Other Architectures: PhD conference to present the results of specific research at FA BUT

13 November | 9.00–16.00 | Centrum VUT Tržnice

What forms might architecture take in response to climatic, political, socio-economic, health or technological challenges? PhD students from the Faculty of Architecture at BUT will present the results of their year-long research at the ‘Other Architectures’ conference. It will take place on Friday 13 November from 9.00 am at Centrum VUT Tržnice.

This PhD conference, organised by researchers undertaking specific research projects at the Faculty of Architecture, Brno University of Technology, will present the results of a year’s research dedicated to ‘other architectures’ in both an ontological and epistemological sense. The individual research projects explore previously neglected relationships within the architectural environment and focus, for example, on informality, ambiguous spaces or the adaptation of existing buildings.

These approaches are united by a sensitivity to the current context of multiple crises and the need to respond to climatic, political, socio-economic, health and technological challenges.

The conference will open with two keynote lectures. Klára Peloušková from UMPRUM will present a paper entitled ‘From Common Sense to Radical Uncertainty: The Discursive Infrastructure of Czech “Sustainable Architecture”’. Vladan Klement from CTU will present the topic ‘The Trap of the “Smooth City”: Why Do Cities Need Their Zero Places?’.

Keynote speakers

Mgr. Klára Peloušková, Ph.D. works as a methodology specialist at the Department of Design and as an assistant and PhD student at the Department of Theory and History of Art at UMPRUM. She is also the head of the ‘Planeta B’ module on sustainability and civilisational issues. Her work focuses primarily on contemporary design theory and methodology, with an emphasis on sustainability policies and civilisational transformation.

Mgr. Vladan Klement, Ph.D. specialises in the philosophy of the city and in moral and political philosophy in relation to urbanism. His work focuses primarily on public space and its relationship to emotions, surveillance in contemporary cities, and neuro-urbanism and its ethical implications. He obtained his PhD from the Department of Philosophy at the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, with a thesis entitled *Moral and Political Implications of Urbanism*. He works at the Centre for Global Studies at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences, where he conducts research into Arab urbanism and its moral and political contexts. He also conducts supplementary research at the Institute of Contemporary History of the Czech Academy of Sciences as part of the ‘Urbanity’ project. He is a member of the executive committee of the international Philosophy of the City Research Group.

Research topics

The conference will be chaired by the project’s principal investigator and former Vice-Dean for Creative Activities and Doctoral Studies at the Faculty of Architecture, Brno University of Technology, Mgr. Ing. Jan Malý Blažek, Ph.D., who is also responsible for mentoring, methodological guidance and project management.

Doctoral students will present the following research:

Ing. arch. Tereza Hladíková is investigating the adaptive reuse of listed castle complexes in the Znojmo region in the context of changing ownership structures. She combines spatial inventorying with the AHP multi-criteria decision-making framework and examines the potential of castle parks as elements for public engagement.

Ing. arch. Georgi Dimitrov focuses on creating and validating a comparative analytical framework for describing non-architectural environments and interpreting their spatial implications in relation to the category of the sublime.

Ing. arch. Kristína Richter Adamson is testing the hypothesis that the hospital bed is a key aspect of the transformation of hospitals as a result of technological progress in healthcare. She is conducting this research through case studies focusing on the ‘virtual bed’ and the ecosystem of oncology clinics.

Ing. arch. Kateřina Singer is examining the issue of multi-species urban landscapes and the possibilities for addressing them institutionally, legislatively and through planning, using the Planýrka area in Brno as a case study.

Ing. arch. Ondřej Válek, is investigating the adaptive reuse of churches in the Czech Republic. Using the quantitative ARPI (Adaptive Reuse Potential Index), he assesses the spatial, demographic and functional characteristics of buildings and links these to the ‘research by design’ method in a case study of a specific church in Znojmo.

Ing. arch. Karolína Burešová focuses on the potential for residential architecture to adapt to climate change through the reinterpretation of the principles of vernacular architecture and their validation using CFD simulations.

Ing. arch. Diana Hodulíková is engaged in the assessment of informal settlements in Addis Ababa, moving beyond a deficit-based perspective. She utilises a multidimensional analytical framework and longitudinal field research, emphasising the importance of social protection and interstitial spaces.

Ing. et Ing. arch. Pavel Juříček will round off the conference by presenting specific inter-faculty research.

Conference programme

  • 9.00–9.15 Registration and welcome refreshments
  • 9.15–9.30 Opening remarks
  • 9.30–10.00 Klára Peloušková
  • 10.00–10.30 Vladan Klement
  • 10.30–11.00 Karolína Burešová
  • 11.00–11.20 Break
  • 11.20–11.40 Diana Hodulíková
  • 11.40–12.00 Kristína Richter Adamson
  • 12.00–12.20 End of the morning session and discussion
  • 12.20–13.20 Lunch break
  • 13.20–13.40 Kateřina Singer
  • 1.40 pm–2.00 pm Georgi Dimitrov
  • 2.00 pm–2.20 pm Ondřej Válek
  • 2.20 pm–2.40 pm Tereza Hladíková
  • 2.40 pm–3.00 pm Pavel Juříček
  • 3.00 pm–approximately 3.20 pm End of the afternoon session and discussion



 

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