Ceramic and Glass Design

Code: VIS14208L

6 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours

Scientific Area: Design

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Presentation

Sustainable Development Goals

4. Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

8. Trabalho digno e crescimento económico - Promover o crescimento económico sustentado, inclusivo e sustentável, emprego pleno e produtivo, e trabalho decente para todos.

9. Indústria, inovação e infraestruturas - Construir infraestrutura resiliente, promover a industrialização inclusiva e sustentável, e fomentar a inovação.

15. Proteger a vida terrestre - Proteger, recuperar e promover o uso sustentável dos ecossistemas terrestres, gerir de forma sustentável as florestas, combater a desertificação, deter e reverter a degradação da Terra e deter a perda da biodiversidade.

Learning Goals

Provide students with theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of ceramic and glass product design, by exercise and develop their analytical, critical and methodological skills.
Skills to be acquired:
- Recognize features and applications of key technologies and materials of the ceramic ans glass industry sectors;
- Recognize and understand national and international trends of public and markets evolution, considering the ceramic and glass industry sectors;
- To develop research capacity and validation tools applyed to design options based on methodological principles of design;
- Understand project specifics and know how to exploit appropriate design solutions;
- Drive the design skills to respond to a briefing based on professional assumptions.

Materials and Technologies for the Ceramics and Glass Industry
2. Development and validation of evolucion trends of public and market on Ceramics and Glass sector 3. Analysis and interpretation of Briefing considering business scenario
4. Research and definition of assumptions, goals and design specifications
5. Development and validation of intermediate design solutions
6. Technical Design and 3D rendering
7. Testing and Prototyping
8. Communication of results

Teaching Methods

The classes will be held by means of the sharing and discussion of acquired knowledge and through the promotion of debates on the issues addressed in each class. The practical component will be build on the launching and monitoring of a project design exercise focused in the area of ceramic and glass production.

Assessment

In the REGULAR SESSION period, students can choose between two assessment methods: Continuous Assessment or Final Assessment.

1. CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT METHOD

Assessment components:

Class participation: 20%;
Work developed during time with teacher supervision, which must be submitted to at least one periodic assessment with public disclosure of grades: 40%;
Presentation and defense of the work developed during class, which takes place during the "Regular Session Assessments" period: 40%.

2. FINAL ASSESSMENT METHOD

Work developed during time with teacher supervision: 40%;
Taking an exam based on the content taught: 60%.