Architecture in the Services of Motoring
[31.7.2012] conference in Hradec Králové, on 20th to 21st September, 2012; in Liberec, on 22nd September, 2012
In the 1st half of the 20th century the automobile industry dramatically influenced the structure of colonizing and even the countryside. A new rapidly developing phenomenon also brought along a wide variety of charming expressions of architecture. This expert conference will map their birth and early development – the role of the architect and also builder, the impacts of motoring upon the character of towns and road system, the character of production and distribution of vehicles, a company and promoting strategy and mainly the variable construction structure of motoring services. The meeting aims to “opening” the up to the present time omitted topic of the specific construction heritage and to interconnecting the activities of professional public and motor sport enthusiasts...
Organizer
▪The Research Centre of Industrial Heritage FA ČVUT in Prague
(within the project Industrial topography NAKI DF 11 P01 OVV 016)
▪ The National Institute of Cultural Heritage ÚOP in Liberec
(within the project of the Castle Car Park – motor sport and aristocracy in the Czech lands NAKI DF 11P01OVV026)
▪ The Museum of Eastern Bohemia in Hradec Králové
▪ The North Bohemian Museum in Liberec
Contact
▪ Petr Vorlík, 224 356 354, vorlik@fa.cvut.cz
▪ Jiří Křížek, 485 246 106, jiri.krizek@muzeumlb.cz
Application forms
Please send the filled in application forms for presence together with a potential application form for a contribution by 15th June, 2012 by e-mail to the address - vorlik@fa.cvut.cz and by post to the following address:
Petr Vorlík, Výzkumné centrum průmyslového dědictví, Fakulta architektury ČVUT v Praze, Thákurova 9, 16634 Praha 6
Preliminary programme
on 20th September, 2012 in The Museum of Eastern Bohemia in Hradec Králové
▪ a conference (opening: production, distribution and services; public space, town and countryside; post-war echoes; contemporary destinies)
▪ a guided tour of the thematic mini exhibition
▪ a social evening
21st September, 2012 in Hradec Králové
▪ a tour around the motoring and technical buildings (e.g. Palace Garage, the petrol station in Kukleny and Plotiště nad Labem, the tannery and car factory KAN, the Labe power station Hučák, etc.)
22nd September, 2012 in Liberec
▪ a ride for the applicants (up to 30 people) in the historic vehicles around the motoring buildings (e.g. Autohaus of Anton Eisenkolb, Grandgarage City, the Villa of Theodor Liebeg, etc.)
▪ the final meeting in The North Bohemian Museum in Liberec
