Lecture by Petr Klíma and Růžena Žertová at the Tugendhat Villa

On Thursday, April 6, 2017, at 7:00 PM, a lecture by historian Petr Klíma will take place at the Tugendhat Villa on the work of Brno architect Růžena Žertová, titled Architect of Homes and Things. Petr Klíma's lecture will focus on the outstanding and long-overlooked architect, designer, and artist Růžena Žertová, concentrating on her architectural work. Although Žertová was known almost exclusively as the author of department store projects from the 1960s and 1970s, her later work, which primarily focuses on family housing, is also remarkable. The versatile creative abilities of the architect were also applied in a number of interior designs and adaptations. The lecture will highlight her previously unknown studies of the Czechoslovak pavilion for Expo 67 in Montreal, a high-rise building in Prague-Bohnice, or the area for a horticultural exhibition in Vienna. At the end, Růžena Žertová herself will present her most recent project – the study of a community residential complex Nad Pisárkami in Brno.

Petr Klíma is an architect and architectural historian, a graduate of the Faculty of Philosophy at ZČU, the Faculty of Architecture at ČVUT, and UMPRUM. As part of his doctoral studies at UMPRUM, he focuses on the architecture of Czechoslovak embassies and representative offices from the period of 1948–1989. He is the editor and co-author of the publication KOTVY MÁJE / Czech Department Stores 1965–1975 and the same-named exhibition. He also conceived and edited the book Růžena Žertová. Architect of Homes and Things. For several years, he worked at the Faculty of Design and Arts of Ladislav Sutnar at ZČU, and he continues to lecture there and has been leading a course on Architecture as part of ArtCamp since 2012. From 2011 to 2015, he was part of the team for Plzeň 2015. He is currently involved in projects related to architecture and public space – particularly the Plzeň Architectural Manual (PAM) – in the association Pěstuj prostor.

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