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History of Architecture III

Code 14094
Year 2
Semester S1
ECTS Credits 5
Workload T(45H)
Scientific area Theory and History of Architecture
Entry requirements We recommend the frequency of History of Architecture I and History of Architecture II.
Learning outcomes The purpose of HA3 is to constitute itself as a reflection on the theoretical and practical production of the architectural world of the Contemporary Era, understanding, in this context, is genesis and development, as well as the sociocultural conditions that frame it. From the contents of this CU period in particular - from Neoclassicism to the 20th century - students should also work a deeper maturity in the reflection on the history of production and critical practice of this specific moment of history, with inevitable repercussions on practice and subsequent architectural discourse. Learning to think about architecture from a complex point of view and to which a wide range of knowledge contributes is an essential objective of all architecture training and this UC is affiliated in this way of thinking/acting architectural knowledge.
Syllabus I. From Neoclassicism to the late nineteenth century:
1. Cultural, territorial and technical developments: the return to Classical Architecture.
2. Utopias: proposals, architectures, cities and achievements.
3. The Industrial Revolution. Theorists of a new architecture and new materials.
4. The Arts and Crafts reaction and the Art Nouveau movement.
II. The beginning and consolidation of the modern process:
1. US: The Chicago School, Sullivan and Wright.
2. research and promise: the Bauhaus and Gropius.
3. The ideas of the International Style.
4. Modern diversity: Le Corbusier, Aalto and Mies.
III. Questioning and diversity:
1. From CIAM to Team X.
2. The New Brutalism.
3. Fuller, Johnson and Khan.
4. Critical Regionalism.
5. Latin American ways.
Main Bibliography Benevolo, L. (1998). História da Arquitectura Moderna (3.a ed.). São Paulo: Editora Perspectiva. Colquhoun, A. (2002). La Arquitectura Moderna. Una historia desapasionada. Barcelona: Gustavo Gili. Frampton, K. (2000). História Crítica da Arquitectura Moderna. São Paulo: Martins Fontes.

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Argan, G. C. (2004). Arte Moderna. Do Iluminismo aos movimentos contemporâneos (2.a ed.). Sa~o Paulo: Companhia das Letras. Kostof, S. (2007). Historia de la Arquitectura (Vol. 3). Madrid: Alianza Editorial.
Norberg-Schulz, C. (2004). Arquitectura Occidental (5.a tir., 1.a ed.). Barcelona: Gustavo Gili.
Roth, L. M. (2008). Entender la Arquitectura. Sus elementos, historia y significado (6.a tir., 2.a ed.). Barcelona: Gustavo Gili. Watkin, D. (2005). A History of Western Architecture (4.a ed.). New York: Watson-Guptill.
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2021-02-01

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