Universitat Internacional de Catalunya

Design Studio III

Design Studio III
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8088
3
First semester
OB
Project Planning Module
Projects 3
Main language of instruction: Spanish

Other languages of instruction: English

Teaching staff


Dr. GOMEZ VAL, Ricardo José - rjgomez@uic.es

The course documentation will always be submitted through the network. Personal attention outside of class hours is conducted by appointment via email.

Dr. Ricardo Gómez Val: rjgomez@uic.es

Prof. Dr. Josep Lluis i Ginovart: jlluis@uic.es

Dra. Cinta Lluis i Teruel: cintalluis@uic.es

Dr. Íñigo Ugalde Blázquez: iugalde@uic.es

Introduction

The Design Studio III course at the School of Architecture UIC Barcelona will focus on the study of interventions on pre-existing structures in the urban environment, understood as the core of the increasing actions that must be addressed in the contemporary city within the context of the fully consolidated historic city.

In a predominantly Western context, the industrial revolution of the late 19th century led to the first modern expansions that developed around historic centers. These urban growth processes extensively unfolded during the 20th century, culminating in post-war development. From the 1950s onwards, cities experienced exponential growth, giving rise to the metropolitan city in the larger ones.

Today, the issue of the city presents countless challenges due to the difficulty of maintaining overly extensive growth. Factors such as mobility, vehicular traffic, the distribution of social facilities, and ultimately, environmental alteration pose major challenges that must be addressed in favor of quality habitable environments.

Therefore, the Design Studio III course is considered an intervention program on pre-existing structures that simultaneously address both the preservation of architectural heritage and its contribution to the social contexts inherent in the urban fabric. In such circumstances, the course will focus on identifying those pre-existing elements, both from the urban fabric and its historical context as well as from buildings, as an essential part of the project. The first part of the 3rd year course (Projects 3) will involve an introduction to recognizing and representing these values of architectural anthropology.

Mandatory Subject 

3rd Year Bachelor's Degree in Fundamentals of ARCHITECTURE 

1st Semester 

5 ECTS Credits 

COURSE COORDINATOR: Dr. Ricardo Gómez Val 

PROFESSORS: Prof. Dr. Josep Lluís i Ginovart, Dr. Íñigo Ugalde Blazquez, Dr. Cinta Lluís Teruel, Tomás Masó, Guillermo Marfà Permanyer

Pre-course requirements

In order to address the complexity inherent in developing a project on pre-existing architectural heritage, we must make students aware of previous experiences with examples of buildings that form the architectural legacy in both national and international contexts. This way, students are encouraged to engage in the task of finding architectural references and, therefore, develop their cultural background.

Furthermore, it is also necessary to sensitize students to the responsibility of their actions, which requires them to consider and use, as arguments for the project, elements such as: the definition and analysis of the immediate and distant surroundings, the integration of the volumetry within the fabric of the intervention, the importance of the relationship between the constructed building and its capacity both to generate public spaces and to create a city, as well as the understanding of the organizational structure of its program.

Objectives

The course of Design Studio 3 will seek, as teaching objectives, to develop the capacity of analysis of a building constructed with the objective of identifying: 

- Architectural values
- Constructive values
- Historical values
- Urban values
- Adapting to new uses 

- Recognize the importance of defining a specific program appropriate to the needs of the specific action, trying to recognize that a building in the old town does not have the same requirements as another one in the expansion. Implications: contrast aspects of definition and organization of the program of uses, accessibility, evaluation of construction systems, materiality, etc. 

- The need to learn the intimate relationship between the building and the city: That is, how the link between the building and the projected public space intervenes, but also in an inverse sense: how a certain urban situation is favoured by generating spaces for relationship through the intervention on the building itself.

- Establish guidelines that allow the student to know how the program is structured according to its sizes and uses: number, size and proportion of the different rooms, or the organization between the space served and the server space. To do this, they will become familiar with regulatory aspects regarding health and safety.

- Encourage the student to acquire knowledge and references that serve to encourage resources and project proposals. This is promoted through the presentations of the guests and the teachers themselves, interesting information in the course blog, bibliography, etc. 

- Influence the constructive and executive aspects of the building. The student must demonstrate the ability to define the usual containers between the different scales of a preliminary project, basic project, and executive project. In order to obtain these objectives, certain deliveries are scheduled, which include the required mandatory documents referring to structure, construction and facilities, which must necessarily be understood in an integral manner.

Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme

  • 34-T - Ability to design, practice and develop basic and execution projects, sketches and blueprints.
  • 35-T - Ability to conceive, put into practice and develop urban projects
  • 37 - Ability to develop functional programmes for buildings and urban spaces.
  • 38-T - Ability to intervene, maintain, restore and renovate heritage buildings.
  • 39-T - Ability to eliminate architectural barriers
  • 40 - Ability to express architectural criticism.
  • 42 - Ability to catalogue buildings and urban heritage and plan their protection.
  • 45-T - Ability to design and execute roads and urban development, gardening and landscaping projects
  • 46 - Ability to apply urban planning ordinances and standards.
  • 48 - To acquire adequate knowledge of the general theories of form, composition and architectural typologies
  • 49 - To acquire adequate knowledge of the history of architecture.
  • 50 - To acquire adequate knowledge of the study methods for the processes of symbolization, practical functions and ergonomics.
  • 51 - To acquire adequate knowledge of the study methods of social needs, quality of life, habitability and basic housing programmes
  • 52 - To acquire adequate knowlege of the environment, sustainability and the principles of conserving energy and environmental resources.
  • 53 - To acquire adequate knowledge of architectural, urban development and landscaping traditions of Western culture, as well as their technical, climate, economic, social and ideological foundations
  • 54 - To acquire adequate knowledge of the aesthetics, theory and history of Fine Arts and Applied Arts.
  • 55 - To acquire adequate knowledge of the relationship between cultural patterns and the social responsibilities of the architect
  • 56 - To acquire adequate knowledge of the principles of vernacular architecture
  • 57 - To acquire adequate knowledge of urban sociology, theory, economy and history.
  • 58 - To acquire adequate knowledge of the methodological principles of urban planning and metropolitan and regional development.
  • 60 - To acquire knowledge of civil, administrative, urban planning, building and professional regulations.
  • 61 - To acquire knowledge of feasibility analysis, supervision and coordination of integrated projects.
  • 63 - Ability to conceive, put into practice and develop architectural and urban planning projects adapting with new times.

Learning outcomes of the subject

The student will have acquired at the end of the course competencies to develop a housing project such as:

  • Resolution proposed program, adequacy public / private needs, quality and volume of interest, definition of spaces, knowledge of appropriate dimensions, fitness for a particular context, among others.
  • Different types of housing
  • Adaptation of programs and requirements for different models of housing: temporary use, character house, etc.
  • Housing Program Integration with other applications.
  • How to develop a good and intelligent building plan layout and elevations (facade), longitudinal and cross sections, strategies for energy saving in housing.
  • The student must know how to transmit the project idea, explain the concept of the project and its structure and social and spatial organization both in terms of housing program, circulation, lighting, integration of the environment and the correct explanation of the strategy project organization.
  • The student must have finally learned to develop a housing project with special cultural and social conditions, being able to address a complex program that goes beyond standard typologies, understanding that developing this capacity will allow to respond to changing requirements the actual society.

Syllabus

COURSE SCHEDULE

The course will be developed according to this calendar, which outlines the submissions and lectures.

1st Submission. Analysis.

In the first submission of the Analysis of the pre-existing structures, the following documentation will be submitted individually:

  • Floor plans, sections, and elevations of the pre-existing structures in relation to the immediate surroundings.
  • A report on the historical background to be highlighted.
  • Floor plans, sections, and elevations of the pre-existing structures.
  • Structural scheme.
  • Photographic mosaic to express the materiality of the pre-existing structures.
  • Scheme of voids, light, and shadows.
  • Constructive section.
  • Digital volumetric or structural models.

2nd Submission. Preliminary Project.

In the second submission of the Preliminary Project, the following documentation will be submitted individually:

  • Explanatory report of the project.
  • Justification of the program to be developed.
  • Floor plans, elevations, and sections at 1:200 scale of the initial proposal.
  • Volumetry of the proposal.

3rd Submission. Final Project.

  • A report on the historical background to be highlighted.
  • Floor plans, sections, and elevations of the pre-existing structures in their current state.
  • Scheme of elements to be maintained, removed, or projected in each area.
  • Justification of the developed program.
  • Conceptual and functional schemes.
  • Floor plans, elevations, and sections at 1:100 scale of the final proposal.
  • Constructive development of the most significant section of the project.
  • General layout of the project's facilities.
  • 3D images and collages of the proposed atmosphere.
  • Vertical panel of 60x120 with the proposal and summary of the intervention.

DIN A3 dossier with all the generated documentation.

2-minute video summarizing the work done during the course.

The three submissions will be made digitally, and the final submission will also be provided in paper format. The documentation must include the following: the student's name and the professors' names, the course title, the document date, and the designation of each part of the submission, Analysis, Preliminary Project, and Final Project.

Teaching and learning activities

In person



HOURS, ASSISTANCE AND STANDARDS

  • Classes are held on Fridays from 8:00 a.m. to 13:15 p.m.
  • Rest: 9:45-10:15h

ATTENDANCE POLICY

  • All absences must be justified by official document.
  • List call between at the beginning and at the final of the class.
  • The accumulation of more than 2 absences during the course involves unjustified automatic fail the module.
  • Non assistance affects evaluation of the subject.

DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP CLASSES

  • The methodology of the subject will be developed through weekly corrections in each group.
  • The corrections will be made in groups, students listen and participate in the corrections from their classmates and also corrected their work.
  • The course includes lectures/conferences that complete the formation.
  • Throughout the course teachers will request both documents graphic documents and volumetric material such as models (both fundamental towards the development of the project).
  • The day of the final submission general corrections will be made with all groups and the corrections will be made by a jury composed of external architects, all renowned in the field of housing.
  • The course will be sensitive to the participation of the different areas that make the project a full year.
  • It must be in class along the length of the entire course.
TRAINING ACTIVITYCOMPETENCESECTS CREDITS
Class exhibition
34-T 35-T 36-T 37 38-T 39-T 40 41-T 42 43-T 44-T 45-T 46 47-T 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 60 61 62 0,6
Class participation
34-T 35-T 36-T 37 38-T 39-T 40 41-T 42 43-T 44-T 45-T 46 47-T 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 60 61 62 0,6
Clase practice
34-T 35-T 36-T 37 38-T 39-T 40 41-T 42 43-T 44-T 45-T 46 47-T 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 60 61 62 0,65
Tutorials
34-T 35-T 36-T 37 38-T 39-T 40 41-T 42 43-T 44-T 45-T 46 47-T 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 60 61 62 0,65
Individual or group study
34-T 35-T 36-T 37 38-T 39-T 40 41-T 42 43-T 44-T 45-T 46 47-T 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 60 61 62 2,5

Evaluation systems and criteria

In person



  • The organization of the course is based on the practical classes of the workshops and the set of exercises and partial submissions that are carried out. During the course, there are intermediate submissions that will include indicative evaluations so that the student has a notion of their progress and academic level.

    The intermediate submissions are organized similarly to the final submission. The public presentation of the students is done in front of the course's group of professors. Occasionally, an external guest may be invited. The result is the public exhibition of all the exercises carried out during the course.

    The final submission is understood as an open exercise and will be structured so that the student publicly defends their project in front of the course's group of professors and the invited evaluation jury, selected based on their professional affinity with the proposed exercise.

    The evaluation system is continuous, and therefore attendance is essential in the pedagogical system. The percentage of the total course grade is as follows: Analysis 10%, Preliminary Project 20%, Final Project 70% of the total grade. On the other hand, the evaluation criteria for each part of the exercise are based on the consideration of the objectives related to:

    Analysis of the pre-existing conditions. Current state.

    • Graphical and volumetric documentation of the current state and the immediate surroundings.
    • Analysis of the pre-existing conditions
    • Understanding of the work to be done
    • Historical analysis
    • Group graphical and volumetric documentation
    • Oral presentation
    • Participation and course follow-up

    Preliminary Project

    • Implementation and program
    • Project strategy
    • Simultaneity of scales (urban, typological, and constructive scale)
    • Oral presentation
    • Participation and course follow-up

    Final Project

    • Statement and approach of the project at a comprehensive scale
    • Implementation and General Arrangement. Definition and volumetric adequacy.
    • Typological resolution and adequacy of the chosen program.
    • Constructive resolution (Materiality, Structure, Installations).
    • Graphical, Volumetric Presentation and Expressiveness of the Documentation
    • Oral presentation
    • Participation and course follow-up

    To pass the course, attendance to 80% of the teaching hours is essential, and the submission of materials through a digitized system must be consistent and legible. That is, all graphical documentation must correspond to a single proposal that can be understood with consistency between plans, sections, and elevations, texts, and models.

    It is essential to submit the different parts; Analysis, Preliminary Project, and Final Project through a digitized system and paper support to obtain a positive evaluation. The bases of the documentation must include; the student's name and the faculty, the course title, the document date, and the specific designation of the documentation provided.

    3.

Bibliography and resources

Commenting Bibliography: 

- Tanizaki, Junichiro , 1933, El Elogio de la Sombra, Ediciones siruela S.A. , (36ª Ed. 2016), Barcelona.  

- Neufert, Ernst, y Peter Neufert. Arte de proyectar en arquitectura : fundamentos, normas, prescripciones sobre recintos, edificios ... 15a ed. totalmente renovada y ampl., Gustavo Gili, 2006.

General Bibliography:

- Domínguez Moreno, L. A., Sánchez González, D., Borja, J.(2014). Identidad y espacio público ampliando ámbitos y prácticas. Barcelona : Editorial Gedisa. 

-Dovey, K 1999, 2008, Framing Places. Mediating power in built form. - Evans, R 1997, Figures, Doors and Passages

- Fernández Alba, A. (1990). La metrópoli vacía: aurora y crepúsculo de la arquitectura en la ciudad moderna. Barcelona: Anthropos. 

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- Koolhaass, R., traducción de Sáinz, A. (2014). Acerca de la ciudad. Barcelona, España: Editorial Gustavo Gili, SL. 

- Koolhaas, R., traducción de Sáinz, A. (2004). Delirio de Nueva York: un manifiesto retroactivo para Manhattan. Barcelona, España: Editorial Gustavo Gili, SL.

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- Maki, F 1962, Investigations in collective form, Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.), School of Architecture. 

- Mostafavi, M., Doherty, G. (2014). Urbanismo ecológico. Volumen 3, Colaborar. Barcelona: Gustavo Gili. 

- Mumford, L 1961, The City in History. Its Origins, Its Transformations, And Its Prospects, Harcourt, Brace & World, New York. 

- Muntañola i Thornberg, J. (1978). Topos y logos. Barcelona: Kairó. 

- Norberg-Schulz, C 1971, Existence,Space and Architecture, Praeger Publishers. 

- Rocha, P. M. da., traducción de Pérez Mata, E. (2011). La ciudad es de todos. Barcelona: Fundación Caja de Arquitectos. 

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