Class History of Architecture and the Arts III

The curricular unit presents contents that refer to the knowledge of architecture and the arts since the second half of the XIX century, to the sixties of the XX century, focusing in particular on the evolution of housing and domestic architecture, from the critique to the industrial society by European utopites and the movement for the reform of the arts and crafts, to the revision of modern architecture in the first decades after the Second World War, focusing fundamentally in ideas, theories, aesthetic movements and schools  with repercussions in the practice of architecture. Framed in the respective socio-cultural conditions, the course contents develop topics covered in the subjects Introduction to Theory and History of Architecture II and History of Architecture and Arts II, for domains in the articulation of architecture with the arts and critical thinking.

I. Criticism to industrial society

Movement for the reform of applied arts, arts and crafts

Art Nouveau: Macintosh, Henry van de Velde, Vitor Horta, Gaudi

II. The movement of the «Portuguese house»

Raul Lino and the values of the dwelling

III. Beginning of the modern process in the United States

Chicago School, Sullivan

F.L.Wright, continuous space and spatial expansion.

IV. Critical thinking and European vanguards

Adolf Loos

Haus Wittgenstein

The Viennese Secession

Teaching Architecture and the Arts: Gropius and the Bauhaus

De Stijl

V. Consolidation of the modern process until the Second World War

Functionalism and Rationalism

The firsts CIAM

The housing works of the masters of the modern movement: Gropius, Mies, Le Corbusier, Mies and Aalto.

VI. Questioning and diversity after World War II

Debate on Habitat and housing

Post-war CIAMs

Team X

VII. Mid Century Architecture

Case Study House- CSH Program 1945-1966

Fuller, Johnson and Khan

VIII. Critical regionalism

1 - Theoretical classes:

- Expository sessions of the programmed contents, duly accompanied by audiovisual material;

- Clarifications, debate sessions, collaborative work.

2- Theoretical-practical classes:

Case studies (late chronological period) - Comparative study of domestic architecture in Europe and America, after the Second World War.

3 - Bibliography searches, reading and interpretation of texts;

4 - Analysis and study of graphic documentation related to architectural works;

5 - Support for the development of practical work;

Complementary activities:

- Participation in lectures and open classes integrated in the academic activities of DAU-ECATI.

Evaluation criteria (see ¿Evaluation¿):

1. Individual work (A) = 40%.

2. Group work (B) = 40%.

3. Attendance, self-criticism, participation, collaboration, cooperation, convergence effort, team spirit: (D) = 20%.

BANHAM, Reyner (1960). Teoria e Projecto na Primeira Era da Máquina. Editora Perspectiva, São Paulo, 2ª edição 1979.

BENÉVOLO, Leonardo - História de la Arquitectura Moderna, Editorial Gustavo Gili, S.A. Barcelona, 1974, 5ª edição ampliada 1982.

COLQUHOUN, Alan (2002). La Arquitectura Moderna. Una historia desapasionada. Barcelona: Gustavo Gili. Cota: AQ/393-BC

FRAMPTON, Kenneth (2000). História Crítica da Arquitectura Moderna. Martins Fontes, São Paulo. (Cota: AQ/106-BC)

FRANÇA, José-Augusto. História da Arte Ocidental, 1780-1980, Livros Horizonte, Lisboa, 1988.

KOSTOF, S. (2007). Historia de la Arquitectura (Vol. 3). Madrid Alianza Editorial, Madrid. (Cota: AQ/224.B-BC)

NORBERG-SCHULZ, C. (2004). Arquitectura Occidental. (5.ª tir., 1.ª ed.). Gustavo Gili, Barcelona. (Cota: AQ/53-BC)

SMITH, Elizabeth A.T. (ed.). Blueprints for Modern Living: History and Legacy of the Case Study Houses. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, The Mit Press,Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, 1989.