Class Projecto de Tese

The Thesis Project Curricular Unit aims at the formulation, by each student, of a Thesis Project, within the scope of a doctoral research in Architecture.

a) Establishing a relationship between the research and the Arq.ID research center;

b) Introducing the bases for a framework relating to the main issues and themes existing in the contemporary panorama of research in architecture in an international context;

c) Introducing the formal and structural bases for the preparation of the Thesis Proposal;

d) Introducing the bases for the design of an investigation for each student, which includes (i) thematic circumscription, (ii) objectives development, (iii) interpretation of disciplinary and methodological particularities, (iv) critical evaluation of the State of the Art, (v) definition and argumentation of a fundamental hypothesis and (vi) construction of an essential reference bibliography.

e) Introducing the supervision team, as well as the conditions for carrying out the investigative work for each of the students.

The PhD in Architecture at Universidade Lusófona has implemented a close relationship between the University Centers of Lisbon and Porto. To this end, it organizes classes into separate face-to-face classes and joint online classes. Furthermore, and with the aim of internationalizing the course, an International Seminar is organized between the Universidade Lusófona, the University of Ljubljana and Manchester School of Architecture. This Seminar includes a series of online doctoral classes open to the public, shared by the three institutions. Each class includes a class with an international guest and a debate time, where all doctoral students, professors and the rest of the audience can participate.

• Groat, Linda, and David Wang. 2002. Architectural Research Methods. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

  Kuhn, Thomas. 1996. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. 3rd ed. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. Original edition, University of Chicago Press, 1962.

  Latour, Bruno. 1986. Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts. New York: Princeton University Press.

  Lucas, Ray. 2015. Research Methods for Architeccture. London: Laurence King Publishing Ltd.

  Macleod, Katy, and Lin Holdridge. 2009. Thinking Through Art: Reflections on Art as Research. London: Routledge.