Course Details

Public Buildings 2

Academic Year 2023/24

BGA011 course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPC-APS Summer Semester 1st year

The subject enables the students to gain the basic knowledge of designing various typological units in the field of culture, commerce, catering and transport from the point of view of function, layout and architecture. It constitutes a theoretical preparation for working out simple assignments in seminars and, above all, designing public buildings in the following studio tuition.

Course Guarantor

prof. Ing. arch. Michal Sedláček

Institute

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Objective

Knowledge of the public building typology, sports facilities, health service, cultural and ecclesiastical buildings, zoological gardens, aquariums.

Knowledge

Student will manage the goal of the subject, i.e. knowledge of the public building typology, sports facilities, health service, cultural and ecclesiastical buildings, zoological gardens, aquariums.

Syllabus

1. Sports stadiums
2. Gymnasiums and sports halls
3. Muscle-conditioning gyms, fitness centers and recreation sports
4. Indoor and outdoor swimming pools
5. Health-care facilities
6. Hospitals
7. Spas and medicinal facilities
8. Museums and galleries
9. Churches, ecclesiastical buildings,
10. Funeral homes and crematoriums
11. Theatres and cinemas
12. Concert halls
13. Exhibition spaces and grounds

Prerequisites

The subject connects with Public Buildings I. and some typological disciplines that are taught in the preceding semester. It partly applies the knowledge gained in the history of architecture.

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

3 credits

Semester

summer

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/273546

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

1. Sports stadiums 2. Gymnasiums and sports halls 3. Muscle-conditioning gyms, fitness centers and recreation sports 4. Indoor and outdoor swimming pools 5. Health-care facilities 6. Hospitals 7. Spas and medicinal facilities 8. Museums and galleries 9. Churches, ecclesiastical buildings, 10. Funeral homes and crematoriums 11. Theatres and cinemas 12. Concert halls 13. Exhibition spaces and grounds

Exercise

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

1.–2. Facts for analysis 3.–8. Analysis of realized examples of public buildings 9.–12. Visual presentation of realized examples of public buildings 13. Final evaluation of the results of the work