Architecture of the 19th-20th Centuries I

Code:

FLUP0173

Acronym:

AQ19-1

Instance: 2004/2005 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Heritage Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	History of Art

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
HA	35	Official Study Plan - LHA	4	2,5	5	-

Objectives

To understand the development of 19th and 20th-century architecture, students will study the theories, movements and figures responsible for the major accomplishments and their relation with the historical and social contexts.

Program

1. Classical ideals and romantic poetics
1.1. From Palladianism to the rediscovery of Greek and Roman antiquity
1.2. The “Picturesque”
1.3. The visionary architecture of Boullée and Ledoux.
1.4. Architecture during Napoleon's time
1.5. Revivalisms. English “Gothic revival” and French Gothic structuralism. Historicist eclecticism. Exotic inspirations

2. Engineering and Architecture
2.1. New materials and techniques. Iron architecture.
2.2. The Universal Exhibitions.

3. From Art Nouveau to proto-rationalism.

4. Birth and dissemination of modern architecture.
4.1. The American vanguard: the School of Chicago.
4.2. Organic architecture
4.3. Expressionism, Cubism and Futurism in architecture.
4.4. Rationalism and Functionalism. De Stijl. Constructivism. Bauhaus. The International Style.
4.5. American Architecture in the period between wars.
4.6. Architecture in the Europe of dictatorships.
4.7. The “New Brutalism”.
4.8. Neo-empiricism.

5. New theoretical constructions in the 1960s and 1970s.
5.1. Criticism of the Modern Movement. Architecture as language. Post-modern architecture.

6. Late 20th-century architecture
6.1. High-Tech architecture
6.2. Minimalism
6.3. Deconstructivism
6.4. New Expressionism
6.5. Ecological trends.
6.6. New Abstraction.

Main Bibliography

BENEVOLO, Leonardo – Historia de la Arquitectura Moderna. 8ª ed. Barcelona: Editorial Gustavo Gili, 1999.
BLAKE, Peter – The Master Builders : Le Corbusier/Mies van der Rohe/Frank Lloyd Wright. London, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1996.
BROOKS, Chris - The Gothic Revival. London: Phaidon Press Limited, 1999.
COLLINS, Peter – Los Ideales de la Arquitectura Moderna; su evolución (1750-1950). 6ª ed. Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 2001.
CONRADS, Ulrich – Programmes et Manifestes de L’Architecture du XXème Siècle. Paris : Editions de La Vilette, 1991.
CONSIGLIERI, Victor – A Morfologia da Arquitectura 1920-1970. 3ª ed. Lisboa: Editorial Estampa e Victor Consiglieri, 1999. 2 vol.
DORFLES, Gillo – A Arquitectura Moderna. Lisboa: Edições 70, 1986.
FRAMPTON, Kenneth – Historia Crítica da Arquitectura Moderna. São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 1997.
FRANÇA, José-Augusto – História da Arte Ocidental 1780-1980. Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, 1987.
FUSCO, Renato de – Historia de la Arquitectura Contemporánea. Madrid: Celeste Ediciones, 1992.
GÖSSEL, Peter; LEUTHÄUSER, Gabriele – Arquitectura no Século XX. Köln: Taschen, 2001.
HITCHCOCK, Henry-Russel – Architecture: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. 4ª ed. New haven and London: Yale University Press, 1987.
IBELINGS, Hans – Supermodernism: Architecture in the Age of Globalization. Rotterdam: Nai Publishers, 2002.
JENKS, Charles – Movimentos Modernos em Arquitectura. Lisboa: Edições 70, 1985.
KHAN, Hasan-Uddin – Estilo Internacional: Arquitectura Moderna de 1925 a 1965. Köln: Taschen, 2001.
KRUFT, Hanno-Walter – Historia de la teoría de la arquitectura. Madrid: Alianza Editorial, 1990. 2 vol.
LAMPUGNANI, Vittorio Magnano (ed) – The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of 20th-Century Architecture. London: Thames and Hudson, 2000.
LE CORBUSIER – Maneira de Pensar o Urbanismo. Mem Martins: Publicações Europa-América, 1977.
MARCOS, Javier Rodriguez; ZABALBEASCOA, Anatxu – Minimalismos. Barcelona: Editorial Gili, 2001.
MIGNOT, Claude – Architecture of the 19th Century. Köln: Taschen, 1994.
MONTANER, Josep Maria – Arquitectura Y Crítica.3ª. ed. Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 2002.
MONTANER, Josep Maria – Depois do Movimento Moderno: Arquitectura na segunda metade do século XX. Barcelona: Editorial Gustavo Gili, 2001.
MORRIS, William – Artes Menores. Lisboa: Antígona, 2003.
NORBERG-SCHULZ, Christian – La signification dans l’architecture occidentale. Liège : Pierre Mardaga , 1977.
PATETTA, Luciano – L’Architettura dell’Eclettismo. Milano: CittáStudi, 1991.
PORTOGHESI, Paolo – Depois da Arquitectura Moderna. Lisboa: Edições 70, 1985.
RAGON, Michel – Historia Mundial de la Arquitectura y el Urbanismo Modernos. Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, 1979. 2 vol.
STEELE, James – Architecture Today. London: Phaidon Press Limited, 1997.
ZEVI, Bruno – História da Arquitectura Moderna. Lisboa: D. Quixote, 1984. 2 vol

Complementary Bibliography

Specific bibliography will be indicated whenever necessary.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Several methods will be used (explanatory, dialogical, text and image analysis - slides, transparencies, etchings, videos, etc.) in compliance with the contents mentioned above and bearing in mind the most appropriate for the group of students at issue. Dialogue will at all times be valued, urging students to develop their analysis skills, creativity and critical spirit.

Evaluation Type

Eligibility for exams

Class attendance is required.

Calculation formula of final grade

Continuous evaluation: average mark in the two tests: 60%;
Written assignment: 40%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Classification improvement

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations.

Observations

Language of instruction: Portuguese.