Research projects
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duration of the project
2023-2027
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Beran, L.
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duration of the project
2022
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duration of the project
2018-2022
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Czech post-war architecture has in recent years been the subject of substantial attention from the professional community and the general public. Dozens of publications, exhibitions, and research projects have emerged that focus on the optimistic sixties and the echoes of that era in the seventies. However, the architecture of the very next decade has thus far been ignored. Despite the system of socio-political normalisation in effect at the time, the eighties are deserving of detailed research. It was a decade that produced many new ideas. Despite the political restrictions, contemporary theories made it into Czechoslovakia from abroad, and this included theories on the postmodern humanisation of modern and industrialised construction and the first signs of a more responsible approach in relation to the living environment. Many activities and discussions in the professional architectural community took on the character of a search for a parallel, humanised reality (e.g. Urbanity, Painted Architecture), and in the second half of the decade this social ferment also certainly mirrored the gradual thaw in the regime that was under way. Together with the after-effects of building projects from the sixties and seventies and alongside the highly centralised and politicised stream of standard production, the eighties saw the gradual rise of parallel alternative trends and high ambitions in architectural practice that reached well beyond the closed atmosphere of the era and the border of the socialist state. This NAKI project seeks to map the architecture of that period, its background in theory, and specific projects, buildings, interiors, and structures, and also aims to make a record of the current condition of the building stock from that period.
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duration of the project
2016-2020
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duration of the project
2015-2017
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The Industrial Revolution brought an entirely new population structure, which is virtually unchanged to this day and more or less fulfills its role. Current efforts to redevelop industrial wastelands and abandoned buildings raises broader views than just architectural and construction issues. How will these changes and construction activities affect the intricate network of physical imprints of historical development in the surrounding area? How will they affect the living memory of the population and the local communities? Will intervention bring positive or negative impact on the socio-economic development and status of the areas? Is it possible to prevent failure and rejection of the project through including participation of the local population, the gradual phasing of the project or choosing an appropriate scale? Industrial heritage and the issue of new uses for industrial sites are now often viewed from very different perspectives, from the scale of individual buildings or the scale of large areas of brownfields. As yet little explored but increasingly discussed as an absolutely key theme in recent years, however, is the mid-level scale of the cultural landscape. This change of perspective raises new questions about how to preserve and protect industrial heritage in an active, living area. Is modernization of these areas always necessary? What is hiding in our industrial past? Is it really the engine for economic growth, new innovative future and link between socio-cultural factors? These issues are familiar to all countries with an industrial past, regardless of their level of industrialization. There are many untapped opportunities and internal capacities waiting to become smart solutions. The aim of the project is to contribute to a deeper understanding of the processes influencing further development in areas with an industrial past, as well as finding new uses for such areas: - Historical imprints of the industrial past and new potential of postindustr
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duration of the project
2012-2014
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Post-industrial era has brought new appeals in fields of culture and society, economy and environment. The industrial restructuring is proceeding from the sixties in countries of developed world. Yet, many questions still remains unanswered and majority of the society has not accepted the complex change with its consequences. The potential of industrial heritage is gaining special urgency in the context of economical crisis, favored principles of sustainable development and search for cultural identity. The aim of the project is to fill the gaps in the knowledge of industrial heritage, difficulties and possiblities of its new utilization. - Space, structure and technological flow / new uses possibilities of industrial heritage - Industrial architecture of 20th century / history, context and issues of new uses - Initial and low-cost conversions of industrial buildings - Natural processes and verdure as a way how rehabilitate territories / brownfields These individual perspectives build
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duration of the project
2011-2014
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Regional analysis and evaluation methodology from the perspective of the cultural, economic, and social potential of industrial heritage.
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duration of the project
2010
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The project carries out a complex survey of industrial heritage (buildings and premises) of the town of Chrudim and sets values, potentials and issues of surveyed premises, as well as assessment of key objects and premises considering town planning, construction and architectural points of view. The project creates basis and recommendations for future urban development.
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duration of the project
2009