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I would call the topic of this event
Bohemiae Rosa. I refer to a comment of Bohuslav Balbín in his work Miscellanea
historica regni Bohemiae (1st edition 1679) where he compares our
country to a rose.
This name aptly reflects a character of the place for the event: region of the
Kokořín valley near Mšeno, about 55 km northeast from Prague.
Location of the event:
Kokořín valley
The starting point and accommodation: building of the
Baroque Kokořín castle adapted for purposes of the Academy of Fine Arts in
Prague.
The Kokořín valley is an ideal place for spontaneous
experiencing and learning elementary and archaic components of the architecture
in the landscape. At the same time it is a place typical of the Czech tradition
by its combination of architecture, landscape and spiritual history.
Enclosures:
characteristics of the landscape (basic information) geomorphologic
characteristics of the location view from the perspective of the protection of
nature character of the settlement of the region from primeval times up to now
tradition of residing in the rocks, Kokořín castle (as well as other historic
places nearby), sacral and profane Baroque architecture and tradition of popular
dwellings, transformation of historic solutions from the contemporary point of
view
tradition of literary romanticism – K. H. Mácha, and
tradition of wayfaring
Program of the event:
study of anthropogenic forms of the landscape relief in the region of the
national park Kokořín valley and spontaneous responses of students based on this
experience
in the course of the event, the following could come into being:
records of walking
temporary prearchitectonic interferences with the landscape
attempts at staying in abandoned rock, dwellings or adjusted caves
plans and measuring of selected localities, interesting because of the link
between natural and anthropogenic morphology
photo documentation
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1992
PS.: This workshop was not supported and realized. It was possible about three years after at 1995.