JAROSLAV MACHOVEC
Prof. Ing. Jaroslav Machovec, CSs. is Emeritus Professor at Mendl University in Brno. He is the father of Czech landscape architecture and a leading figure in the field. He was additionally a former close colleague with the garden architect Markéta Roderová-Müllerová, co-author of the garden in Villa Tugendhat.
JOSEF JANEČEK
This audiovisual recording of the account of Josef Janeček regarding the circumstances of the project and the realization of the restoration and reconstruction of the Villa over the years 1981-1985, filmed directly in Villa Tugendhat, was carried out as part of the research activity of the Study and Documentation Centre.
JOSEF NĚMEC
The architect Josef Němec is the emeritus director of the State Institute for Reconstruction of Monument Buildings and Structures in Brno. Starting in the 1970s he was one of the first active architects to initiate and realize the renewal of monuments of modern architecture. He played a key role in the fate of the world famous Brno monument, Villa Tugendhat. Thanks to his efforts, the city invested resources into its renewal and reconstruction at the beginning of the 1980s which actually rescued the building.
VLASTA PLUHAŘOVÁ
Vlasta Pluhařová spent part of her childhood in Černá Pole at the beginning of the 1940s. She would often play with her friend, from the neighbouring villa with Villa Tugendhat, along with other children from the area in the garden in Villa Tugendhat. The children also played at times in the main living area of the Villa.
MILAN KNAP
Ing. Milan Knap is emeritus director of the research institute of the company SkloUnion Teplice. He graduated from the Department of Glass Technologies of the Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague. His teachers included the world renowned Czech scientist Prof. Otto Wichterle. Milan Knap worked in the glass industry in North Bohemia for 43 years, primarily in glass research. In connection with Villa Tugendhat, he provided valuable information regarding the history, character and production style of glass in North Bohemia during the pre-war and post-war periods.
BOHUMIL KOČÍ
Prof. Ing. Bohumil Kočí, CSc. is Professor emeritus at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Brno University of Technology. He worked for a number of years as director of Brno Building Company and Gottwaldov (Zlín) Building Company and as Building Director for a United States Steel Corporation. As a graduate of the industrial school he was sent to Villa Tugendhat at the beginning of the 1940s in order to carry out minor construction remodelling for Walter Messerschmidt.
VLADIMÍR ŠLAPETA
The architect and urban planner, Professor Vladimír Šlapeta, ranks among the leading Czech modern architecture historians and theoreticians. He studied architecture at the Czech Technical University in Prague and led the department of architecture at the National Technical Museum in Prague for almost twenty years. He has worked in education for a number of years, holding the position of Dean at the both the Prague and Brno architecture faculties. He often lectures abroad where he has also received a number of prestigious awards. He has a particular interest in Brno Functionalism propagating it abroad from the 1980s in the form of exhibitions and publications. He is a member of a range of international research institutions and the author of dozens of publications on Czech modern architecture.