Class Architecture III

he subject of the Course - Architecture, Territoriality and Citizenship - is part of the general theme of the 2nd cycle. Perception and communication in / of the Urban space. This theme is part of the research lines of LEAU (Experimental Laboratory of Architecture and Urbanism). The main theme of the year (which includes Architecture III and IV) will be the interoperation of urban space and the proposition of a program that qualifies it, giving it a unique sense and character.
Architecture III will focus on a project program that is the consequence of a research of the place under analysis and of a program suggested by the student. architecture as an activity, which through the project, transforms the place. The statement of the exercise is considered the basis of the work to be developed throughout the semester.

The subject of the Course - Architecture, Territoriality and Citizenship - is part of the general theme of the 2nd cycle. Perception and communication in / of the Urban space. This theme is part of the research lines of LEAU (Experimental Laboratory of Architecture and Urbanism). The main theme of the year (which includes Architecture III and IV) will be the interoperation of urban space and the proposition of a program that qualifies it, giving it a unique sense and character.
Architecture III will focus on a project program that is the consequence of a research of the place under analysis and of a program suggested by the student. architecture as an activity, which through the project, transforms the place. The statement of the exercise is considered the basis of the work to be developed throughout the semester.

The discipline consists of theoretical classes, practices and study visits, in a system of continuous assessment. In theoretical classes the content is analyzed and criticized. In practice, individual monitoring and in a workshop will be carried out, encouraging the debate of proposals between students and the teacher, defending that work is always the core method of the discipline. The student will produce written pieces, drawings and models, etc., forming a portfolio of Exercises and Semiannual Presentations. The monitoring of practical work requires the continuous development of solutions, the student being responsible for the ability to justify his own evolution.

• Zumthor, Peter (2004) Pensar la Arquitectura. Barcelona: Gustavo Gili.
• Nesbitt, Kate (Ed), (1996) Theorizing a New Agenda for Architecture: an anthology of Architectural Theory 1965-1995, Princeton Architectural Press tradução para português (2006) ¿Uma Nova Agenda para a Arquitectura ¿ Antologia teórica 1965-1995, São Paulo: ed. Cosac Naify.