Architectural Design II

Year
2
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
01007336
Subject Area
Architecture
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Other Languages of Instruction
English
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
ECTS Credits
20.0
Type
Compulsory
Level
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Recommended Prerequisites

Architectural Design I, Drawing I, Geometry, Construction I and II, Introduction to Architecture and the City.

Spatial Vision, Planimetric representation, Capacity of synthesis, Drawing, Capacity of investigation, Creativity, Accuracy, Self-demanding.

Teaching Methods

Individual design practice, assigning a drawing table per student in classroom;

Constant practice of sketching, either for collecting information, either for analysis and synthesis, or to communicate;

Field and group work for analysis of the exercise’s context;

Theorical-practical classes with information related to the current Design exercises;

Study visit to another city (1 day);

Study travel to another city or country (3 to 5 days);

Investigation report on an Architectural work that can be referential for the current design exercise.

Learning Outcomes

To understand the relationship between Man, Architecture and Environment;

To understand space having man as its referent, both in his physical and cultural dimensions;

To develop and strength the tool’s capacity for Design;

To develop a Design methodology and to acquire competencies in analysis, synthesis, autonomous investigation, communication and representation;

To learn how to see, represent and interpretate Urban Space;

To understand the interdependence of shape and meaning between Architecture and City;

To develop and strength the Architectural Culture;

To develop and strength the knowledge of Building Technics.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Interpretative analysis in a real context of the Historical City;

2. Shape and meaning of Urban Spaces - rule and exception;

3. Fast and slow routes in the City - shape and measure;

4. Urban scale and Architectural Program or how position, meaning and measure of urban fabric signal the measure of form and the reason of function;

5. Human scale and Architectural Program or how to relate architectural space with the uses and dimensions of man;

6. Reshaping design of an unfinished urban context in the consolidated Historical City, including definition of a slow route between the high city and the river’s bank;

7. Architectural design of an Equipment building in continuous relation to the reshaped public space;

8. Construction basics - initiation to building technics applied to the Equipment building project.

Head Lecturer(s)

Carlos Henrique Moura Rodrigues Martins

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Project: 100.0%

Bibliography

BENEVOLO, L. (1977). Diseño de la Ciudad. Barcelona: Gustavo Gili.

HERTZBERGER, H. (1995). Lições de Arquitectura. São Paulo: Martins Fontes.

KOSTOF, S. (1999). The City Shaped. New York: Thames & Hudson.

KOSTOF, S. (2005). The City Assembled. New York: Thames & Hudson,

RASMUNSEN, S. E. (2002). Experiencing Architecture. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press

TÁVORA, F. (2008). Da Organização do Espaço. Porto: FAUP.