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Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Urban Design, Town and Regional Planning
Cultural Landscape in the Suburban Area of Large Settlements, Its Signs and Values
Topic Overview:
The main goal of the supervisor's topic is to determine the cultural-historical values and attributes of the cultural landscape in the surroudings of arge cities, which could be devalued due to suburbanization (residential and commercial).
A aparently worthless suburban landscape, at first sight showing no continuity and cultural-historical values or structures, may contain a number of historical landscape structures that manifest themselves in the landscape scene and influence the future organization or growth of the settlement. Although such a cultural landscape seems worthless, it can hide a number of values and structures that can be further used (eg. preserved old roads, along which new construction develops). This dissertation focuses on the cultural and historical values of the landscape, which may be affected by suburbanization.
Tasks:
The report of foreign research into the cultural landscape around large cities. What foreign writings dealing with the landscape affected by suburbanization. How does suburbanization manifest itself in your area and how does it affect the landscape?
Outcomes:
The report about the approach and the protection of cultural and historical values (buildings, attributes, structures,…) in your country.
The main goal of the supervisor's topic is to determine the cultural-historical values and attributes of the cultural landscape in the surroudings of arge cities, which could be devalued due to suburbanization (residential and commercial).
A aparently worthless suburban landscape, at first sight showing no continuity and cultural-historical values or structures, may contain a number of historical landscape structures that manifest themselves in the landscape scene and influence the future organization or growth of the settlement. Although such a cultural landscape seems worthless, it can hide a number of values and structures that can be further used (eg. preserved old roads, along which new construction develops). This dissertation focuses on the cultural and historical values of the landscape, which may be affected by suburbanization.
Tasks:
The report of foreign research into the cultural landscape around large cities. What foreign writings dealing with the landscape affected by suburbanization. How does suburbanization manifest itself in your area and how does it affect the landscape?
Outcomes:
The report about the approach and the protection of cultural and historical values (buildings, attributes, structures,…) in your country.
Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Urban Design, Town and Regional Planning
Safety in Public Space
Topic Overview:
The dissertation topic aims to analyze and subsequently identify design parameters of public spaces that can influence public security and perceived safety. The goal is to create a methodical procedure for evaluating the quality of public spaces in terms of safety, and to try to create a comprehensive overview of environmental design measures, which, if implememented, can create a safer public areas for people.
Tasks:
The task is to write a report analysing how public safety is viewed in Brazil - what are the existing studies on the topic and what design measures are applied. The approaches found through the research can be presented on a case study example of specific public spaces in your city (country).
Outcomes:
A report analysing Brazil´s approach to designing safe public spaces.
References:
Jacobs, Jane (1961). The Death and Life of Great American Cities; Newman, Oscar. (1972). Defensible Space; Crime Prevention through Urban Design; Coleman, Alice (1985). Design Disadvantagement
The dissertation topic aims to analyze and subsequently identify design parameters of public spaces that can influence public security and perceived safety. The goal is to create a methodical procedure for evaluating the quality of public spaces in terms of safety, and to try to create a comprehensive overview of environmental design measures, which, if implememented, can create a safer public areas for people.
Tasks:
The task is to write a report analysing how public safety is viewed in Brazil - what are the existing studies on the topic and what design measures are applied. The approaches found through the research can be presented on a case study example of specific public spaces in your city (country).
Outcomes:
A report analysing Brazil´s approach to designing safe public spaces.
References:
Jacobs, Jane (1961). The Death and Life of Great American Cities; Newman, Oscar. (1972). Defensible Space; Crime Prevention through Urban Design; Coleman, Alice (1985). Design Disadvantagement
Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Urban Design, Town and Regional Planning
Alteration and Rehabilitation of Public Spaces of Original Settlements in Metropolitan Environment
Topic Overview:
The main target of the topic of supervisor is identification of the values of specific public spaces of original small settlements in the large city, metropolis. In this time, we design public space of the city preferably to have an urban character. Howewer strukture of a (large) city isn’t uniform in many cases. They may include public spaces that have been in originall villages before joined to the city. The aim of this dissertation is to find out, if these types of public spaces are still used by citizens at present and if it’s atractivity is connected with it’s ‘rural’ character. To determine mentioned hypotheses the work examines the transformations (in physical structure and way of using) that the mentioned spaces have gone through since the middle of the 20th century to the present day.
Tasks:
Case study of the public space of the original village in the selected (large) city, metropolis. Specifically an analysis of one selected public space, whitch includes:
1. examination of historical documents (maps, descriptions, photograps) and current state of the public space;
2. carrying out a questionnaire survey among local inhabitants;
OR
The wider report on foreign research into the growth of the local cities and their coalescence with neraby villages. Is this fennomen common in your country? Are public spaces of these original villages recognizable in urban structures? Do they have different character the city itself?
Outcomes:
Case study of one selectec public space of original village in (large) city, which will include the report on historical and current state of the space, and the results of a questionnaire survey.
OR
The overall report about the current state of public spaces of original villages in (large) cities in your country.
Notes:
Outline of case study and questionnaire is pre-prepared.
The main target of the topic of supervisor is identification of the values of specific public spaces of original small settlements in the large city, metropolis. In this time, we design public space of the city preferably to have an urban character. Howewer strukture of a (large) city isn’t uniform in many cases. They may include public spaces that have been in originall villages before joined to the city. The aim of this dissertation is to find out, if these types of public spaces are still used by citizens at present and if it’s atractivity is connected with it’s ‘rural’ character. To determine mentioned hypotheses the work examines the transformations (in physical structure and way of using) that the mentioned spaces have gone through since the middle of the 20th century to the present day.
Tasks:
Case study of the public space of the original village in the selected (large) city, metropolis. Specifically an analysis of one selected public space, whitch includes:
1. examination of historical documents (maps, descriptions, photograps) and current state of the public space;
2. carrying out a questionnaire survey among local inhabitants;
OR
The wider report on foreign research into the growth of the local cities and their coalescence with neraby villages. Is this fennomen common in your country? Are public spaces of these original villages recognizable in urban structures? Do they have different character the city itself?
Outcomes:
Case study of one selectec public space of original village in (large) city, which will include the report on historical and current state of the space, and the results of a questionnaire survey.
OR
The overall report about the current state of public spaces of original villages in (large) cities in your country.
Notes:
Outline of case study and questionnaire is pre-prepared.
Czech Technical University in Prague, Masaryk Institute of Advanced Studies
Pre-Columbian Architecture
Topic Overview:
Pre-Columbian architecture enjoys constant worldwide interest of researchers, professionals, and the public. There are currently many new discoveries of pre-Columbian civilizations in Brazil, but the world public is not sufficiently informed about them, among other things, due to the language barrier. The work should contribute both to making new Brazilian discoveries accessible to the world public and to the study of the development of urban buildings and architecture in a global context.
Task:
The aim of the thesis will be to search for and process information about current (archaeological) discoveries of pre-Columbian architecture and urbanism, to collect information about them and to process them comprehensively in English.
Requirements:
No special skills are needed.
Outcomes:
Research report.
Pre-Columbian architecture enjoys constant worldwide interest of researchers, professionals, and the public. There are currently many new discoveries of pre-Columbian civilizations in Brazil, but the world public is not sufficiently informed about them, among other things, due to the language barrier. The work should contribute both to making new Brazilian discoveries accessible to the world public and to the study of the development of urban buildings and architecture in a global context.
Task:
The aim of the thesis will be to search for and process information about current (archaeological) discoveries of pre-Columbian architecture and urbanism, to collect information about them and to process them comprehensively in English.
Requirements:
No special skills are needed.
Outcomes:
Research report.
Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Urbanism and Land Planning
Industrial Heritage and Its Manifestation in a Historic Cultural Landscape
Topic Overview:
This project aims to define the amount of interference of the preserved industrial heritage on its surroundings, describe a landscape expression and its values, which can help to protect other similar industrial relics from their removal.
Tasks:
Analysis of Brazilian historic cultural landscape (in 2D and the scenic photos), finding characteristic signs for different types of historical land-use, finding unique characters of industrial heritage in a historic cultural landscape.
Requirements:
Autocad, Photoshop, InDesign or GIS would be great, but not necessary.
Outcomes:
Maps, photos, presentation-poster, scenic analysis of the landscape.
References:
Industrial Archaeology : Principles and Practice by Marilyn Palmer.
This project aims to define the amount of interference of the preserved industrial heritage on its surroundings, describe a landscape expression and its values, which can help to protect other similar industrial relics from their removal.
Tasks:
Analysis of Brazilian historic cultural landscape (in 2D and the scenic photos), finding characteristic signs for different types of historical land-use, finding unique characters of industrial heritage in a historic cultural landscape.
Requirements:
Autocad, Photoshop, InDesign or GIS would be great, but not necessary.
Outcomes:
Maps, photos, presentation-poster, scenic analysis of the landscape.
References:
Industrial Archaeology : Principles and Practice by Marilyn Palmer.
