2024
Architecture Design Studio I
Name: Architecture Design Studio I
Code: ARQ02502I
12 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/312 hours
Scientific Area:
Architecture
Teaching languages: Portuguese, English
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Presentation
Introduction to architectural composition exploring architectural concepts and the five senses in the City of Évora (group), researching modern international architect / architecture design (group), and designing a device with spaces that enhance a sense (individual).
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
The knowledge to be acquired by students focuses on the ability to identify the identitarian elements of the city, and understanding architecture as a sensorial, social and cultural space. They are to be learned through a "promenade architectural".
The aim will be to motivate students through specific exercises to:
a) develop critical observation and analysis skills of the city and architecture, with an emphasis on space and its various dimensions;
b) apply knowledge and skills in a design exercise.
The skills to be acquired and/or developed are:
- group work: defining strategies, tasks organisation, communicating results;
- use of design tools: historical research, understanding and interpretation of technical drawings and their representation codes, interpretation of drawings by building 3D models, interpretation of texts, etc.
- understanding concepts: space, scale, composition, harmony, module, etc.
The aim will be to motivate students through specific exercises to:
a) develop critical observation and analysis skills of the city and architecture, with an emphasis on space and its various dimensions;
b) apply knowledge and skills in a design exercise.
The skills to be acquired and/or developed are:
- group work: defining strategies, tasks organisation, communicating results;
- use of design tools: historical research, understanding and interpretation of technical drawings and their representation codes, interpretation of drawings by building 3D models, interpretation of texts, etc.
- understanding concepts: space, scale, composition, harmony, module, etc.
Contents
Study of the organization, composition, and sociocultural meanings of space as a founding element of architecture, including a brief introduction to materiality.
Introduction to communication media in architecture.
1. Exercise 1. City of Évora: using the city where the university is located, the route will be used as an urban spatial sequence that reflects time (historical evolution) and defines spaces (street, square, plaza, alley, etc.).
2. Exercise 2. Architectural culture: defining a referencial architect (national or international), getting to know one of his/her works through research of original documentation for redesign and creation of a 3D model.
3. Exercise 3. Architecture: introduction to the human scale - workshops explore the potential of the line, the plan and the volume in the production of space; followed by the development of an architectural proposal that produces a meeting space, exploring different concepts (interior/exterior relationship, etc.)
Introduction to communication media in architecture.
1. Exercise 1. City of Évora: using the city where the university is located, the route will be used as an urban spatial sequence that reflects time (historical evolution) and defines spaces (street, square, plaza, alley, etc.).
2. Exercise 2. Architectural culture: defining a referencial architect (national or international), getting to know one of his/her works through research of original documentation for redesign and creation of a 3D model.
3. Exercise 3. Architecture: introduction to the human scale - workshops explore the potential of the line, the plan and the volume in the production of space; followed by the development of an architectural proposal that produces a meeting space, exploring different concepts (interior/exterior relationship, etc.)
Teaching Methods
Classes will be taught in a practical and laboratory format, for a total of 12 hours of contact per week, plus 6 hours of tutorial support.
The program contents will be introduced by the teacher through interactive lessons, inside or outside the classroom, with audiovisual support, conferences, study visits, workshops and monitoring (individual or group) of work.
The exercises are to be developed in class, under the guidance of the teacher.
Oral presentation and the production of feedback by students to their peers are encouraged. Assessment is continuous and formative, resulting from the monitoring of work throughout the semester, and will be carried out based on the demonstration of mastery of the content taught. Students will be asked to propose rubrics.
The program contents will be introduced by the teacher through interactive lessons, inside or outside the classroom, with audiovisual support, conferences, study visits, workshops and monitoring (individual or group) of work.
The exercises are to be developed in class, under the guidance of the teacher.
Oral presentation and the production of feedback by students to their peers are encouraged. Assessment is continuous and formative, resulting from the monitoring of work throughout the semester, and will be carried out based on the demonstration of mastery of the content taught. Students will be asked to propose rubrics.
Assessment
The grade is the result of a continuous assessment system (a minimum grade of 9/20 is required to access the final assessment during the exam period).
Attendance at classes is mandatory (75% of classes). In case of exceeding the number of absences, the student may take the exam during the resit period. Taking the special exam and the extraordinary exam must be previously validated by the Academic Services.
It consists of two preliminar exercises, attendance/participation, complementary exercises, and a design exercise (03) to be deliver and presented during the exam period.
Final Grade = 0.5 x [(0.1xExerc01) + (0.2xExerc02) + (0.5xExerc03) + (0.1xAss/part) + (0.1xExercComp)] + (0.5xFinal) = greater than or equal to 10 (ten) points.
Attendance at classes is mandatory (75% of classes). In case of exceeding the number of absences, the student may take the exam during the resit period. Taking the special exam and the extraordinary exam must be previously validated by the Academic Services.
It consists of two preliminar exercises, attendance/participation, complementary exercises, and a design exercise (03) to be deliver and presented during the exam period.
Final Grade = 0.5 x [(0.1xExerc01) + (0.2xExerc02) + (0.5xExerc03) + (0.1xAss/part) + (0.1xExercComp)] + (0.5xFinal) = greater than or equal to 10 (ten) points.
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