Tuesday, 23 May, 2023

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Day 2 -  Icons of Czech Avantgarde: Authenticity & Style Diversity

8:30am         CHECK-IN [National Library of Technology]

8:50am         Welcome by Moderator architect Petr Klíma and introduction of keynote speaker       

8:55am     Keynote Address: Professor Burkhardt Rukschcio

Lecture Outline - The Genesis of Loos' Raumplan 

Author of the reconstruction of the Looshaus and outstanding expert on the work of Adolf Loos, Professor Burkhardt Rukschcio will present in his keynote address the history of the restoration and reconstruction of this gem of modern architecture. The famous Vienna Looshaus on Michaelerplatz diagonally opposite the Vienna Hofburg was completed in 1910 according to plans by Adolf Loos. Due to its simple, unornamented façade, the local press turned it into a veritable building scandal. Built at the time as a commercial building for Goldman and Salatsch, the building has thus become one of the most controversial and well-known in Vienna. Taken over by the Raiffeisenbank, it was carefully restored in 1989 under the direction of the architect and Loos expert Burkhardt Rukschcio.

About Prof Burkhardt Rukschcio  

Burkhardt Rukschcio (1941) studied architecture as well as art history and archaeology in Vienna and wrote his dissertation in 1974 on the subject of 'Studies on Designs, Projects and Executed Buildings by Adolf Loos (1870 - 1933)'. Since the early 1970s, Rukschcio has devoted a large part of his professional activity as a researcher and as a lecturer to the life and work of Adolf Loos and is one of the best-known Loos specialists in Vienna. As curator for the architecture department of the Albertina Graphic Collection in Vienna, he arranged and inventoried the Adolf Loos Archive. In 1982, together with Roland Schachel, he published the standard work 'Adolf Loos. Life and Work' published by Residenz Verlag. He was responsible for several restorations of Loos works: the Looshaus on Michaelerplatz (1987), the American Bar/Loos Bar (1989), the music collection of the Vienna Library in the City Hall (1989) and the Strasser House in Kupelwiesergasse.

9:45am         Q&A

9:55am         Iconic Shorts 10 Modern House Museums, presented in 6:40’ presentations   

- Villa Tugendhat: Iveta Černá, Head of Villa Tugendhat, Brno City Museum
- Villa Bílek: Martin Krummholz, Art historian at Palacký University in Olomouc and Curator  Bílek exhibition
- Villa Stiassni: Kateřina Konečná, Site Manager

- Villa Winternitz: David Cysař, Director 
 

10:30am     BREAK

11:00am     Iconic Shorts 

- Vila Volman: Marek Tichý, Architect and author of the reconstruction

- Adolf Loos Pilsen: Magdalena Černá, Project Manager and Co-Curator Adolf Loos Pilsen, on the opening of the interiors to the public.                                                                                                 - Brummel House: Martin Brummel, owner of the house 
- Semler Residence: Petr Domanický, Architecture Collection Curator, Gallery of West Bohemia in Pilsen, on the reconstruction of the building and its historical interior and the establishment of a research centre for architecture in the Pilsen region.
- Villa Beer: Lothar Trierenberg, Founder and Managing Director Villa Beer Foundation gemeinnützige GmbH
- Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky's Apartment: Christine Zwingl, Architect, Director MSL Zentrum and Chairwoman MSL Club

12:00pm     SHORT BREAK

12:15pm     Board buses to tour houses

12:30pm     Buses depart 

Boxed lunches served on bus

 

Afternoon House Tours 12:30-6:30pm

- Adolf Loos Apartment & Gallery, Adolf Loos, 1929 

- Villa Bílek, František Bílek, 1911    

- Villa Winternitz, Adolf Loos & Karel Lhota, Prague, 1932 

 

5:30pm -7:00pm  Launch of The Last House by Adolf Loos, National Technical Museum

- Shuttle service to the hotel

 

END OF PROGRAM A

 

Dinner by individual arrangement

 

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