Printed Architecture: Jan Šépka and Mirka Tůmová

Vladimír's bookstore Serius and the civic association PLAC cordially invite you to the 33rd lecture from the series "printed architecture". This time on Friday September 30, 2016, at 6:30 PM in Jablonec, we will welcome architects Jana Šépka and Mirka Tůmová. The lecture will focus on their book How to Create a City, which seeks answers to the questions: What should a contemporary city be like? What should it provide for its people? Is it necessary to keep repeating verified schemes? How to address problematic places in the city that seem ideal but have a number of limitations? And more…

Assoc. Prof. Ing. Acad. Arch. Jan Šépka (*1969) graduated from the faculty of architecture at ČVUT and subsequently from the School of Architecture at AVU. In 1994, he co-founded the association Nová česká práce with Michal Kuzemenský. From 1998 to 2009, he was a partner at the HŠH architects studio along with Petr Hájek and Tomáš Hradečný. Since 2009, he has been leading his own design office, Šépka architects. From 2004 to 2014, he served as a lecturer at the faculty of architecture at ČVUT and since 2015, he has been leading the A1 studio at UMPRUM.
Ing. Arch. Mirka Gulbisová Tůmová (*1982) graduated from the faculty of architecture at ČVUT. During her studies, she completed an internship in the Netherlands at TU Delft in the studio of Prof. Kase Oesterhuis. Since 2008, she has been running her own architectural studio homostudio with Jiří Gulbis. Since 2012, she has also been working at CUPIDO, which focuses on project implementation. From 2009-14, she was a teaching assistant in Jan Šépka's studio at the Faculty of Architecture at ČVUT in Prague, and since September 2014, she continues in the same position with Jan Šépka in the A1 studio at Prague's UMPRUM.

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