Class Architecture I

Architecture I is the curricular unit that, on the one hand, promotes the operability of architectural culture and develops, at the beginning of the 2nd cycle, the consolidation and methodological mastery of the project processes, creating the conditions for  conscious creativity and architectural foundation in students who have finished the 1st cycle of studies, relating the theoretical and references with project practice; on the other hand, it intends to constitute a base for the development, both of the learning and skills of Architecture II, from the 2nd semester, or of the curricular units of Architecture III and Architecture IV, of the last year of the the course.

The contents have two aspects: the first refers to the utopian proposals for educational spaces for children that emerged in Europe after the Industrial Revolution: R. Owen (1771-1858), C. Fourier (1772-1837), J.-B. Godin (1817-1888); or the notions and ideas of children's pedagogy, since F. Fröbel (1782-1852), M. Montessori, (1782-1852), J. Deus Ramos (1878 -1953), F. Tonucci (b. 1940); on the other hand, they refer to the influences that those ideas had on buildings of the 20th century, intended for early childhood education. The second aspect refers the correlation of the following domains in the design of a varied set of references of architecture of the 20th and 21st centuries, and of contemporary buildings with programs aimed at early childhood education: 1- Program, Functional Organization, Composition, Form and Construction, 2 - Implementation. Building / place interaction; Building / public space interaction, 3 - Architectural Design: space, structure and materiality.

1. Theoretical classes:

- Lectures with presentation of contents to support the development of project exercises, namely with regard to the themes of requalification of urban areas, functional organization, architectural composition and constructive options.

- Debate sessions.

2- Classes with invited architects and experts.

3. Theoretical-practical classes in a continuous assessment system.

- Shared pedagogical guidance of teachers - joint monitoring of student work.

- Joint exhibition of works to encourage self-criticism.

- Interim sessions of comparative criticism.

- Gradual progression of the project according to previously scheduled work steps.

- Visits to architectural works to enable students’ architectural perception and experience.

Evaluation criteria (see Evaluation):

1. Team Group: (A) = 10%

1. Prelemirary design: (B) = 20%.

2. Previus Study: (C) = 30%.

3. Final Project: (D) = 40%.

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