Virtual Architectures

Year
2

Academic year
2013-2014

Code
02009235

Subject Area
Architecture and City Planning

Language of Instruction
Portuguese

Mode of Delivery
E-learning

Duration
SEMESTRIAL

ECTS Credits
4.0

Type
Compulsory

Level
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Recommended Prerequisites

Previous attendance to the subject Expressão Plástica e Multimédia is a prerequesite

Learning Outcomes

The objective of this subject is to familiarize the student with the languages of informacion visualization and infography. Using animation technologies the students will demonstrate complex relations of information in a clear way.

Work Placement(s)

Syllabus

-infography case studies
- visual languages in the 20^th century
-creative exploration of information versus rigor
-information visualization papers
-the 3D in the visualization of information
-storyboard
-narrative sequence of information

Head Lecturer(s)

Mauro Costa Couceiro

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Project:100 : 100.0%

Bibliography

-Edward R. Tufte(1990).Envisioning Information.Graphics Press
-Leland Wilkinson (2005).The Grammar of Graphics,Springer.
-Gregory M. Nielson, Hans Hagen and Heinrich Müller (1997). Scientific Visualization: Overviews, Methodologies, and Techniques. IEEE Computer Society.
-Spence,Robert(2007).Information Visualization:Design for Interaction(2nd Edition),Prentice Hall
-Lewi,Paul J.(2006).Speaking of Graphics
http://www.datascope.be/sog.htm
-Michael Twyman(1975).‘The significance of Isotype’
http://isotyperevisited.org/1975/01/the-significance-of-isotype.html