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Neighborhood
Bartoš, Roman ; Rudiš, Martin (referee) ; Mléčka, Jan (advisor)
For millennia people modified and adjusted their surroundings in an endless hunt for comfort, safety and survival. Humanity grew, evolved, matured and died together. The environment directly reflected the efforts made by its community. Families lived under one roof together, right next to the village common. Humans knew to respect the nature and coexisted with it. This changed drastically over the last couple centuries. After several technological breakthroughs and a few wars the technological evolution accelerated right out of control. The need for a neighborhood begun to fade. Sunday markets were replaced by supermarkets, eye-to-eye talks became scarce as we glued ourselves to various screens. Low fences were replaced by tall concrete walls, we built a system of selfish private bubbles. NEIGHBOR+HOOD attempts to find a compromise between both extremes. It is understanding and balance among the spaces for ME and the spaces for US. It is a place for neighbors, a tight-knit community of friends under one tree, sitting at a common table. It is a natural, comfortable, peaceful, safe and humane environment in the suburbs. The design offers to the fictional inhabitants of Udánky hill an opportunity to identify with their home and its surroundings. All that and more in total symbiosis with surrounding nature. NEIGHBOR+HOOD is human, self-sustaining, ecological housing estate. It is the home of neighborhood.
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The Influence of Older Architectural Traditions of the Islamic World on the Mosque Architecture of Cairo from the Beginning of the 19th Century to the Present
Rudiš, Martin ; Ženka, Josef (advisor) ; Nováček, Karel (referee) ; Klapetek, Martin (referee)
This dissertation focuses on the continued influence of older architectural traditions of the Islamic world, or the tendency of architects to refer to these traditions, on mosque architecture in Cairo from the beginning of the 19th century to the present day. It not only provides answers as to what role this phenomenon has played and how this has manifested itself, but also to the reasons behind it, proving that a key factor was the involvement of European architects, influenced by historicism, who were active in Egypt during the 19th century. The core part of the work consists of sixteen case studies divided into four subperiods. For each, specific older traditions are identified, which served as the architect's source of inspiration. Based on a description and analysis of the buildings, this work traces the gradual changes in the approaches of the architects and their adoption of elements, forms and solutions. The results reveal that these approaches were guided by the concurrent influence of Western architecture, i.e. historicism, later modernist architecture, postmodernism, and the global architectural trends resulting from them. The modern architecture of Cairo's mosques is therefore largely determined by the conflict between tradition and modernity.
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Neighborhood
Bartoš, Roman ; Rudiš, Martin (referee) ; Mléčka, Jan (advisor)
For millennia people modified and adjusted their surroundings in an endless hunt for comfort, safety and survival. Humanity grew, evolved, matured and died together. The environment directly reflected the efforts made by its community. Families lived under one roof together, right next to the village common. Humans knew to respect the nature and coexisted with it. This changed drastically over the last couple centuries. After several technological breakthroughs and a few wars the technological evolution accelerated right out of control. The need for a neighborhood begun to fade. Sunday markets were replaced by supermarkets, eye-to-eye talks became scarce as we glued ourselves to various screens. Low fences were replaced by tall concrete walls, we built a system of selfish private bubbles. NEIGHBOR+HOOD attempts to find a compromise between both extremes. It is understanding and balance among the spaces for ME and the spaces for US. It is a place for neighbors, a tight-knit community of friends under one tree, sitting at a common table. It is a natural, comfortable, peaceful, safe and humane environment in the suburbs. The design offers to the fictional inhabitants of Udánky hill an opportunity to identify with their home and its surroundings. All that and more in total symbiosis with surrounding nature. NEIGHBOR+HOOD is human, self-sustaining, ecological housing estate. It is the home of neighborhood.
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