Course detail
Law in Architectural Practice
FA-SP2-KEAcad. year: 2022/2023
The aim of the course is to provide students with the information on the basic legislative framework for architectural practice performed in the European Union together with selected topics for the Czech environment. Students will familiarize with the common EU legislative framework in the field of construction industry and spatial planning: performing the profession, sustainability of buildings, building products, conservation of landscape etc. The information is complemented by selected rules and institutes from the Czech legislation: the process of planning, basic rules of Code of Administrative Procedure, of planning permission proceedings and basic of construction law. Further students will be introduced to the principles of Spatial Development Policy in CR and EU. Students will work on practical assignments where they will deal with the procedures and legislation of town and country planning in various countries which they will further compare in their semestral works.
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Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Department
Offered to foreign students
Learning outcomes of the course unit
- Students will know the basics of legal and administrative system of EU and CR.
- Students will know the instruments of town and country planning.
- Students will have knowledge about location and permission of buildings.
- Students will know the basics of legal regulations related to construction law.
- Students will have basic knowledge necessary for negotiation of intention with the responsible authorities, building authority and clients.
- Students will know the basics of legal regulations necessary to perform professional activities as an independent architect.
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Evaluation is based on oral exam.
Course curriculum
- Introduction: Basic legal terminology. Legal and administrative system in EU and CR. Code of Administrative Procedure. Functioning of public administration. Building Act, its content, principles. Implementation decrees of Building Act
- Town and country planning: town and country planning instruments, creation of land-use planning documentation
- Permission of buildings: Location of buildings, building permit proceedings, simplified methods. Structure realization, use and removing structures
- Relevant legislation: Technical requirements for buildings and construction products. Environment protection, assessments of the impacts of concepts on the environment. Energy performance of buildings. Waste disposal. Administrative delict. Expropriation
- Legal framework of professional practice of architects: Selected activities in construction, act on the professional practice, Czech Chamber of Architects. Basic industrial/labour-law relations, elements of job contract. Trade Licensing Act. Trade corporations, their basic features, position of partners
Work placements
Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Elaboration and presentation of the semestral work is compulsory.
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
EUR-Lex. Access to European Union Law (online). URL: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en (EN)
Spatial Planning and Building Rules (online). Ministry of Regional Development CZ. URL: https://www.mmr.cz/en/ministerstvo/spatial-planning-and-building-rules (EN)
Recommended reading
Classification of course in study plans