Program ARCHITECTURE WEEK Ostrava 2012 at Fiducia
The fourth year of the festival of modern and contemporary architecture Architecture Week Ostrava 2012 will take place in Ostrava from April 2 to April 29, 2012. The festival is organized by Czech Architecture Week s.r.o. in collaboration with the Association for Ostrava Culture (SPOK).
The main information center will be located in the House of Art (Gallery of Fine Arts Ostrava), where all information about the festival and the program will be available on the information system.
The Antiquarian and Club Fiducia has prepared accompanying events for the festival:
Martin Strakoš: The Story of Finnish Architecture. From Saarinen to Aalto - Part One
April 17 at 6:00 PM
Finnish modern architecture co-creates the image of a young state and a nation in Northern Europe. With a specific approach to modernism and its own national tradition, Finnish culture has sought to strengthen the uniqueness and independence of Finns from neighboring powers. Through the poetic connection of modern technologies with open space and specific processing of traditional materials—primarily wood, but also stone and the incorporation of water, typical of the Finnish landscape—a remarkable synthesis has emerged, expressed in the works of numerous Finnish architects. The first part of the lecture will focus on modern Finnish architecture of the 20th century from Art Nouveau to late International Style, and based on the author's personal experience, will present Finnish heritage care for modern architectural heritage.
Martin Strakoš (1972) is engaged in the history and theory of art and architecture, as well as heritage protection. He is the author of various studies and publications, including texts on architecture from the 50s and 60s in the catalog Brussels Dream (2008). He wrote the book Guide to the Architecture of Ostrava (2009). He discussed architecture from the 30s to the 50s in the book New Ostrava and Its Satellites (2010). He presented a different perspective on Ostrava's architecture in the publication Ostrava Interiors (2011). He compiled and contributed to the book The White Ship in the Middle of Ostrava (2011). Together with Romana Rosová, he compiled and wrote the book Guide to the Architecture of Opava (2011) and the brochure The Ostrava Work of Wunibald Deininger (2011).
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Research on the Housing Landscape of Bratislava
April 19 at 6:00 PM
(lecture on the urbanism and architecture of housing complexes in Bratislava from the second half of the 20th century)
Contemporary Bratislava is a significant Central European site of the type of settlement we call panel housing estates. This substantial prefabricated layer has not yet been radically covered by anything so large and experimental. This phenomenon did not become the subject of pure history, as seemed probable after 1989. On the contrary, it is still a prominent and vibrant urban landscape, in which our Atlas of Housing helps to orient by offering a confrontation of a detailed archival survey of the original projects of Bratislava’s panel housing estates from the transition of the 50s-60s to the transition of the 80s-90s with current data collection from field surveys of their realizations.
Maria Topolčanská (1973) is an architect, a graduate of postgraduate studies in theory and history of architecture and urban culture in Barcelona. She lives in Bratislava and is a postdoctoral researcher at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, leading an international seminar interCity (betweenCity) at the Faculty of Architecture STU. Peter Szalay (1982) is an art and architecture historian, studied art science at the Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava, and as a postdoctoral researcher at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, he deals with art and architecture in relation to public space and the city. Both collaborated on the publication Bratislava: Atlas of Housing, 1950-95 (Slovart, 2012).
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Walk Through Svinov with Architectural Historian Martin Strakoš
April 22 at 2:00 PM
Meeting at 2:00 PM in front of the departure building of the Ostrava-Svinov railway station (in the square between the new glass train station hall and the bus terminal). We will start the walk with an introduction about the history and architecture of the oldest railway departure building in the Ostrava region. This will be followed by a tour of the neighboring colony of tube draw works with houses made of face brick. Then we will head to the nearby Dubí, where we will examine the historicizing buildings of the former distillery from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. We will explore Svinov's older agricultural past at the site of the former manor farm. This is the oldest preserved building in Svinov—a stone granary with a roof covered with shingles. In contrast to it stands the building of the National School and the opposite Church of Christ the King or the nearby Hussite Church. I plan to conclude the walk at the tavern U Slunce. I warmly invite you! Martin Strakoš
The main information center will be located in the House of Art (Gallery of Fine Arts Ostrava), where all information about the festival and the program will be available on the information system.
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The Antiquarian and Club Fiducia has prepared accompanying events for the festival:
Martin Strakoš: The Story of Finnish Architecture. From Saarinen to Aalto - Part One
April 17 at 6:00 PM
Finnish modern architecture co-creates the image of a young state and a nation in Northern Europe. With a specific approach to modernism and its own national tradition, Finnish culture has sought to strengthen the uniqueness and independence of Finns from neighboring powers. Through the poetic connection of modern technologies with open space and specific processing of traditional materials—primarily wood, but also stone and the incorporation of water, typical of the Finnish landscape—a remarkable synthesis has emerged, expressed in the works of numerous Finnish architects. The first part of the lecture will focus on modern Finnish architecture of the 20th century from Art Nouveau to late International Style, and based on the author's personal experience, will present Finnish heritage care for modern architectural heritage.
Martin Strakoš (1972) is engaged in the history and theory of art and architecture, as well as heritage protection. He is the author of various studies and publications, including texts on architecture from the 50s and 60s in the catalog Brussels Dream (2008). He wrote the book Guide to the Architecture of Ostrava (2009). He discussed architecture from the 30s to the 50s in the book New Ostrava and Its Satellites (2010). He presented a different perspective on Ostrava's architecture in the publication Ostrava Interiors (2011). He compiled and contributed to the book The White Ship in the Middle of Ostrava (2011). Together with Romana Rosová, he compiled and wrote the book Guide to the Architecture of Opava (2011) and the brochure The Ostrava Work of Wunibald Deininger (2011).
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Research on the Housing Landscape of Bratislava
April 19 at 6:00 PM
(lecture on the urbanism and architecture of housing complexes in Bratislava from the second half of the 20th century)
Contemporary Bratislava is a significant Central European site of the type of settlement we call panel housing estates. This substantial prefabricated layer has not yet been radically covered by anything so large and experimental. This phenomenon did not become the subject of pure history, as seemed probable after 1989. On the contrary, it is still a prominent and vibrant urban landscape, in which our Atlas of Housing helps to orient by offering a confrontation of a detailed archival survey of the original projects of Bratislava’s panel housing estates from the transition of the 50s-60s to the transition of the 80s-90s with current data collection from field surveys of their realizations.
Maria Topolčanská (1973) is an architect, a graduate of postgraduate studies in theory and history of architecture and urban culture in Barcelona. She lives in Bratislava and is a postdoctoral researcher at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, leading an international seminar interCity (betweenCity) at the Faculty of Architecture STU. Peter Szalay (1982) is an art and architecture historian, studied art science at the Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava, and as a postdoctoral researcher at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, he deals with art and architecture in relation to public space and the city. Both collaborated on the publication Bratislava: Atlas of Housing, 1950-95 (Slovart, 2012).
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Walk Through Svinov with Architectural Historian Martin Strakoš
April 22 at 2:00 PM
Meeting at 2:00 PM in front of the departure building of the Ostrava-Svinov railway station (in the square between the new glass train station hall and the bus terminal). We will start the walk with an introduction about the history and architecture of the oldest railway departure building in the Ostrava region. This will be followed by a tour of the neighboring colony of tube draw works with houses made of face brick. Then we will head to the nearby Dubí, where we will examine the historicizing buildings of the former distillery from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. We will explore Svinov's older agricultural past at the site of the former manor farm. This is the oldest preserved building in Svinov—a stone granary with a roof covered with shingles. In contrast to it stands the building of the National School and the opposite Church of Christ the King or the nearby Hussite Church. I plan to conclude the walk at the tavern U Slunce. I warmly invite you! Martin Strakoš
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