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15233
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| Year |
5
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| Semester |
S1
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| ECTS Credits |
10
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| Workload |
OT(30H)/TP(150H)
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| Scientific area |
Arquitetura
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Entry requirements |
The Curricular Unit has no entry requirements, however it assumes that students successfully attended the Architectural Design Curricular Units of the previous years.
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Learning outcomes |
- Raise awareness about city and territorial issues, particularly regarding planning instruments in conjunction with the improvement of public spaces, environmental recovery, and the valorization of natural and ecological resources;
- Sensitize to the immediacy and urgency of the sustainable development paradigm of cities, including the goal of sustainable construction;
- Acquire knowledge about urban practices that promote decarbonization, urban resilience, increased biodiversity, and the fight against climate change;
- Sensitize to the urgency of "transforming the city into an intercultural space to allow citizens of different backgrounds and identities to mix, interact, and communicate. The intercultural city rejects atomization, ghettoization, and racialization, and shapes its planning policies, from housing to public spaces, in guaranteeing the rights of all and the city for all."
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Syllabus |
Under the theme "The Rural Metropolis. Future Hosting Region for Climate Migrants," the creation of a potential future metropolitan area encompassing the municipalities of Belmonte, Covilhã, and Fundão, traditionally known as the Cova da Beira region, is intended. The main topics of the course are:
Land use policies;
Demographic policies;
Regional planning;
Urban geography;
Metropolitan transportation systems;
Urban and natural regeneration;
Polycentric urbanism;
Ecological urbanism.
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Main Bibliography |
AA.VV, 2001. A Green Vitruvius. Princípios e Práticas de Projecto para uma Arquitectura Sustentável. Lisboa: Ordem dos Arquitectos.
Forman, R., 2008. Urban Regions - Ecology and Planning Beyond the City. Cambridge: University Press.
Gadanho, P., 2022. Climax Change. How Architecture Must Transform in the Age of Ecological Emergency. Barcelona / New York: Actar Publishers.
Klein, N., 2016. Tudo Pode Mudar. Lisboa: Editorial Presença.
Morton, T., 2007. Ecology Without Nature: Rethinking Environmental Aesthetics. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Mostafavi, M. & Doherty, G. (eds.), 2010. Ecological Urbanism. Zurique: Lars Muller Publishers.
Palazzo, D., ed al., 2011. Urban Ecological Design: A Process for Regenerative Places. Washington: Island Press.
Portas, N. & Domingues, Á. & Cabral, J., 2003. Políticas urbanas. Tendências, estratégias e oportunidades. Lisboa: F. Calouste Gulbenkian.
Sim, D., 2019. Soft City. Building Density for Everyday Life. Washington: Island Press.
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
The pedagogy will focus on three interrelated components:
Theoretical classes on program themes and contents, and framing of different phases of practical project exercises;
Practical project exercises defined in the course program and outlined for the semester, with stages of increasing complexity based on predefined objectives;
Critical follow-up classes of the different phases of the practical project exercise – presentation and critical discussion in class and tutorial support.
Assessment:
Continuous and in-person assessment with communication of qualitative grades assigned at the end of each project phase and after discussion and submission of the works;
At the end of the semester, an evaluation of the work produced is conducted, which will have a final classification assessed equitably among the students who developed this program.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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