Every place on earth has a voice. This voice resonates from the shaping events that have long passed and the current conditions that continue to give each place its individual character. The voice continually evolves as the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth leaves its trace. This voice in its endless variety of forms expresses the beauty that is inherent within each and every location on earth. The potential of architecture is the translation of this voice into human terms and the formal declaration that we as humans play a meaningful part in the cycle. The guiding forms, surfaces, substances of architecture allow the human body to move in grace, unhindered, and inspires the mind to sense the essential connection between matter spirit; between the individual and the whole. The role of the architect is to become sensitive to this voice; to silence the mind enough to hear, and to respond to it in material form. The resulting dialogue between the edifice and the encompassing site reaches a certain completeness that enriches the living experience of the end user, bringing the wandering mind to the present long enough to inspire the thought that "I belong here, among all of this." The technical training required in order to gain an inherent understanding of structure and materials takes years of experience in the field of architecture. However, it has been the focus of my graduate career to further develop this sensitivity to the site and make my first attempts at formulating an architectural response, suggesting structures that could achieve this engagement with the end user and the site itself. / Master of Architecture

Lämningar från mer än 230 romerska amfiteatrar har hittats sprida runt om i alla av det romerska imperiets provinser. Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att skapa en förståelse för amfiteatrarnas betydelse för det romerska riket, genom att studera var de är lokaliserade och det fynd som har gjorts i dem. De flesta arbeten som redan gjorts i ämnet är gjorda på amfiteatrarnas konstruktion eller på separata amfiteatrar. Genom litteraturstudier av 23 amfiteatrar är syftet att få en större överblick över ämnet. Resultatet visar på att amfiteatrarna låg på militära, politiska och ekonomiskt strategiska platser och ofta i utkanten eller utanför staden. Fynd från amfiteatrarna visar att huvudstrategin bakom byggandet av amfiteatrarna var att kontrollera imperiets folk. / Remains of more than 230 Roman amphitheatres have been found scattered around the provinces of the Roman Empire. The purpose of this essay is to create an understanding of the importance of amphitheatres to the Roman Empire, by studying where they are located and the archaeological finds that have been made in them. Most of the work already done on the subject has been done on the construction of the amphitheatres. Through literature studies of 23 amphitheatres, the aim is to get a greater overview of the subject. The results show that the amphitheatres were located in military, political and economic strategic locations and often on the outskirts or outside the city. Finds from the amphitheatres show that the main strategy behind the construction of the amphitheatres was to control the people of the empire.

Cette thèse constitue une étude de l'architecture de l'amphithéâtre antique d'Arles et de ses transformations ultérieures. La première partie traite de l'état actuel du monument et de son évolution aux époques médiévale et moderne, ainsi que des différentes campagnes de restauration des XIXe et XXe siècles. Elle comporte ensuite une description architecturale détaillée du bâtiment et plusieurs hypothèses de restitution des parties disparues. Les étapes de construction et des modes de mise en œuvre du bâtiment sont traités dans une dernière partie. / This study is an analisis of the architecture of the roman amphitheatre of Arles (France) and of its evolution in the medieval and modern times.A detailled description of the architecture and various hypothesis of restitution of the missing part of the buiding, is followed by the study of the construction work and especially the tools used.

The primary aim of the project was to create a new hotel building with a wine gustation salon in a way which would interfere with the natural character of the surroundings as little as possible whilst offering a wide lookout. The purpose of this building facility is also more than four-star accommodations. The hotel also contains a restaurant, wine gustation salon with an adjacent wine gallery representing local wine area of Modré Hory and a spacious underground wellness complex making the stay at the hotel more pleasurable. The industrial conception of the building is inspired by wine production and the periodicality of vineyards which is observable on the front mounted facade. Preservation of the regularity of both horizontal and vertical rasters was possible thanks to this facade. Another interesting factor of the building is the roof of the overground part of the wellness center which is used as a staircase seating. This part of the object created a partially covered amphitheatre and a summer theater which also serves as the main front space entry of the hotel.

The subject of this thesis is an architectural study of reconstruction of chateau in Hrušovany nad Jevišovkou. The chateau is a cultural heritage but it is currently abandoned and derelict. The new usage is aimed at bringing life back to the chateau grounds and atracting turists into the city. The building is used polyfunctionaly. It serves as a galerry, wine bar, hotel and cafe. The multifunctional hall, reprezentative room and ceremony hall are also included. The part of the plan is a garden designed to enhance the chateau atmosphere. The front yard is decorated with a fountain, benches and flower beds. Behind the chateau is a courtyard with a seating area for cafe guests, a herb garden, amphitheatre for musical and cultural events and a parking lot for visitors.

Previously, the bulk of the population lived in rural areas. The whole family lived there together in the family house on the same property. Young helped the elderly and old to their offspring, with households with children, with the economy. With the advent of industrialization and mobilization, many young people moved into the cities, to work, to the newly constructed blocks of residential houses, which were rather less than they could live with a large extended family. Mutual cooperation was suddenly far away. The town has more people, more jobs and more older people, which the state took care of them - homes for the elderly - retirees concentration in one place, without daily contact with young, with family. Thanks to good quality of health care older people is increasing and this problem is must be solved. The country has still semi-detached houses and multigenerational houses, where the family lived with grandparents, but in the city is hard to find to buy or rent two apartments near each other. The main concept of my work is to create a semi-detached flats, flats with common vestibule, which connects one smaller and one larger apartment. Use the castle for this principle is more than appropriate - will be returned the housing for the family and each of generation finds in the castle grounds space for their activities or employment. This area still remains open to inhabitant of the city and offer them new possibilities for leisure (restaurants and an amphitheater).