Architecture, theory and criticism in the Iberian Peninsula 1950-1980

Code:

50153C5

Acronym:

50153C5

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Architecture and Urbanism

Instance: 2023/2024 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	https://sigarra.up.pt/faup/pt/UCURR_GERAL.FICHA_UC_VIEW?pv_ocorrencia_id=509405
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	2	MIARQ	4	-	3	-	81
			5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This Curricular Unit, thought as a complement to History of Contemporary Architecture but with a more limited program (geographically and chronologically), is focused on certain aspects of post-war architectural culture in the Iberian context.

Its first objective is to deepen a critical point of view of contemporary Iberian architecture through a series of debates, not only national, but also international. Its second objective is to explore the relationship between theory, criticism and project, a relationship that the generations born in the 1920s and 1930s cultivated ina particularly committed way. Finally, the course proposes a wider reflection on the way in which certain debates are assimilated in "peripheral" contexts with regard to theoretical production.

Learning outcomes and competences

- stimulate the critical reading of architectural works;

- to frame architectural production in broader debates;

- to weave relations between theory and practice;

- develop the ability to analyze texts, projects and works by a given author;

- encourage personal interpretation, oral exposition and the defense of one's own ideas;

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Prior knowledge related to history and theory of contemporary architecture is recommended.

Program

1. The Iberian Peninsula in the Post-war. The 1950s: Grup R, ODAM, ICAT; Coderch

2. The review of the Modern Movement-I. New empiricism, organicism: Corrales-Molezún, Távora, Tainha, Fernández Alba et al.

3. The review of the Modern Movement-II. The Italian influence: Correa, Bohigas, Teotónio Pereira, Portas, Vieira de Almeida et al.

4. The review of the Modern Movement-III. The new criticism: Bohigas, Flores, Duarte, Portas, Vieira de Almeida, Fullaondo et al.

5. The 'Pequeños Congresos' and other Iberian meetings (San Sebástian Architecture Weeks, S.I.A.C.)

6. ‘La Escuela de Madrid’, ‘Una posible Escuela de Barcelona’; Escola do Porto?

7. ‘White versus Grey’ / ‘Five versus Venturi’: Siza, Viaplana-Piñón, Clotet-Tusquets, Peña Ganchegui et al.

8. Kahn and Stirling, the second Anglo-american way: Fernández Alba, Hestnes, Siza, Alves Costa et al.

9. The architecture of the city: Portas, M. Solà-Morales, Moneo, Bohigas, Siza et al.

10. The new generation. Irony, experimentalism, conceptualism: Clotet-Tusquets, Bofill, Baldeweg, Taveira et al.

11. Final Review: presentation and debate I

12. Final Review: presentation and debate II

Mandatory literature

Oriol Bohigas; Contra una arquitectura adjetivada, Barcelona: Seix Barral, 1969
Antón Capitel; Arquitectura Española: años 50 – años 80, Madrid: MOPU, 1986
Lluís Domènech i Girbau; Arquitectura española contemporánea, Barcelona: Blume, 1968
Carlos Duarte; "La arquitectura portuguesa. De los años treinta a la actualidad". In: Tendencias de la Arquitectura Portuguesa, Barcelona: COAC, 1987
José Manuel Fernandes; Pedro Vieira de Almeida; Arquitectura Moderna, Lisboa: Alfa, 1986
Antonio Fernández Alba; “Para una localización de la arquitectura española de posguerra”, In: Arquitectura, nº 26, COAM, 1961
Carlos Flores; Arquitectura española contemporánea, Madrid: Aguilar, 1961
Carlos Flores; Oriol Bohigas; “Panorama historico de la arquitectura moderna española”, In: Zodiac, nº 15, 1965
Helio Piñón; Arquitecturas catalanas, Barcelona: La Gaya Ciencia, 1977
Nuno Portas; A^arquitectura para hoje seguido de evolução da arquitectura moderna em Portugal. ISBN: 978-972-24-1566-8
Nuno Portas; Arquitectura portuguesa contemporânea
Ignasi de Solà-Morales; Eclecticismo y Vanguardia. El caso de la arquitectura moderna en Catalunya, Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 1980
Ana Tostões; Os verdes anos na arquitectura portuguesa dos anos 50. ISBN: 972-9483-30-2
Paulo Varela Gomes; "Arquitectura, os últimos vinte e cinco anos". In: Paulo Pereira (dir.), História da Arte Portuguesa. , Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores, 1995

Teaching methods and learning activities

The Curricular Unit is organized in 12 sessions with 90 minutes duration each, divided as follows: the first 10 are theoretical sessions, in which 10-15 minutes are reserved for individual assistance to students; the last 2 are final review sessions, with individual presentations and oral debate.

At the beginning of the course, a practical exercise is presented, to be carried out individually by each student. Based on the knowledge acquired in previous years, and with the support of the theoretical sessions, each student must choose a work of Portuguese or Spanish architecture (designed or built between the 1950s and 1980s) to analyze. The selection of the case study must be justified and framed within the debates presented in the theoretical sessions, which will serve as an argument for the critical analysis.

The analysis should be summarized in an A1 format panel, which may include text, hand drawing, CAD drawing, 3D models, photographs, photomontage, etc. At the same time, a presentation in PowerPoint or similar should be prepared, containing all the information included in the panel plus additional information deemed necessary, without a limit of slides, but limited to 10-12 minutes exposure time.

Software

CAD
Photoshop
PowerPoint

keywords

Technological sciences > Architecture
Humanities > History > Art History

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	10,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	90,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	1,00
Frequência das aulas	17,00
Trabalho de investigação	63,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

As a minimum requirement to obtain attendance it is established the presence in at least 80% of the sessions and the presentation of the practical exercise and the subsequent oral debate.

Calculation formula of final grade

The evaluation will focus on the following items: presence and participation in classes (10%) and practical exercise (90%). The latter is divided into three parameters: 1- analytical and synthesis capacity exposed in the panel (50%), 2- communication and oral presentation (30%), 3- oral debate (20%).

Observations

Portuguese, Spanish and English will be accepted as working languages.