2023

Seminar II

Name: Seminar II
Code: ARQ09902D
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area: Architecture

Teaching languages: Portuguese, English
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

1. Empirical research in architecture
2. The search of order in the construction of space
3. The heuristic importance of the voyage in architecture
4. Models and practices of architectural "collection" and "travel"

Contents

The syllabus is built around processes familiar to methods of research in architecture associated with a more empirical and, in some ways, intuitive dimension. These processes are to be systematized in three steps: TRAVEL, COLLECTING and SYNTHESIS.
The prepared sessions will seek to demonstrate how the practice of travel and the various techniques of collecting can articulate and converge in a synthesis which will reveal the construction of structures as an approach to architecture project.
The trip as a means of intellectual opening, based on the irreplaceable experience of places and spaces.
The moment of collection, as an effort to build an order that allows one to archive, record and decode all the collected "stuff".
The synthesis as a result of the travel experience and collection strategy, applied in the proposal of a specific project. The issue of representation is, at this point, a fundamental aspect in that it is associated to the communication of the project.

Teaching Methods

The contents of the syllabus will be developed in three parts (each one corresponding to each of the points above). For each part there will be a guest teacher or specialist who is distinguished in the field, and who will be invited to give a conference.
The course is predominantly theoretical in nature, and it is structured in the format of lectures with discussion. The evaluation will be based on the active participation of the students in the discussions and conferences, and its and objective quality.