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15217
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| Year |
5
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| Semester |
S1
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| ECTS Credits |
5
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| Workload |
TP(45H)
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| Scientific area |
Arquitetura
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Entry requirements |
The Curricular Unit "New Practices in Architecture" proposes a reflection on the contemporary process(es) in architecture through the various ways of "doing" architecture and "being" an architect.
Between theory and practice - each student's individual sense of identity will be emphasised in order to instigate reflection on the reality of the various possible paths in the disciplinary practice of Architecture, but also, and essentially, new ways of provoking the "project" and the themes that are most pertinent and/or experimental at the time will be promoted. The formalisation of this imaginary will take place in the creation of a prospective exercise on the future that illustrates and identifies the tools for individual understanding of emerging concepts in architectural practice, iconographic methods of investigation and discovery, visual and graphic knowledge of what surrounds the disciplinary field of Architecture. No prerequisites apply.
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Learning outcomes |
New Architecture Practices is a unit that aims to find the critical tools to innovate the discourse on the practice of architecture, with a greater commitment to repairing the discipline itself, the city and the environment.
Through debate and the sharing of references that dismantle preconceived ideas and canons, and by giving space to the exploration of emerging themes, various architectural practices, or agents of knowledge production in architecture, are called upon to contribute to rethinking contemporary discourse with a view to a better future.
The syllabus aims to deepen knowledge of some of the movements in contemporary architecture in terms of various social, political and cultural contexts, covering a broader professional practice in a propositional logic.
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Syllabus |
1 - Brave new world. Set in a future not too far away. An argument about the housing crisis.
2 - Foodprint: the mark of food on cities
3 - What if architects could change the world?
4 - Things we've learnt about ecology in architecture.
5 - Lecture-Conversation-Action. The cartography of a path with countless directions.
6 - Drawing dialogues: Critical Spatial Practices
7 - Working with 99%, what we've already done to get here.
8 - Digital practice. Projects that are algorithms.
9 - Designing with climate and heritage
10 - Participatory practices. Architecture as a social response.
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Main Bibliography |
BARTHES, Roland – Mythologies. Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1970
FEIREISS, Lukas – Space is the Place, Current Reflections, 2020
JACOB, Sam – Make it Real. Architecture as Enactment. Moscovo: Strelka Press, 2012
MONEO, Rafael – Inquietud Teórica y Estrategia Proyectual. Barcelona: Actar, 2004
ORTEGA, Lluís — The Total Designer. Autorship in Architecture in the Post Digital Age. New York: Actar Publishers, 2017
RUMPFHUBER, Andreas – Into the Great Wide Open. Barcelona: dpr - barcelona, 2017
SAUER, Cassio — Arquitetura x escassez. Rio de Janeiro: Editorial Concórdia, 2023
VENTURINI, Gianpiero — ATLAS of Emerging Practices: Being an Architect in the 21st Century, New York/Barcelona, 2019
ZUMTHOR, Peter – Pensar la arquitectura. Barcelona: Editorial Gustavo Gilli, 2004
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
The assumption of a reflective, creative and experimental discourse, as well as an understanding of the formal, structural and functional codes inherent to the practice of architecture, will allow for a broader and more autonomous reading of the discipline. To this end, the curricular unit is structured in theoretical-practical classes with a weekly load of 3 hours. Given the reflective and investigative nature underlying the course, the final assessment will be the result of a balance between critical participation in the classes and a piece of work that will be developed throughout the semester that will result in a futurological projection in which each student will project themselves into a scenario over a period of 20 years, and will have to describe in detail the context in which they work and their contribution as an architect. The classes follow a model in which the content will be presented by guests who launch themes, so that the students feel inspired by the practice.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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