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Course: The role of darkness in the poetics of space

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Course title The role of darkness in the poetics of space
Course code KDU/EDRT
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Fischerová Magda, Ing. arch. Ph.D.
  • Kolcun Bohdan, Prof. Ing. arch.
Course content
- the environmental aspect of darkness - philosophical conception of darkness - psychological effects of darkness - perception for visual suppression - Darkness as a starting point and creative essence

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Individual project (40) - 40 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to recall the basic artistic and aesthetic categories necessary for reflection and interpretation of one's own work and contextual framework
Skills
design and reflect a spatial work with regard to its light, color and compositional impact, formulate judgments about their concept and discuss them with colleagues and teachers, vary and modify the proposal with regard to the feedback provided, finalize the design model
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
interpretation of artistic - aesthetic concepts of perception and experience of light quality of objects, interpretive frameworks of the phenomenon of darkness in the field of environmental, psychological and aesthetic
Skills
designing the field of environmental design for architecture and their explanation and interpretation with regard to the ecological and aesthetic qualities of darkness, reflection on spatial planning in the context of the phenomenon of "darkness" and light smog designing urban and interior design using mediated knowledge
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Field trip
Lecture with visual aids
Skills
Field trip
Seminar classes
Students' portfolio
Competences
Discussion
assessment methods
Knowledge
Project
Skills
Seminar work
Competences
Kolokvium
Recommended literature
  • Bogard, Paul. The end of night: Searching for natural darkness in an age of artificial light.. New York: Back Bay Books, 2013.
  • Burke, Edmund. A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful. 1757.
  • Govan, M., & Kim, C. Y., & Greene, A. de L., & Krupp, E. C. James Turrell: A Retrospective (2nd ed.). London, New York, Los Angeles: Prestel Publishing, Museum Associates, 2013.
  • Lyytimäki, Jari. Maps of light pollution in odd places: Are night time satellite pictures making us to forget natural darkness?. International Journal of Sustainable Lighting IJSL, 2020.
  • Merleau-Ponty, Maurice. Svět vnímání. 1. vyd. Praha : Oikoymenh, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7298-287-5.
  • Schlör, Joachim. Nights in the big city: Paris, Berlin, London 1840?1930. London: Reaktion Books, 1998.
  • Svestka, J., & Stecker, R., & Jacques, A. S., & Krischanitz, A. Perceptual Cells James Turrell. Stuttgart: Dr. Cantz´sche Druckerei, 1992.
  • Weschler, L. Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees. alifornia: University of California Press, 2009.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, date of update: 24.04.2025 23:52. Data created for academic year 2025/2026