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17806
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| Year |
1
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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 |
N/A
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Learning outcomes |
Goal: To study the characteristics of Architecture throughout history, from its beginnings to the Middle Ages.
Skills:
1. To understand the historical, cultural, religious, social, and political context of architecture in space and time;
2. To understand the formal and structural characteristics of architectural works through observational skills;
3. To identify the building materials, techniques, and construction systems applied in architectural works;
4. To identify key architectural works from each historical period, describing similarities and differences in plan, volume, ornamentation, function or symbolism.
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Syllabus |
Chapter 1. The Beginnings of Architecture
a. Prehistory and Vernacular Architecture
b. The First Civilizations: The First Cities
c. Ancient Egypt: Geometry of Immortality
Chapter 2. Greek and Roman Antiquity
a. Architecture and the Polis in Classical Greece
b. Architecture and the City in the Roman Empire
Chapter 3. Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
a. Early Christian Architecture
b. Byzantine Architecture
c. Islamic Architecture
Chapter 4. The Middle Ages
a. Carolingian Architecture
b. Romanesque Architecture
c. Gothic Architecture
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Main Bibliography |
MONNIER, Gérard: “História da Arquitetura”, Publicações Europa-América, 2000.
NUTTGENS, Patrick: “The Story of Architecture”, Phaidon Press Limited, Singapore. 1997.
PEREIRA, José R. A.: “Introdução à Historia da Arquitetura: das origens ao século XXI”, Bookman, 2010.
TRACHTENBERG, Marvin, HYMAN, Isabelle: “Architecture, from prehistory to post-modernism, the Western tradition”, New York, H. N. Adams, 1986.
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
1. Attendance/Written test (50%, 10 out of 20).
This will allow us to assess whether students have assimilated the material taught and obtained the defined competencies. The test will have a theoretical and a practical component on the Unit content.
2. Practical work with oral presentation in a classroom setting and report (50%, 10 out of 20).
A practical assignment will be carried out, based on bibliographic research on architecture in a historical period from prehistory to the Middle Ages.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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