The 1st Czech private school of architecture, Architectural Institute in Prague (ARCHIP), opens its doors in Veletrní palác. It is at present accepting applications from potential neighborhood and international college students for its bachelor study programme in Architecture, with instruction in English.
The program to begin an international school of architecture in Prague, which originated in a group of men and women close to the architects Martin Roubík (1949-2008) and Regina Loukotová in 2005, now becomes reality soon after the conferral of state consent and accreditation by the Ministry of Schooling. The school was conceived as genuinely international – with faculty members hailing from or possessing in depth knowledge from abroad, international student neighborhood and international greatest practice teaching methods. Roughly 60 students in 1 year will have a location to study in the school’s special premises in Veletrní palác. Its programme and size tends to make the college a welcome addition to the portfolio of possibilities for prospective college students of architecture in the Czech Republic. ARCHIP is nonetheless the only such college to provide the bachelor programme in English.
The idea of teaching is based mostly on placing architecture in the context of other disciplines previously neglected fields this kind of as landscape design and style, urbanism, public area development or monument conservation are also taught. ARCHIP intends to make the most of its residence city, Prague, and broker a hands-on contact of students with the city’s past and present. The school will also advertise the use of architectural models, teamwork, presentation capabilities, debate and polemics.
The faculty relies on top Czech architects as nicely as on equally recognized figures in the field of history and theory or visual arts. International faculty members and Czechs with substantial international expertise are nicely represented. ARCHIP’s ambition is to be a platform for architecture and contact with the skilled neighborhood and the public at big, and with other local and international institutions in the area.
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