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Architecture in Prague. After 1945. Postwar Architecture. Jaroslav Fragner. Gočár´s student Functionalism in 1930´s After war reconstruction of monuments – Betlem Chapel (Jan Hus), Carolinum (Charles University). Postwar Architecture. Recontruction after the bombing by Allies .
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Architecture in Prague After 1945
Postwar Architecture Jaroslav Fragner • Gočár´s student • Functionalism in 1930´s • After war reconstruction of monuments – Betlem Chapel (Jan Hus), Carolinum (Charles University)
Postwar Architecture Recontruction after the bombing by Allies Emauz Monastery Church, New Town • Emauz Monastery Church, New Town, 1950´s • Dancing House, New Town, 1990´s, Vlado Milunić, Frank Gehry
Socialist Realism • Return to „classical values“ • Monumentalising historism • The aim of architecture was to create a system of architectural forms as political-ideological signs understandable to the working people and „make him proud of his victories and work successes“.
Socialist Realism Hotel Jalta • 1958 • Fallout shelter and underground hospital for the prominent politicians • Statues on the terasse • A couple of agricultors with a jug of fresh milk, agricultors huging, agricultors with a sheaf of grain
„Brussels Style“ Expo 58 • Great success of the Czecoslovak pavillon • Laterna Magika first presented here – Alfréd Radok, Miloš Forman • Acting on the stage and on the screen at the same time • Bright colours, inventive use of materials • Reaction on the socialist realism
„Brussels Style“ Tramway Tatra T3, the most successful model produced since 1960´s Podolí Swimming Pool, Prague 4
Karel Prager • Federal Assembly, 1966-73 • Used a building from the 1930´s • Use of a bridge girder • Large suspended glass wall • New scene, National Theatre (Laterna Magika) • Skewed shape lined with more than four thousand blown glass bricks with diverse profilation – form together a huge relief. Unique use of glass. • Strict elegance, non-decorativeness, comfort
Architecture of the 1970´s Kotva Shopping Mall 1970-5, Hexagons interconected by escalators Underground, since 1974 • Nusle Bridge • Stability threatened by heavy soviet trains • Anděl • Reliefs with socialist topics Colonies of prefabricated houses • 1950´s, 1960´s Prosek, Petřiny • 1970´s, 1980´s, Southern and South-Western Town
Architecture of the 1970´s Postmodern Architecture • ČKD, Můstek • Extensive use of concrete
1980´s Žižkov TV Tower inspiration • 1985-1992 • Controversial destruction of a part of a Jewish cemetery... • David Černý, Babies,2000
1990´s Dancing House • Nationale Niederlanden, 1996 • Ginger Rogers and Fred Astair (dancing couple) • Vlado Milunič and Frank Gehry (architects) • From the iniciative of Václava Havel, former Czech president
Hvězda Tenament Houses (Prague 6) – new model of housing colonies Vlado Milunić