exhibition present 65 villas and family houses, showcasing two Roman villas, primarily buildings from the 19th century to the present from all regions and their 28 towns and villages. These structures are the work of 52 Slovak and foreign authors.
Besides the Rococo summer palace Dardanelles in Markušovce and several Bratislava palaces – summer residences in the style of Italian villas, they primarily feature villas and houses by famous architects such as Dušan Jurkovič, Milan Michal Harminc, Gedeon Majdunke, or contemporary figures like Ján Bahna and others.

Editor:
prof. Ing. Arch. Matúš Dulla, CSc., Bratislava

Famous Villas of Slovenia
The publication and exhibition present 56 villas and family houses built between 1843 and 2012 in 20 towns and villages of Slovenia. These villas and family houses, created by nearly fifty Slovene and foreign authors, attest to a rich stylistic diversity.
Notable examples of interwar architecture are the works of architect Josip Plečnik and his pupil France Tomažič. From contemporary authors, attention is deservedly given to the duo Bevk-Perović and architect Boris Podrecca.

Editor:
Dr. Damjan Prelovšek, Ljubljana

Famous Villas of Poland
The publication and exhibition focus on 93 villas and family houses built from the mid-16th century to the present within the territory of Poland in its current borders. The selected buildings represent three basic types: villa urbana, villa suburbana, and villa rustica. They are the work of 105 architects. Among the creators are names of global renown such as Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Hans Poelzig, Max Berg, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Henry van de Velde, Ernst May, as well as lesser-known yet talented designers like Stanisław Witkiewicz, Adolf Szyszko-Bohusz, Karol Schayer, Bohdan Pniewski, Robert Konieczny, and many others.

Editor:
Dr. Ing.arch. Ryszard Nakonieczny, Gliwice

Famous Villas of Hungary
The publication and exhibition present 64 villas and family houses built between 1812 and 2012, supplemented by examples of Roman villas and buildings from the Baroque period from all regions and their 26 towns and villages. These structures are the work of 53 Hungarian and foreign authors.
Besides the famous villa of renowned Hungarian actress Lujza Blaha from the 19th century located in Balatonfüred and several Budapest palaces, they primarily feature villas and houses by well-known architects such as Ignác Alpár, Ödön Lechner, Imre Makovecz, Farkas Molnár, or contemporary István Janáky and others.

Editor:
prof. Antal Puhl, DLA. HABIL., Budapest, Debrecen

Program Brussels 27.5. – 30.5. 2013:

Monday, May 27, 2013         
19:30
Opening of the Famous Villas of the Central Bohemian Region and Olomouc Region
Representation of the Central Bohemian Region in Brussels (exhibition 28. 5. - 27. 6. 2013)
Avenue d´Auderghem 84, Brussels

Tuesday, May 28, 2013
16:00
Lecture by prof. Vladimír Šlapeta: Czech Functionalism 1918-1938
Faculty of Architecture 
Sint-Lucas Architectuur, Paleizenstraat 65, Brussels

17:00 
Opening of the exhibition Contemporary Family Houses from the Workshops of Young Architects from V4 and Slovenia
Opening of the exhibition Works of Professors and Students from Central European Schools in Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia
Faculty of Architecture (exhibition 29. 5. - 18. 6. 2013)
Sint-Lucas Architectuur, Paleizenstraat 65, Brussels

19:30 
Opening of the exhibition Famous Art Nouveau Villas from V4 and Slovenia 
Hungarian Institute (exhibition 29.5. - 14. 6. 2013)
Rue Treurenberg 10, Brussels
       
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
16:00–18:00 
Seminar Contemporary Architecture of Residential Housing and Legacy of     Famous Villas from the 19th and 20th Centuries
- moderated debate with the editors of all publications
European Parliament

18:30 
Opening of the exhibition Famous Villas from V4 and Slovenia
European Parliament (exhibition 27. -30. 5. 2013)
Rue Wiertz 60, Brussels
            .
Thursday, May 30, 2013        
17:00
Opening of the exhibition Famous Villas of the Plzeň and South Moravian Regions            
Plzeň House (exhibition 31. 5. – 27. 6. 2013)
Place Jamblinne de Meux 31, Brussels

Exhibition Modern Villa Architecture (1920-1990) in V4 Countries and Slovenia
Exhibition Famous Prague Villas
Prague House (31.5. -27. 6. 2013)
Avenue Palmerston 16, Brussels 

Contact:
FOIBOS, a. s., FOIBOS BOOKS s.r.o.
Bartoškova 26
Prague 4
140 00
Tel.: +420 272 101 120
www.foibos.cz
www.greatvillas.org
info@foibos.cz
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