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FROM EAST TO WEST: RELATIONS, COLLISIONS, AND DIVERGENCE OF CZECH AND JAPANESE CULTURE
Vaculík, David ; Čapková, Helena (referee) ; Mitášová, Monika (advisor)
The diploma thesis follows up the pre-diploma research dealing with the investigation of selected literature on Japanese traditional and modern architecture and gardens, archival research of extant 20th century buildings in Czech republic influenced by Czech-Japanese relations and the contemporary perception of Japan in the eyes of the Czech professional and uninitiated audience. It also includes a selective glossary of Japanese words and terms, containing study translations from English of selected architectural literature related to the topic. The output took the form of a Discovery Book with a short glossary, pictorial data and an anthology of translated texts. The thesis follows this preliminary "introductory research" with two main parts. The first part (A) explores concepts of space-making and spatial elements deeply rooted in Japanese traditional buildings as they were rediscovered and rethought, particularly by 20th century Japanese architects – who continued to use and revive these concepts in their own work. The text traces their understanding of Japanese traditional architecture. Then, using the example of three Japanese traditional spatial "icons", four works by 20th century Japanese architects, and three works by Czech architects in different phases of the 20th century, the thesis probes the relationship between these two architectural cultures in a European context. The second part (B) consists of texts on the architectural designing of model, utopian housing. The whole design follows a narrative – a scenario that shapes a temporal and spatial sequence that is not in line with the classical perception of time and space but spirals upwards. The next subsection interprets this story into spatio-temporal gradients and elements. Parts C and D contain conclusions and literature used. Model buildings are proposed on a range of scales: the smallest dwelling (a capsule), minimal dwelling, community dwelling, house, villa, city, and a coffin. The composition of the different scenarios and structures respects the movement along a spiral, where we can also observe the cyclical nature of life itself, which ends with the last terminal phase that escapes the gradient of scales – the coffin. These individual proposals are inspired by the studied phenomena and elements, texts and buildings of Japanese and European architecture with their interrelationships. The aim of this thesis is first to study the spatial, temporal, but also light and colour possibilities of Japanese traditional and modern architecture in the context of European, especially Czech, ones. Another aim is to propose a model-based, utopian housing project with a gradient layering of spaces, structures, materials, views and lighting based on various game strategies as well as the maxims of “Form follows fiction”.
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AFTER THE EXTRACTION Atlas of the Ostrava-Karviná coal basin problems and an alternative settlement options
Vicanová, Nela ; Eristavi, Irakli (referee) ; Mitášová, Monika (advisor)
The thesis deals with the research of landscape issues related to coal mining in the Karviná region. The landscape of the Ostrava-Karviná coal basin, which has suffered anthropogenic devastation caused by the extraction of the raw material, faces problems related to the instability of the terrain. Crucial for the research and the project are the data obtained, which determine the thematic location and the investigative and an analytical framework of the project. Using the key data, key questions and risks are formulated. The research extends into geological and landscape themes, determining a re-evaluation of architectural practice in such unstable conditions. The first aim of the thesis is to obtain data for the visualization of stabilized and unstable areas of the landscape after mining based on interviews with experts and map data. Furthermore, this information will be analyzed and interpreted in order to define the area of interest and suggest what the future of the unstable area might be. Finally, the third objective is to propose a new, utopian layer to the existing landscape.
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Architecture of Spacetime Set-designing and Installing. Case Studies Robert Willson and James Turrell
Kučerová, Kristýna ; Chovanec, Samuel (referee) ; Mitášová, Monika (advisor)
The work deals with a detailed analysis and comparison of two works by theater director Robert Wilson and visual artist James Turrell - the production Dorian (2022) and the series of architectural installation-staging spaces Skyspace (from 1980). In their work, experimental director Robert Wilson (1941, USA) and experimental visual artist James Turrell (1943, USA) also deal with the question of reflection and introspection of human perception of a work of art: staging space in theater and staged space in visual art and architecture. Both of these artists are fascinated by light, which they work with as a means of creating space, and an instrument of time perception. By combining intensities, colors of light, shadow, darkness, their transformations and mutual framing, they create unique visual-spatial arrangements. The precisely composed, stylized and controlled staging environment leads the audience to experience space and time and to reflect on them in a completely unconventional way: for Wilson, by changing perception thanks to precise rhythmization and high stage stylization of movement and stasis, and for Turrell thanks to specially calculated, constructed and illuminated installation-staging environments. It is the change, introspection and reflection of the perception of these phenomena that is the common factor, the main mission of both artists. They try to bring the audience into a reflexive and perhaps also contemplative, almost meditative state, where they themselves experience and become aware of how, and if at all, they perceive with one, several or all of their senses. Through experience, description, but also analytical and comparative diagrams, the diploma thesis examines what are the common and individual properties of specific works that induce reflection of staged sensory experiences and perceptions, how individual experienced and precisely measurable phenomena and elements can affect the audience, whether one prevails over others and to what extent or in what way they are interrelated. What times and spaces do they create, and what is or is not theatrical and architectural about them?
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Between an art and a spectator. Exposition. Projection. Inter-action.
Bureš, Jan ; Hájek, Petr (referee) ; Mitášová, Monika (advisor)
The thesis deals with the conceptual design of a space for the Liberal Arts Society in Brno in relation to the institution of the Brno House of Arts. The overarching motif of the Liberal Arts Society is the Liberal Arts Society Festival (LASF). The proposal builds on the research and theoretical part, exploring the relationship between contemporary art and the canon, the issue of exhibition spaces and institutions engaged in the exhibition and presentation of visual art, the role of the spectacle within these institutions and the role of visual art in society. It also builds on research stemming from philosopher Gilles Deleuze's book What is Philosophy?, whose reflections it further develops to explore the relationship between philosophy, art and science, with creation as their central motif, their interrelationships and how they influence, overlap and complement each other. The whole work is conceived as a utopian proposal for a new typology of architecture and the relationships, between the various scientific, artistic and philosophical disciplines. One of the key motifs of the work is also an attempt to map the process of how the design itself was created and shaped.
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AFTER THE EXTRACTION Atlas of the Ostrava-Karviná coal basin problems and an alternative settlement options
Vicanová, Nela ; Eristavi, Irakli (referee) ; Mitášová, Monika (advisor)
The thesis deals with the research of landscape issues related to coal mining in the Karviná region. The landscape of the Ostrava-Karviná coal basin, which has suffered anthropogenic devastation caused by the extraction of the raw material, faces problems related to the instability of the terrain. Crucial for the research and the project are the data obtained, which determine the thematic location and the investigative and an analytical framework of the project. Using the key data, key questions and risks are formulated. The research extends into geological and landscape themes, determining a re-evaluation of architectural practice in such unstable conditions. The first aim of the thesis is to obtain data for the visualization of stabilized and unstable areas of the landscape after mining based on interviews with experts and map data. Furthermore, this information will be analyzed and interpreted in order to define the area of interest and suggest what the future of the unstable area might be. Finally, the third objective is to propose a new, utopian layer to the existing landscape.
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FROM EAST TO WEST: RELATIONS, COLLISIONS, AND DIVERGENCE OF CZECH AND JAPANESE CULTURE
Vaculík, David ; Čapková, Helena (referee) ; Mitášová, Monika (advisor)
The diploma thesis follows up the pre-diploma research dealing with the investigation of selected literature on Japanese traditional and modern architecture and gardens, archival research of extant 20th century buildings in Czech republic influenced by Czech-Japanese relations and the contemporary perception of Japan in the eyes of the Czech professional and uninitiated audience. It also includes a selective glossary of Japanese words and terms, containing study translations from English of selected architectural literature related to the topic. The output took the form of a Discovery Book with a short glossary, pictorial data and an anthology of translated texts. The thesis follows this preliminary "introductory research" with two main parts. The first part (A) explores concepts of space-making and spatial elements deeply rooted in Japanese traditional buildings as they were rediscovered and rethought, particularly by 20th century Japanese architects – who continued to use and revive these concepts in their own work. The text traces their understanding of Japanese traditional architecture. Then, using the example of three Japanese traditional spatial "icons", four works by 20th century Japanese architects, and three works by Czech architects in different phases of the 20th century, the thesis probes the relationship between these two architectural cultures in a European context. The second part (B) consists of texts on the architectural designing of model, utopian housing. The whole design follows a narrative – a scenario that shapes a temporal and spatial sequence that is not in line with the classical perception of time and space but spirals upwards. The next subsection interprets this story into spatio-temporal gradients and elements. Parts C and D contain conclusions and literature used. Model buildings are proposed on a range of scales: the smallest dwelling (a capsule), minimal dwelling, community dwelling, house, villa, city, and a coffin. The composition of the different scenarios and structures respects the movement along a spiral, where we can also observe the cyclical nature of life itself, which ends with the last terminal phase that escapes the gradient of scales – the coffin. These individual proposals are inspired by the studied phenomena and elements, texts and buildings of Japanese and European architecture with their interrelationships. The aim of this thesis is first to study the spatial, temporal, but also light and colour possibilities of Japanese traditional and modern architecture in the context of European, especially Czech, ones. Another aim is to propose a model-based, utopian housing project with a gradient layering of spaces, structures, materials, views and lighting based on various game strategies as well as the maxims of “Form follows fiction”.
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Between Architecture and Art: Reception of Mutual Relationships
Lehkoživová, Irena ; Klimešová, Marie (advisor) ; Mitášová, Monika (referee) ; Švácha, Rostislav (referee)
Irena Lehkoživová Between Architecture and Art: Reception of Mutual Relationships Doctoral thesis Abstract My doctoral thesis deals with the relationship between contemporary architecture and fine art. I track examples of such concepts and approaches in which architecture and art permeate and influence each other. Besides, I examine how selected authors approach the chosen topic. A detailed analysis of the work and ideas of individual selected architects or artists is thus complemented by clarification of their methods and starting points. The aim of this work is to look at the predefined studied subject and the context behind it, to explain the associated concepts, strategies and the functioning of mechanisms, and the transfer of themes, procedures and techniques of creation. The thesis consists of three chapters, separate case studies. The first chapter follows the tendencies and changes in displaying architecture, which, under the influence of art, tends to create more complex viewing experiences. I describe here two examples and approaches that come out of this tendency. In the first part, it is the approach to the exhibitions of the Swiss duo Herzog & de Meuron, the second part is devoted to the architectural installations, which under the influence of installation art allow the visitor a direct...
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Japan Modern Architecture 1945-1970. Discourse in the mid-20th-century Europe
Hojda, Ondřej ; Švácha, Rostislav (advisor) ; Mitášová, Monika (referee) ; Speidel, Manfred (referee)
The dissertation deals with ideas about Japanese architecture in the Western, namely European discourse between 1945 and 1970. Architects and critics identified striking similarities between the Modernist architectural principles and the Japanese tradition from the 1920s; after the World War II, these similarities sparked a wide interest among the architectural public, which led to numerous publications on Japan unprecedented in scope and depth when compared with any other non-Western culture. The goal of this work is to map the discourse that occurred this way, identify the main themes connected to Japan, and show their significance. The sources for the study are prevalently printed media: architectural magazines and books. The notion of 'image' of Japan proves useful since we study interpretations of a different culture; history of ideas as well as visual representation in photography. At the same time, work also follows the of general issues of understanding the 'other'. An analysis of these various representations of Japan in the printed architectural media makes up the main part of the research presented here. To examine the origins of these ideas we go back to the 1930 with architects-writers Tetsurō Yoshida and Bruno Taut, and subsequently look into of writings about Japan by architects who...
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Memorial and memory in the Czech Republic after November 1989
Žáková, Eliška ; Mitášová, Monika (referee) ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (advisor)
This thesis deals with contemporary monumental and memorial production in the Czech Republic and focuses specifically on the theoretical side of the monumental genre. The first part systematically summarizes foreign research outcomes in the examined field, shows some concrete examples from abroad, and reflects the most progressive trends in today's world monumental production. The second part focuses on the Czech background. It is based on the previous theoretical findings and uses three different case studies to illustrate the core aspects of the monumental issue. The case studies deal with the Prague Memorial to the Victims of Communism by Olbram Zoubek, the Liberec Memorial to the Fighters and Fallen for the Country's Freedom by the artistic trio Stolín - Stolín - Mitášová, and the Rožnov Memorial to the Victims of the First and Second World War by Václav Fiala. Exemplary analysis is used for a more detailed description of the social, political, and esthetical context of the creation of the examined memorials, with a special emphasis on their potential to preserve historical memory. The aim of this thesis is to contribute to the creation of a theoretical basis for the contemporary thinking about the monumental genre.
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