Theory of Architecture II

Recommended Prerequisites

Theory of Architeture I.  

Teaching Methods

The subject presents lessons of both theoretical and practical nature.

The lectures are essentially expository, seeking to fulfill the contents in the syllabus, with the presentation of images.

The practical classes are undertaken in the form of Discussion Groups that aim to discuss and summarize the topics chosen for the development of group work.

The evaluation process involves the use of individual (written test) and group (practical work - involves a report) evaluation instruments.

The evaluation procedure is continuous: written test (3/4) and group work (1/4).   

Learning Outcomes

The subject of Theory of Architecture II presents the principles that are present in the disciplinary exercise, it discusses on the theoretical and critical corpus that are the base knowledge of the built space and analyzes the conditions of the modern and contemporary practice of architecture. It considers aspects directly related to the history and criticism and the design process. In this way it provides, on the one hand, an understanding of the historical conditions underlying their practice and, on the other hand, an operative dimension, even before it is considered the subject of research.

This subject conveys a set of issues that challenge the disciplinary core of architecture: artistic movements and political issues such as feminism and colonial processes, allow to reframe architecture as an available phenomenon to eruptions on art, society, culture. It is a multifaceted subject, which can accommodate those discourses and discuss them with new meanings.    

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

The syllabus content is divided into the following themes:

1. Artistic crossroads in architecture – Cubism, Surrealism and Pop Art

. Life and Art in the Bauhaus

. Architecture and Surrealism

. Architecture and Pop Art

. Modern art and modern architecture in the synthesis of Álvaro Siza

2. Other Modernisms, identity and social - Architecture in Latin America

. The modern Brazil

. The case of Mexico

. Architects and fundamental works of Latin America

3. Critical Theory and architecture - Postcolonialism and Feminism

. African modernismo in Angola

. African modernismo in Cape Vert

. Macau, inside and outside of casinos

. Women in architecture.

Head Lecturer(s)

Jorge Manuel Fernandes Figueira Ferreira

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 25.0%
Frequency: 75.0%

Bibliography

Colomina, Beatriz, Privacy and Publicity. Modern Architecture as Mass Media, Cambridge, Massachusetts; London England:The MIT Press,2000

Coleman, Debra; Danze Elizabeth; Henderson, Carol, (Editors),Architecture and Feminism, New York: Princeton Architectural Press,1996

Fernandes, José Manuel. Geração Africana-Arquitectura e Cidades em Angola e Moçambique, 1925-1975, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte,2002

Fiedler, Jeannine; Feierabend, Peter (Ed.),Bauhaus, Könemann, [1999],2000

Figueira,Jorge(Ed.), Álvaro Siza. Modern Redux, Berlim: HatjeCantz,2008

Mical, Thomas (Ed.), Surrealism and Architecture. London;New York: Routledge,2006 [2005]

Foster, Hal,The return of the real: the avant-garde at the end of the century, Cambridge; London: MIT Press,1996

Milheiro, Ana Vaz,A construção do Brasil: Relações com a cultura arquitectónica portuguesa, Porto: FAUP Publicações,2005

Paglia, Camille, Sex, Art,and American Culture, Essays, New York:Vintage Books,A Division of Random House, Inc.,1992.