Design Studio I A

Recommended Prerequisites

1st Cycle of Studies completed.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical lectures presenting themes and concepts that will be worked in each Design Studio. Practical classes in which the work of the students will be tutored by each teacher, either group or individual work. In depth analyses of each given theoretical concept followed critical discussion of the most suitable methodology to support them.

Field trips to the site, as well as to any other location where the urban or programmatic situation promotes a better understanding of the problems posed by each design studio.

The evaluation will be continuous, during both semesters, with mid term and final examinations.

The participation of the students in classes will also be evaluated.

Indispensable work material: drawing book in which are registered the daily evolution of the proposal; Large format drawing paper, as well as other drawing media where the work is graphically communicated. Advanced stages of the work will require the use of computer aided design.

Work Placement(s)

No

Head Lecturer(s)

José Fernando de Castro Gonçalves

Assessment Methods

Assessment
The evaluation will be continuous, during both semesters, with mid term and final examinations : 100.0%

Bibliography

WILSON, Colin St John, Architectural Reflections - Studies in the philosophy and practice of architecture, Oxford, Butterworth Architecture, 1994

MANFREDO, Tafuri, Projecto e Utopia, Lisboa, Editorial Presença, 1985

SMITHSON, Alison,  Smithson, Peter, The Charged Void: Urbanism, NY, The Monacelli Press, 2005

ROSSI, Aldo, La Arquitectura de la Ciudad (1966), Gustavo Gili, Barcelona, 1982.

 

No início de cada ano letivo é indicada bibliografia específica em função de cada uma das áreas de projeto.