Course detail
Architectonic Composition
FAST-AG019Acad. year: 2024/2025
Survey and analysis of the architectural vocabulary and grammar, emphasizing psychological and aesthetical aspects. Comparison and assessment of examples from the Antiquity to the present.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
2
Mode of study
Not applicable.
Guarantor
Department
Ústav architektury (ARC)
Entry knowledge
The subject is based on some partial knowledge of the introductory architectonic subjects and it applies the knowledge of the historiography of architecture.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Aims
Grasp of the architectonic composition, basic composition categories, structure, tectonics and stereotomy, colour and materials, interior and exterior.
Student will manage the goal of the subject, i.e. grasp of the architectonic composition, basic composition categories, structure, tectonics and stereotomy, colour and materials, interior and exterior.
Student will manage the goal of the subject, i.e. grasp of the architectonic composition, basic composition categories, structure, tectonics and stereotomy, colour and materials, interior and exterior.
Study aids
Not applicable.
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable.
Basic literature
Not applicable.
Recommended reading
Not applicable.
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hod., optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Architectonic composition, basic categories
2. Perception of shapes, optical illusions
3. Focus, point, line, geometrical forms
4. Tectonics and stereotomy
5. Space
6. Symmetry and asymmetry
7. Contrast and nuance
8. Metrum and rhythm
9. Modul
10. Proportion
11. Scale
12. Discussion about selected examples 1
13. Discussion about selected examples 2