Architectural Design 1

Code:

100101

Acronym:

100101

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Architecture and Urbanism

Instance: 2010/2011 - A

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	160	MIARQ	1	-	20	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Because this course is occurring during the propaedeutic year of studies, it aims to:
- approach the generic problematics of Architecture;
- manage the basic tools for projecting;
- introduce students to project methodology.

Program

Throughout the performance of practical exercises, the student will resort to intuition in order to discover the use of forms and, in time, he/she will be expected to show a growing and systematic rationalisation which contributes to cohesion between the idea and the proposal. This attitude must therefore lead to a progressive search for logic and rigour which allows for a general approach to construction aspects.
There will be three practical assignments, aimed at complementary objectives:
1ST EXERCISE (STAGE 1)
- structure and composition (mass, emptiness, rhythm, tension, contrast, balance, unity);
- dimension, scale;
- time;
- light;
- symbolism;
- built space and natural space.
1ST EXERCISE (STAGE 2)
- relation between inner and outer space;
- border elements;
- composition.
2nd EXERCISE
- exploring the concepts of composition, measurement and module;
- built space and natural space;
- contextualising.
3rd EXERCISE
- interpreting a program;
- function and character of the space;
- sensibility towards the plastic characteristics of materials;
- introducing construction problems.

Mandatory literature

Benevolo Leonardo; Historia de la arquitectura moderna. ISBN: 84-252-1793-8
Benevolo Leonardo; Corso di disegno
Meiss Pierre von; De la forme au lieu. ISBN: 2-88074-105-x
Mumford Lewis; A cidade na história
Quaroni Ludovico; Proyectar un edificio. ISBN: 84-85434-09-9
Távora Fernando; Da organização do espaço
Zevi Bruno; Saber ver a arquitectura. ISBN: 85-336-0541-2
Távora, Fernando ; Casa de férias em Ofir : 1957-1958, Blau, 1992
Siza Vieira, Álvaro ; Imaginar a evidência, Edições 70, 2000
Zumthor, Peter; Pensar a arquitectura, Barcelona : Gustavo Gili, 2005
Mendes da Rocha, Paulo ; Maquetes de Papel, São Paulo: Cosac Naify, 2007
Santa-Maria, Luis Martínez; Tierra Espaciada - El árbor, el camino, el estanque, ante la casa , Barcelona : Caja de Arquitectos, 2004
AV - Monografias n.º 132 ; Casas de Maestros , AV - Monografias, 2008
Fernandez, Sérgio; Só nós e santa tecla: a casa de Caminha de Sérgio Fernandez, Dafne, 2008
Jenkins, Eric J.; To scale: one hundred urban plans, New York : Routledge, 2008

Teaching methods and learning activities

By dealing with themes ranging from territory to “architectural object”, the student should progress in experience and enrich his/her intuition by means of a systematic reflection substantiated by theoretical exposition in classes and supported in technical terms by the teacher.
The type and sequence of the practical architecture assignments together with the theoretical information will allow the student to apprehend the overall parameters of space organisation.
The syllabus comprehends the execution of three practical exercises, the first being divided into two stages.
The first exercise aims at:
- unblocking the ability to represent and explore the space;
- becoming aware of the role of drawing in investigating the space;
- using the process itself as a means of continuous assessment.
The second exercise aims at:
- becoming aware of the importance of real context;
- approaching the questions of systematisation and order.
The third exercise aims at:
- touching project methodology;
- increasing the rigour in processes of space representation.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	0,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Evaluation will be distributed without final exam, thus based on individual and group assignments and in-class participation.
There are three different and complementary components to the evaluation process:
a) continuous: collective and individualised critical appraisal to on-going practical assignments; in-class participation.
b) specific: compared critical appraisal at specific points of the practical exercise in progress.
c) global assessment of the work completed in each term and throughout the year, given a final mark.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final mark will result from the combination of the last practical exercise’s evaluation with the rest of the results obtained by the student throughout the year. Therefore, the final course grade will not obey purely arithmetic criteria, yet favour the evolution shown by the student.
Considering the nature of this course – without final exam – special term exams will not take place.
All students must attend the mandatory percentage of classes defined in Art. 8 of deliberation 1536/2005 (University of Porto).
The lack of one or more evaluation components will result in a negative grade for the student.

Classification improvement

In case the student requires an improvement of the final grade, the process will only take place the following year.

Observations

Being a first-year course, precedence rules do not apply.