Architectural Toys - The Playful Construction of Architecture

Code:

50145C5

Acronym:

CLA

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Architecture and Urbanism

Instance: 2023/2024 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Arquitectura (A)
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	61	MIARQ	4	-	3	-	81
			5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The main porpouse of the Architectural toys course is to develop the student's skills in the comprehension and conception of reintroduction process in the architectural field. Since the generic educative processes, to academic methods, is ask to the students to develop a theoretical approach in order to understand the different ways that the discipline found to educate the subject.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the semester the student will present the results of their works

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. The architectural tradition - the proto-history of architectural teaching.
2. The little man - until the XVII century, a world without child
3. The child invention - de discovery of childhood and the processes of individual education
4. Teaching and education - formal and informal processes of knowledge transmission
5. The vanguards and the education - Architectural education in the first half of the XX century
6. The post-war - The architectural education in the second half of the XX century
7. The contemporaneity - new forms of disciplinary spread.

Mandatory literature

Juan Bordes; Historia de los juguetes de construcción. ISBN: 978-84-376-3065-6
Juan Bordes; Los^juguetes de las vanguardias. ISBN: 978-84-937233-5-4
Beatriz Colomina; Cold war hothouses. ISBN: 1-56898-302-6
Tamar Zinguer; Architecture in play. ISBN: 978-0-8139-3772-4

Teaching methods and learning activities

The Course is structured in two main parts: one theoretical and another practical with design exercizes.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	30,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	70,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	40,00
Frequência das aulas	41,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

The evaluation is based on the resoults.

Calculation formula of final grade

The classification is based on the final works and on the participation of students.

Observations

Numerus clausus:
For logistical and didactic reasons, the maximum number of students that can enroll in the course is 15.

According to the evolution of the pandemic caused by COVID-19, and depending on the guidelines that may be issued by the General Directorate of Health, there may be changes to the operating regime of classroom hours.