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Urban Design

Code 17820
Year 4
Semester S1
ECTS Credits 5
Workload TP(60H)
Scientific area Urbanismo
Entry requirements Not considred
Learning outcomes Allow understanding and applying fundamental notions relating to: 1. How infrastructural systems interconnect with physical and conceptual systems, contributing to the understanding of architecture as a system of systems; 2. Characterization of the main infrastructural systems; - 3. How infrastructural systems contribute, through culturally relevant, technologically capable and economically viable consideration, to the efficiency in the use of resources; 4. Current practices of: design of water supply systems, drainage of domestic and rainwater sewage; design of fire prevention and fighting systems; design of electricity, gas and telecommunications networks; design of HVAC installations; emphasis on the implications for the spatial design of buildings; - 8. Graphic and volumetric representation of the construction entities under study, considering the scales to be used and the information to be transmitted.
Syllabus 1. Infrastructural systems as part of physical systems; importance for designing the building as a system of systems; selection criteria – coordination and compatibility; implications for the formal expression and language of buildings; 2. Characterization of infrastructural systems, namely water supply, drainage of domestic and rainwater sewage, fire prevention and fighting, electricity, gas and telecommunications networks; HVAC; 3. Infrastructural systems and efficiency in the use of available resources; cultural, technological and economic consideration; 4. Current practices and standards for the design and dimensioning of systems: water supply, as well as drainage of domestic and rainwater sewage; fire prevention and fighting; HVAC installations; emphasis on the implications for the spatial design of buildings; 5. Graphical and volumetric representation of the entities under study; most common dimensions of construction elements.
Main Bibliography 1. ASCHER, F., PORTAS, N. (pref.); Novos Princípios do Urbanismo, seguido de Novos Compromissos Urbanos, um léxico, Livros Horizonte,
2. 2010
3. Berger, G., 1966, Phenomenologie du temps et du prospective. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 26 (4):615-616.
4. European Climate Foundation, Office for Metropolitan Architecture, McKinsey & Company, Kema, The Energy Futures Lab, Imperial
5. College London, Oxford
6. Secchi, B. (2011) ‘La nuova questione urbana: ambiente, mobilità e disuguaglianze sociali', Crios, pp. 83-92.
7. HALL, P.; Cities of Tomorrow. An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design in the Twentieth Century, Blackwell, 1990 ([U.12])
8. KOSTOF, S.; The City Shaped: Urban Patterns and Meanings Through History, Thames and Hudson, 1991 ([U.233])

Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria
803
The adoption of 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 understanding of the discipline. In this sense, the course is structured in theoretical-practical classes with a weekly workload of 4 hours. These documents will be subject to an evaluation phase through submission and oral presentation. The classes follow a model in which the content will be presented by various guest speakers who introduce themes in each class, so that students feel inspired by the practice.
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2026-01-08

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