Design Studio IIB
Historical and theoretical knowledge on Architecture and Urbanism
Skills in: analysis; theoretical research; synthesis; organization; strategic planning
- Design Lab B as a subtitle the theme City & [Infra]Structures
- Developmet of an Urban Project as a Master Thesis, based on the work done at the 1st Semester Design Studio IIB Project - City & [Infra]Structure - and on the thematic approaches defined in the Research Seminar in Architecture unit;
- Demonstration of research skills and capicity for synthesis and communication of design proposals, crossing the acquired knowledge from previous design practices and, in particular, with the work done at the Design Studio IIB - City & [Infra]Structure .
The Design Lab contents can vary, depending on the thematic focus of the Urban Project to be developed, by each student, as a Master Thesis. They are, however, in the wake of the Design Studio IIB syllabus - City and [Infra] Structure - which is based on an overall strategy that considers:
- the support of a given geographical area of intervention;
- the historical development of this area;
- the understanding of the role of the physical preexistences;
- the framework of existing territorial and urban policies;
- the architectures to be detailed;
In Design Lab B, students deepen and conclude an Urban Project, at different scales of detail, based on the (re)design of urban infrastructures, public spaces and community facilities, considered relevant for the urban restructuring and regeneration of that given area
João Paulo Vergueiro Monteiro de Sá Cardielos
Assessement
Report of a seminar or field trip: 10.0%
Laboratory work or Field work: 10.0%
Research work: 20.0%
Project: 30.0%
Synthesis work: 30.0%
AAVV. (1996), Presente y Futuros: arquitectura en las ciudades, XIX Congreso da UIA, Barcelona
ASCHER, F. (2004), Los Nuevos Principios del Urbanismo. Madrid: Alianza Ensayo
CORBOZ, A. (2001), Le Territoire comme palimpseste et autres essais, Besançon: Les Éditions de L’Imprimeur.
GRANDE, N. (ed.) (2012), O Ser Urbano. Nos caminhos de Nuno Portas. Guimarães: Fundação Cidade de Guimarães/INCM.
HALL, P. (2000), Cities in Civilisation, London: Weidenfeld.
KOSTOV, S. (1991-2), The City Shaped / The City Assembled. London: Thames & Hudson (2 vols.).
MORRIS, A.E.J. (1994), History of Urban Form. London: Longman.
PORTAS, N. (1969), A Cidade como Arquitectura, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte.
PORTAS, N., DOMINGUES, A. CABRAL, J. (2003), Políticas Urbanas. Tendências, Estratégias, Oportunidades, Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
ROSSI, A. (1982), La Arquitectura de la Ciudad (1966). Barcelona: Gustavo Gili.
SOLA-MORALES, M. (1997), Formas del crecimiento urbano. Barcelona: Editorial UPC