Research Seminar I

Programme

Architecture

Level of Qualification|Semesters|ECTS

Doctorate | Semestral | 10

Year | Type of course unit | Language

2 |Mandatory |Português

Total of Working Hours | Duration of Contact (hours)

250 | 30

Code

ULP1972-10503

Recommended complementary curricular units

n/a

Mode of study

Face-to-face

Precedences

Não

Professional Internship

Não

Syllabus

The lectures and debates on the different positions and intellectual contributions of each work, idea or author enable the production of an enlarged framework of references through which the student can structure a differentiating approach. The class presentations and essays force an awareness of the difficulties of bringing together forms and ideas. This awareness is essential to educate functional and autonomous intellectuals.

Objectives

The main purpose of this course is to make the student conversant with the conceptual and discursive universe of the discipline, through a broad and introductory exposure to foundational modes of spatial organization. Unfolding through an analysis of works, authors and ideas, this course will be an entrance door into the disciplinary universe of architecture

Knowledge, abilities and skills to be acquired

The student must acquire the ability to, within an architectural theme, identify an issue, to sketch a strategy and select a point of view to deepen the corresponding debate, collect documentation and information regarding the subject which will allow to understand it, developing and grounding coherently its enunciation.

Teaching methodologies and assessment

The course unfolds through lectures, in which the teacher presents, contextualizes and problematizes the debated issues, followed by collectively lead seminars in which the students critically address an issue. This course should produce a final essay, properly articulated and argued, and according to the best standards of academic originality and responsibility.

References

Álvaro Siza. Conversaciones con Valdemar Cruz / Valdemar Cruz -Barcelona : Gustavo Gili, 2007
Conversaciones con Alvar Aalto /ed. Juhani Pallasmaa. - Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 2010
Conversaciones con Paulo Mendes da Rocha. - Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 2010
Conversas com Jean Prouvé / ed. Armelle Lavalou. - Barcelona : Gustavo Gili, 2005
Conversas com Mies Van Der Rohe - Certezas americanas / ed Moisés Puente. - Barcelona : Gustavo Gili, 2006
Eduardo Souto de Moura : conversas com estudantes / ed. Anna Nufrio. -Barcelona : Gustavo Gili, 2008
Josep Lluis Sert - Conversaciones Y Escritos. Lugares De Encuentro Para Las Artes /ed. Patricia Juncosa. - Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 2010
Juan Navarro Baldeweg - Conversaciones con estudiantes / ed. Gillermo Zuaznabar. - Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 2011
Jørn Utzon - Conversaciones y otros escritos / ed. Moisés Puente. - Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 2010
Rem Koolhaas: conversas com Hans Ulrich Obrist / textos Rem Koolhas, Hans Ulrich Obrist; trad. Inês