Nowadays, one of the main challenges in shaping a city is to respond to the needs of the local community. The question is who is the local community and what spaces do they need to develop. People migrate and we, architects and urban planners, have to accommodate immigrants and refugees from different cultural backgrounds in cities. Every resident has the right to stamp their identity on the place they choose to stay and make it their home. The situation in Ukraine has affected the development of cities in recent months. In the coming years, the influx of new potential residents will not stop for various reasons, including the most powerful - climate change. The same phenomenon will happen in Brno and other European cities, and we should be prepared for it. A topic strongly linked to social and environmental aspects. The research that took place in the last three years during the development of the strategic master plan for the whole area of ??Warsaw can serve as a solid basis for further studies and proposals. A case study in Warsaw, but the aim is to develop a universal model that can be implemented in other cities under similar circumstances. Excursion to Warsaw. Cooperation with a sociologist, a unique combination of architectural and social background will enable students to develop innovative thinking in their projects.

Development of a process for the mesoscale production of functionally graded two-component materials. Investigating strategies for the design and materialization of the internal structure of volumetric objects using computational manufacturing methods (analog and/or digital) as tools for processing low-tech interacting material bonds. Composite materials consisting of 1) a liquid medium and 2) a solid or gaseous suspension. The rules of reaction or interaction between two material components are responsible for sorting the resulting composite material.

Getting to know the basic theoretical and methodological foundations of intercultural communication, understanding and respecting different values ??and deepening awareness of personal, social and cultural identities. In the first part of the course, we will focus on a basic understanding of how cultures shape and influence communication and behavior. In the next part, we will draw on established theories of social analysis and build knowledge of intercultural issues. In the conclusion, we will focus on the ability to apply the acquired knowledge in practice in situations of intercultural misunderstandings, social integration and interaction containing an ethnic, racial, gender or class aspect. Development of knowledge in the field of cultural anthropology, as well as skills in the field of effective communication and leadership and working in an international team.

An introduction to the art projects and forms of artistic activity focused on contemporary art and architecture that have developed in various locations throughout Japan since the last two decades of the 20th century. We will evaluate art projects that deeply deal with contemporary society and develop in relation to the social conditions of a specific time and place. Selected topics are designed to develop skills of close observation, critical thinking, improve research skills and writing about visual arts.

A basic overview of the history and present of gender studies in art theory and historiography. Key figures, main directions, currents, contradictions and transformations of concepts in feminist and queer studies in the history of art in the Czech and world context. The course will present two aspects of critical thinking about art in the Czech territory, feminism and its relationship to (history of) art and queer approaches to Czech art history.