Computer Aided Architectural Design 1

Code:

30306B3

Acronym:

30306B3

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Drawing

Instance: 2019/2020 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://www.scopionetwork.com/teaching-group
Responsible unit:	Desenho (D)
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master Degree in Architecture

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIARQ	35	MIARQ	3	-	3	-	81

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The aim of CAAD I, which is a 1st Semester 3rd year course in the first-cycle, is to develop theoretical and practical bases related to the universe of communication strategies for the design of architecture in an early stage of development (territory analysis, communication, concepts, schemes, site plans and volumes).

The focus is to use graphic design, photography and image synthesis software applied for communicating and image architecture with a special incidence in the early stages of the design process.

Learning outcomes and competences

The aim is to give the necessary knowledge to students in order that they can use and combine diverse analog and digital representation instruments as complementary media for communicating their design ideas, as well as the formal and structural aspects of the proposed design. It is intended to encourage and explore the use of various media, images and instruments for territory analysis and design communication.

Working method

Presencial

Program

The working strategy adopted in practical classes guides students to develop in parallel individual and collective communication exercises of design and photography, being the object of study the territory of  study and design concerning Projecto 3, which is the main architectural design curriculum of the third year.

Develop expertise on the use of software related to Image synthesis, Photography and Graphic Design for Communicating the design proposal at the early stages of the design process (PA) and the territory.

Explore and be aware of certain properties and spatial attributes connected to how their proposed design can be perceived.

Produce images that are synthesis and integrate or combine diverse representation methods and media used during the design process.

Develop the communication skills of architectural design through the use of diagrammatic language and explore various software used to communicate architectural design ideas.

Realize the function and importance of the diagram in architectural design communication, as well as the need to communicate a design identity.

Develop communication skills and the ability to articulate and combine different types of information.

Adopt identity and graphic coherence, promote the use of graphical elements like typography and colour.

Be aware of the imagery and its consistency for the design  communication, know how to articulate different types of information (text, drawings, diagrams, 3D images, etc.) and graphical elements like typography and color.

Mandatory literature

Adams, Robert et al.; New Topographics
Badger, Gerry et al., Ed. ; Imprint - Visual Narratives In Books And Beyond Art And Theory Publishing, Art and Theory Publishing , 2013
Bosselmann, Peter; Representation of Places: Reality and Realism in City Design
Birkerts Gunnar; Process and expression in architectural form. ISBN: 0-8061-2645-0
Bobby Peter; High rise. ISBN: 978-1-872771-97-7
Campany, David; Constructing Worlds: Photography and Architecture in the Modern Age, Prestel, 2014
Elwall Robert; Building with light. ISBN: 1-85894-215-2
Esther, Leslie (Ed.); On Photography - Walter Benjamin, Reaktion Books , 2015
Garrida, L. et al., Ed.; REALIDAD Y REPRESENTACIÓN: Coleccionar Paisaje Hoy, Fundacion Foto Colectania, 2004
Janser, Daniela; Seelig, Thomas; Stahe, Urs; Concrete: Photography and Architecture, Scheidegger and Spiess, 2013
Kress, Gunther and Leeuwen, Theo van; Reading Images: The Grammar of Visual Design
Lupton. Ellen ; Thinking With Type (2nd ed): A Critical Guide for Designers, Princeton Architectural Press, 2004
Neto, Pedro Leão; Design Communication: Traditional Representation Methods and Computer Visualization, in Visual Resources Vol. 19, Routledge, 2003
Neto Pedro Leão 340; Scopio. ISBN: 1647-8266
Neto Pedro Leão; Urban design representation an comunication
Piotrowski, Andrzej; “Le Corbusier and the Representational Function of Photography,” in Camera Constructs: Photography, Architecture and the Modern City, Ashgate, 2012
Pyo, Miyoung and Seonwook, Kim; Architectural and Program Diagrams
Rose, Gillian; Visual Methodologies: An introduction to the interpretation of Visual Materials, Sage Publications, 2007
Ruder, Emil; Typography: A manual of Design: A Textbook of Design, Verlag Niggli AG, 7th edition , 2001
Salonen, Emmi; Common Interest: Documents, Design and format solutions for the art, culture, academia and charities
Samain Etienne 340; O fotográfico. ISBN: 85-7359-411-x
Swagerman, A; Viewbook PhotoStory 2010 yearbook, Viewbook Blurb, 2010

Teaching methods and learning activities

The course is developed through two parallel vectors, one practical and the other theoretical-practical. The theoretical and practical classes aim to give students the knowledge necessary for them to be able to (i) question and discuss the potential of the digital universe, with special focus on the use of photography combined with other media, for the representation and communication of space, (ii) to creatively combine traditional methods of representation and analytical with digital and (iii) to develop the exercise of architectural design communication proposed to them. The theoretical lectures, which develop throughout the semester, intended to provide theoretical basis necessary for the development of architectural design communication and critical analysis of the territory.

During the 1st semester are invited teachers from other educational institutions and many authors linked to the themes of communication, photography, graphic design and architecture. These sessions will be framed by the Conferences Cycle integrated in CAAD I, with the support of scopio EDITIONS.

Software

Photoshop - Adobe
InDesign - Adobe

keywords

Humanities > Arts > Visual arts > Photography
Humanities > Arts > Visual arts > Graphic arts
Technological sciences > Architecture

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	25,00
Prova oral	5,00
Trabalho de campo	20,00
Trabalho escrito	10,00
Trabalho laboratorial	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	7,00
Frequência das aulas	49,00
Trabalho de campo	10,00
Trabalho de investigação	10,00
Trabalho laboratorial	5,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

Calculation formula of final grade

PA1: Domain and exploration of the technical capabilities of representation and editing of software; PA2: Exploration and consistency of visual representation media adopted to analyze, explore and communicate the space - architecture; PA3: Structure and development of the project communication (how the ideas and the argument about space are expressed through visual narratives and panels); PA4: Attendance and student participation in practical and theoretical-practical classes.


FINAL CAAD I CLASSIFICATION
TG = [0,25PA1 + 0,25PA2 + 0,25PA3 + 0,25PA4]
TI = [0,25PA1 + 0,25PA2 + 0,25PA3 + 0,25PA4]

CF = [0,6TG + 0,4TI]

TG = workgroup (CAAD I exercise group component);
TI = individual work (individual component of the exercise of CAAD I);
CF = final classification CAAD I.
The final mark and the classification of individual and group work are listed with a maximum of 20 points.

Classification improvement

The student will have to refine and improve his / her communication project and resubmit it in person .

Observations

Optional curricular unit, where the criterion of serialization is the expressed which of the sudent to continue with CAAD II (in good time communicated to the Academic Services).