Josef Polášek
Josef Polášek (born March 27, 1899 in Boršov near Kyjov , † December 20, 1946 in Brno ) was a Czech architect .
life and work
Josef Polášek studied architecture from 1917 to 1921 at the building trade school in Brno and from 1921 to 1925 at the arts and crafts school in Prague (Professor Pavel Janák ).
- 1925–1946: Architect in the City of Brno Building Department
- 1925: Member of the Sdružení architektů (Association of Architects) and member of the Czechoslovak Werkbund in Prague.
- 1928: six-month scholarship trip to Holland .
- 1929: Founding member of the Left Front in Brno. Member of the INDEX group .
- 1930: Member of the Czechoslovak CIAM group.
- 1933: Member of the Association of Socialist Architects in Prague.
His last work, the sídliště Tábor in Brno, he could no longer experience due to his early death from tuberculosis, the six striking Brno residential buildings with 240 apartments, like their predecessors from the pre-war period, were built on the site, true to the functionalist style of Brno Modernism a feared concentration camp during the occupation. After the war they marked the hopeful beginning of reconstruction and settlement planning, and they were still imitated in some places, but classical modernism was to be replaced for a long time by a completely different architectural style in Czechoslovakia.
Selected buildings in Brno
- 1925–1927: Brno City Cemetery Chapel (together with Bohuslav Fuchs ), Vídeňská (formerly Koněvova) 198
- 1926: Elementary school (together with Bohuslav Fuchs), Náměsti míru (Peace Square) 3
- 1927: Elementary school (together with Bohuslav Fuchs), Táborská
- 1928–1930: VESNA girls' school (together with Bohuslav Fuchs), Lípová 18
- 1930: elementary school. Obřany
- 1930: Block with small apartments in the Husovice municipality. Vranovská 22-28
- 1930–1931: Housing estate with small apartments in Brno, Královo Pole ( Königsfeld ), Skácelova (formerly Moskevská, then Masarykova) 23-69, Purkyňova 48, 50, Vodova 51, 53
- 1931: Civic school and kindergarten (together with Oskar Pořiska ) in Brno, Kotlářská 4
- 1931–1934: Social Institutes of the City of Brno, Bohunice, Jihlavská 100 (with Oskar Pořiska)
- 1931: František Budiks tenement house, Brno, Černá Pole (Schwarzfeld)
- 1932: School extension, Brno, Královo Pole (Königsfeld), Bulharská 3
- 1932: own house, Barvičova 56
- 1933: Extension of the elementary school, Obřany
- 1934–1935: Reconstruction of the old parliament as the New Town Hall, Dominikánské náměstí (Dominican Square)
- 1936–1938: Ch. Masarykova girls' school , Merhautova 15
- 1936–1938: Citizens' School, Maloměřice
- 1936–1939: 1. Moravian Savings Bank (together with H. Blum and 0. Oplatek), Jánská 4-10
- 1937: Dr. Pur, Joštova (formerly also třída Obráncu míru) 27
- around 1937: House, Královo Pole (Königsfeld), Bulharská 48
- 1937: Dr. Kyjovskýs, Bystrc
- 1937–1939: Community houses with small apartments, Dačického, Křidlovická and Náplavka
- 1937–1938: Houses with small apartments (together with Vilém Kuba), Zvěřinova
- 1938–1939: Reconstruction of the elementary school and extension of the kindergarten, Křídlovická 30 a, b
- 1938–1939: Citizens' School, Tuřany
- 1938–1939: Elementary school in Kohoutovice
- 1945–1948: Tábor housing estate in Brno: town houses (together with Jiří Kroha and Vilém Kuba), Tábor 40-50
Literature, source
- The Brno Functionalists - Catalog for an exhibition at the Czech National Museum in Prague , 1985
Web links
- Josef Polášek. In: arch INFORM .
- Literature and other media by and about Josef Polášek in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- ArchiWeb: Josef Polášek (Czech)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Polášek, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boršov near Kyjov |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 20, 1946 |
| Place of death | Brno |