Sistemas Construtivos Tradicionais

Code:

50154C5

Acronym:

50154C5

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Building Technology

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Tecnologia da Construção (TC)
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	17	MIARQ	4	-	3	-	81
			5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Portugal is a small country with an enormous cultural heritage, which is expressed, among other manifestations, through the varied forms of our traditional architecture, from north to south of the continent, to the archipelagos of Madeira and the Azores.

The objectives of the curricular unit Traditional Building Systems are:

- To disseminate the richness of our traditional architectural heritage, rural and urban, vernacular and erudite, through the interpretative study of building types and their respective construction systems;

- To sensibilise students to traditional architecture, one of the irreplaceable symbols of our national identity, not only as a heritage legacy that must be preserved, but also as an invaluable resource that must be incorporated into a truly sustainable practice of architecture.

- To understand the values of old buildings, enabling the development of a critical sense that allows students to acquire future skills, within the scope of the disciplinary practice of architecture, aiming at safeguarding and valorising this heritage.

- To contribute to the understanding of old buildings as a significant legacy of teachings to the practice of architecture, as well as an inexhaustible source of inspiration.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end, students will present, individually or in groups, the work developed during the academic semester.

Working method

Presencial

Program

The programme takes a panoramic approach to the main building systems of traditional architecture, namely:

- Buildings in stone masonry (granite, slate, limestone and sandstones);

- Buildings in artificial masonry (brick and adobe);

- Buildings made of rammed earth;

- Buildings made entirely of wood;

- Types of cladding and finishes;

- The rural house;

- The urban house;

- Other buildings.

Mandatory literature

Ana Tostões; Arquitectura popular dos Açores. ISBN: 972-97668-1-9
Mariana Correia; Taipa no Alentejo. ISBN: 972-8479-50-3
Jorge Mascarenhas; Sistemas de Construção. XV - Arquitectura Popular Portuguesa, Livros Horizonte, 2015. ISBN: 978-972-24- 1796-9
Maria da Conceição Fernandes; A cultura construtiva do adobe em Portugal, 2013
Alfredo da Mata Antunes; Arquitectura popular em Portugal
Victor Mestre; Arquitectura popular da Madeira. ISBN: 972-8479-13-1
Ernesto Veiga de Oliveira; Construções primitivas em Portugal
Ernesto Veiga de Oliveira; Arquitectura tradicional portuguesa. ISBN: 972-20-2397-7
João Emílio dos Santos Segurado; Trabalhos de carpintaria civil
João Emílio dos Santos Segurado; Materiais de construção
João Emílio dos Santos Segurado; Alvenaria e Cantaria
Gabriela de Barbosa Teixeira; Diálogos de edificação. ISBN: 972-9419-38-8
Joaquim José Lopes Teixeira; Salvaguarda e valorização do edificado habitacional da cidade histórica

Complementary Bibliography

R. W. Brunskill; Vernacular Architecture. An Illustrated Handbook, Faber and Faber, 2000. ISBN: 0-571-19503-2
João Vieira Caldas; A casa rural dos arredores de Lisboa no século XVIII. ISBN: 972-9483-31-0
Gabriella Casella; Gramáticas de pedra. ISBN: 972-9419-43-4
Jorge Dias; Espigueiros portugueses. ISBN: 972-20-1138-3
José Manuel Fernandes; Arquitectura vernácula da região saloia. ISBN: 972-566-130-3
Paul Oliver; Dwellings. ISBN: 0-7148-4202-8
José Leite de Vasconcelos; Etnografia Portuguesa
Marcel Vellinga; Paul Oliver; Alexander Bridge; Atlas of Vernacular Architecture of the World. , Routledge, 2007

Teaching methods and learning activities

The model of the classes will be theoretical and practical. The first classes will be dedicated to the presentation of the contents of the UC, based on a geographical, typological and imminently constructive overview of our traditional architecture, based on the materials and techniques applied. Through these classes, it is expected to stimulate students' interest in the theme of the work to be developed, which may follow a theoretical or tendentially practical model, on: a building specimen or set of buildings; a material; a technique or constructive practice. The work may thus include various types of approach, from a detailed survey of a building or set of buildings, to a small thematic monograph on a building type, material or construction technique. The remaining classes until the end of the semester are intended to support the development of the work, its presentation and discussion.

keywords

Technological sciences > Architecture

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	30,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	20,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	6,00
Estudo autónomo	15,00
Frequência das aulas	30,00
Trabalho de investigação	30,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

Frequency is obtained by attending at least 75% of the contact teaching times, as well as the submission of practical work, individual or in groups.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final classification will be the result of the evaluation of the work (50%) and its presentation (20%), weighted with the student's performance in class and attendance (30%).

Approval implies a grade equal to or higher than 9.5.