2010, photograph: David Židlický

THICOM – Tugendhat House International Committee

International Expert Committee to advice the City of Brno regarding the implementation of the restoration of the Tugendhat House in Brno according to the principles of the preservation of a monument.

Designated on 17 June 2009 in Brno by Dr. Daniel Rychnovsky, 1 Vice Mayor of the City of Brno. Decision of the Council of the City of Brno to the establishment of the Expert Advisory Council on 1 December 2009 (R5/128). Appointment of Members on 13 January 2009.

Responsibilities:

The THICOM is a committee of specialists to advise the City of Brno for the evaluation of the technical issues regarding the preparation and implementation of the restoration of the Tugendhat House according to the principles of the preservation of a monument. The THICOM comments on basic conceptual, theoretical and methodological issues regarding the restoration of the Tugendhat House - according to the principles of the preservation of a monument - on important processes of preservation and restoration of the building fabric and on refurbishing the interior and the garden. THICOM is also a institution of the continuous objective information of the national and international audience concerning the preparation and  the process of the restoration of the Tugendhat House.

Members:

Iveta Černá / Brno, secretary . Thomas Danzl / Dresden . Wessel de Jonge / Rotterdam, deputy chairman . Alex Dill / Karlsruhe . Daniela Hammer-Tugendhat / Vienna, honorary chairperson . Ivo Hammer / Vienna, chairman . Petr Kroupa / Brno . Karel Ksandr / Prague . Helmut Reichwald / Stuttgart . Arthur Rüegg / Zurich . Vladimír  Šlapeta / Brno . Miloš Solař / Prague . Josef Štulc / Prague . Ana Tostões / Lisbon . Ruggero Tropeano /Zurich . Martin Zedníček / Brno . assistant of chairman: Petr Dvořák / Brno

For assistance to the cooperation and coordination of THICOM we thank the ETH Zurich, Prof. Dr. Theo Wehner.