Wednesdays at AVU - Hubert Guzik: How do our workers actually wish to live?

AVU would like to invite you to the second lecture of the spring cycle Wednesdays at AVU:
 
HUBERT GUZIK
HOW DO OUR WORKERS ACTUALLY WISH TO LIVE?
26-4-2017, 18:00
 
ARCHITECTURE THEORIST KAREL TEIGE BELIEVED IN 1932 THAT “PEOPLE WILL FORCE SOCIOLOGISTS TO DECIDE ON HOUSING ISSUES FIRST AND ONLY THEN ARCHITECTS.” THE LECTURE WILL ATTEMPT TO CLARIFY WHETHER THIS PREDICTION HAD A CHANCE TO FULFILL AND WILL BRING CLOSER HOW OUR WORKERS ACTUALLY WISHED TO LIVE, FOR WHOM MASS HOUSING PRODUCTION BEGAN AFTER THE WAR. WE WILL FOLLOW THE TOUCHPOINTS AND DEAD POINTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF ARCHITECTURE AND SOCIOLOGY FROM THE 1930S TO THE 1950S.
 
HUBERT GUZIK TEACHES ART AND DESIGN HISTORY AT THE FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE CTU IN PRAGUE. HE FOCUSES ON THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF ARCHITECTURE, THE HISTORY OF HOUSING, AND DESIGN IN THE 20TH CENTURY. IN 2014, HIS BOOK FOUR PATHS TO KOLDOM; COLLECTIVE HOUSING – UTOPIA OF CZECH ARCHITECTURE 1900-1989 WAS PUBLISHED. HE CURRENTLY RESEARCHES CZECH ARCHITECTURE DURING THE TRANSFORMATION PERIODS OF 1945-1948 AND 1989-1992.
 
The cycle was prepared and is moderated by Tomáš Pospiszyl.
Academy of Fine Arts in Prague
U Akademie 4, auditorium – 3rd floor
 
Organized by the Department of Theory and History of Art AVU.
Technical support by Digilab AVU, recording by Artyčok.tv.
You can find the program of the entire cycle in the attachment.
 
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