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Evolution of architecture and human consciousness, Oldrich Hozman interwiew and video presentation in Front Range Anthroposophical Café, 4.5.2025

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Anthroposophical Furniture design

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Dear friends. In cooperation with the sculpture school Plastik Schule am Goetheanum in Dornach, I have prepared a workshop on the design and production of organic furniture. I have often visited this sculpture school during weekends or weekly workshops over the past twenty years. And then I completed my basic studies there in 2022-2025. The Plastik Schule am Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland, is a place with a rich tradition. It is based on the inspiration and earlier artistic work of Rudolf Steiner. It was founded in 1926 on the initiative of the sculptor Oswald Dubach and the architect Carl Kemper and was taken over by the sculptor Raoul Ratnowsky in 1952 who led the shool until 1970. Since 1960, it has been an internationally recognized training center, where, for example, teachers of handicrafts and art education for Waldorf schools, workshop teachers for various special schools and art therapists for institutions of therapeutic education are trained. But there are also studiing those, interested in free sculptural art and design. Within this framework, Plastik Schule is now offering this series of workshops on designing and producing organic furniture in its own carpentry workshop. If you are interested or have any questions, please write to me at: —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— You can read about the history and development of free and applied anthroposophical art in Prague in a book by author, art historian, and curator David Voda., “Prague anthroposophical Moderne 1907 – 1953”, which was published by Editor Arbor vitae. Content of the book is described here (pdf, 11 MB) . —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Leaflet of the workshop you can download here (656 kB) ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
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The Path to an organic architecture

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Principles of living organic architecture. Examples of completed buildings. Features of school buildings that support education and childcare. Architect Oldřich Hozman will introduce you to the principles of therapeutic features of architecture. Oldřich Hozman is a senior architect from the Czech Republic who came from Europe to Canada and the USA for a few weeks. On this occasion, he was approached to give a series of lectures. We invite you to listen to his perspective on architecture and the shaping of the space around us – a perspective shaped by the European context, long-term practice and an emphasis on the relationship between place, structure and man.

Architect Oldřich Hozman (b.1964): A graduate of architecture and furniture design he has also studied Feng Shui and the subtle energies of the landscape. In addition he has also studied eurythmy, anthroposophic art therapy and Goetheanistic sculpture and sculptural renderings of the seven capitals and columns of the First Goetheanum. He has offices both in Dornach and in the Czech Republic. His work incorporates the principles of holistic architecture, the subtle forces of nature, and geomancy. He focuses on healthy building materials and designs low-energy and environment. ally-friendly buildings. He teaches courses in modelling and carving organic Goetheanistic forms and lectures internationally on topics such as holistic, anthroposophic and organic architecture, the twelve senses, and healthy architecture for schools and learning.

YOU ARE WARMLY INVITED TO A PRESENTATION BY OLDŘICH HOZMAN TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16th, AT 7:00 PM local time (EST), Seminar room, Hesperus Village 1 Hesperus Road, Vaughan, ON


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Principles of living organic architecture

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Principles of living organic architecture. Examples of completed buildings. Features of school buildings that support education and childcare. Architect Oldřich Hozman will introduce you to the principles of therapeutic features of architecture. Oldřich Hozman is a senior architect from the Czech Republic who came from Europe to Canada and the USA for a few weeks. On this occasion, he was approached to give a series of lectures. We invite you to listen to his perspective on architecture and the shaping of the space around us – a perspective shaped by the European context, long-term practice and an emphasis on the relationship between place, structure and man.

Friday, 19th Decembre 2025, 7-8 pm local time (EST)

LightForms Art Centre
743 Columbia St, Hudson, NY 12534-2509, United States


https://www.lightformsartcenter.com/new-events

Plastic goetheanistic art workshop under the leadership of architect Oldřich Hozman

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Plastic goetheanistic art, as a basis for applied arts under the leadership of architect Oldřich Hozman. Seminar will take place  from 17th till 19th of October 2025 in the school: Waldorf school, Vlastina 500/19, Praha 6-Liboc, Czech republik (www.waldorfdedina.cz). From Friday 17:00 – 20:00, on Saturday 9:00 – 20:00 and on Sunday 9:00 – 16:00. The cycle of art seminars takes place to support the creation of an independent Waldorf school and to support the teachers’ initiative and parents at the Dědina Waldorf school, who strive for this independence. Participants will be divided into two groups. Beginners will model. Advanced will do models of applied arts. The methods of work will consist in the etheric and in the mental-spiritual plane. It will be a goetheanistic work of art in practise. The goal is to develop a deeper understanding for changing shapes between themselves. When you model or carve objects, you learn to feel and capture the shapes. You will realize that one leads to another. You try to make the transitions between shapes smooth. Practically, this can then be used when designing the shapes of furniture or useful objects in Waldorf schools or in homes. In plastic goetheanistic art, one often works with the metamorphosis of shapes. It is similar to Waldorf pedagogy, which works with the metamorphosis of forces that operate in childhood and which gradually transform into forces operating in adulthood. These forces are called etheric forces in anthroposophy. When it succeeds, so that these powers may flow freely and vividly in childhood. They are transformed in later life into lively and fluent powers of thought. That’s why children in the first and second seven years need it. Even as adults, indulging in the kind of modeling or carving which we’ll be doing will help you get into that lively mood. In addition, it has a regenerative and therapeutic effect. Because you can relax mentally with artistic work. You engage other senses. You will also warm up mentally and physically. The aim is to develop an understanding and feeling for soft and flowing shapes and for gradual transitions between them. To learn to feel them and shape them in matter. Register to Helena Kottová at e-mail: , phone: +420 777 228 616, the price of the seminar is CZK 2,500 for guests, including materials. And CZK 500 for teachers and parents of the school.
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Therapeutic Features of Organic Architecture, Oldrich Hozman interwiew and video presentation in Front Range Anthroposophical Café, 4.11. 2023

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The Book “Der Architekt Oldrich Hozman, Ein Lebensbild”. Autor Jörg Hermann Schröder.

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Oldřich Hozman designs, creates and develops exceptional interiors, gardens and houses. This biography wants to give an insight into his life, his way of working, his versatile abilities and his consistent pursuit of the path he has taken: to create a livable and cultural environment for people from a human poin of view that understands the development of man as part of his environment.

Anaelis Sophia Verlag, delivered in 2 – 5 Days. (in German language)