Design Laboratory 1B

Recommended Prerequisites

Design Studio IIB

Historical and theoretical knowledge on Architecture and Urbanism

Skills in: analysis; theoretical research; synthesis; organization; strategic planning.

Teaching Methods

The development of the Urban Project will be done with direct and continuous monitoring of the students and in accordance with the following stages:

- Review of Thesis Project prepared at the unit Architectural Research Seminar (theme, objectives, methodologies, case studies, structure and bibliography)

- Review and development of the work done in the Design Studio IIB - City & [Infra]Structure;

- Developmet of the Urban Project written report in observance to Originality, Reasoning, Argumentation, Structuring, Synthesis criteria

- Final formatting of the work and reviewing of aspects that ensure the effectiveness of contents communication.

Learning Outcomes

- 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 1^st 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 .

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

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.

Head Lecturer(s)

Nuno Alberto Leite Rodrigues Grande

Assessment Methods

Assessement
Report of a seminar or field trip: 10.0%
Laboratory work or Field work: 10.0%
Research work: 20.0%
Synthesis work: 30.0%
Project: 30.0%

Bibliography

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