Construction 2.1

Presentation

With regard to the incidence of learning in projectual practice one will seek bringing to evidence two
complementary aspects whose apparent contradiction only the disciplined exercise of the Project will be
able to clarify:
a) Setting reasonable limits in preparing the Project.
b) Construction as a stimulus for formal creation.
The student will develop the ability to integrate operatively in practical work knowledge and information
gathered in the discipline of Construction, assuming the development of the Project as a comprehensive
process.

Programme

Architecture

Level of Qualification|Semesters|ECTS

| Semestral | 4

Year | Type of course unit | Language

2 |Mandatory |Português

Code

ULP286-14453

Recommended complementary curricular units

• Projeto 2.1

Professional Internship

Não

Syllabus

Theoretical classes:
The lectures will be based on developing an autonomous program, though sequentially structured to
make it operative in conjunction with the practice of the project.
1 - Discipline and norm in the practice of the project
2 - Light and the conception of space  - solar control
3 - Principles of Building Physics - materials and their properties
4 - Climate and hygrothermal behavior
5 - Floors, walls and roofs - ground contact
6 - Gathering and systematization of technical information to support the project
Practical classes:
Practical classes will focus on identifying and addressing issues within the discipline, taking as a support
the work to be developed in the Project area.
Criticism will tend to be based on a reading of the solutions able to lead to the generalization of the
problems, while trying to remain attentive to the architectural specificity of each proposal.

Objectives

a) Promote the understanding of the object as a built physical body in the perspective of transforming the
discourse on the materials and construction systems into a key component of the project process.
b) Develop the ability to understand the closeness between the ideas of Architecture and Construction.

Teaching methodologies and assessment

We propose a teaching method with continuous evaluation, without final exam.
Referenced to the two complementary fields that correspond to the characteristics of the pedagogic
times, of theory and of practice, we propose a teaching method that assumes the Architecture as an
attitude of synthesis, naturally based on a systematization of information that, trying to privilege the
understanding of the phenomena, will stimulate the further development of the project idea, passing
inevitably, for the understanding of the articulation with the practice of the Project as a privileged field of
gauging pedagogic results. In parallel we predict the possibility, at an early stage, of development of
practical work group that may take the form of constructively detailed small projects.
In addition the following actions will be undertaken:
1 - Direct contact with works
2 - Actions of information with collaboration of construction companies, including disclosure of selected
products and systems.

References

Deplazes, A. - Constructing architecture - materials, processes, structures. Basel: Birkhauser.2005
Ford, E. R. - The details of modern architecture. London: The MIT Press.1990
González, J. & Casals, A. & Falcones, A..- Claves del construir arquitectónico.Barcelona:Gustavo Gili. 2001
Moita, F. - Energia solar passiva. Lisboa: Argumentum.2011
Paricio, I. - La construcción de la arquitectura - Las técnicas. Barcelona: ITEC.1996
Paricio, I. - La construcción de la arquitectura ¿ Los elementos. Barcelona: ITEC.1996
Paricio, I. - Las cubiertas de chapa. Barcelona: Bisagra.1998
Paricio, I. - La fachada de ladrillo. Barcelona: Bisagra. 1998.
Paricio, I. - La protección solar. Barcelona: Bisagra. 1999
Schmitt, H. - Tratado de Construcción. Barcelona: Gustavo Gili. 1978.

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