Traditional Building Technologies and Crafts

Course guarantor:

Klára Kroftová

Lecturer:

Matěj Boháč, Klára Kroftová, Jiří Pošmourný

Tutor:

Matěj Boháč, Klára Kroftová, Jiří Pošmourný

Supervisor:

Department of Architecture

Synopsis:

The lecture series of the course focuses on the construction and design practices of traditional urban construction, selected crafts related to the topic at hand and also on the methodological proposal of the procedure of sensitive conservation restoration of the affected details of historical buildings. The lectures will include exemplary examples of restoration and presentations by practitioners focused on particular thematic areas. The lectures will focus on the following building professions.

Requirements:

Submission and presentation of the seminar thesis within the prescribed time and scope.

Compulsory attendance at classes, especially workshops and excursions, maximum 3 excused absences.

Continuous correction of work and checking during the course.

The above requirements are necessary but not sufficient conditions for successful completion of the course.

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Traditional Technologies and CraftsHistory and the Present. Seminar Paper Assignment.

2. Surface Finishes.

3. Woodworking: Carpenter.

4. Woodworking: Construction Carpenter and Parquet Installer.

5. Consultation on a Work-in-Progress Seminar Paper

6. Stoneworking.

7. Construction metalwork.

8. Roofing: roofer and sheet metal worker.

9. Heating.

10. Seminar paper presentation

11. Technologies and materials in folk architecture.

12. Crafts Day / Field trip

Excursions: e.g. restoration of sgraffito decoration (Litomyšl), restoration of Baroque roof trusses (Plasy Monastery), restoration of Teplá Monastery, etc.

Workshop: e.g. open-air museum of folk architecture (e.g. Veselý Kopec, Zubrnice, etc.), craft workshops in the Centre of Building Heritage - carpenter, carpenter, plumber, plasterer, etc.

(Excursions and workshops are organized according to current possibilities and offers.)

Syllabus of tutorials:

The course has no exercises.

Study Objective:

The aim is to deepen the knowledge of Architecture and Civil Engineering students about traditional crafts so that in their practice they will be erudite partners in the implementation of projects.

Study materials:

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2025/2026:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2025/2026:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri	roomTH:A-833 09:45–11:20 (lecture parallel1) Thákurova 7 (budova FSv)

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Architektura a stavitelství, zaměření Ochrana a obnova památek (compulsory course of the branch)
• Učitelství stavebních předmětů pro střední školy - prezenční forma studia (course in compulsory area)
• Architektura a stavitelství, zaměření Ochrana a obnova památek (compulsory course)