Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Design Studio IV
Other languages of instruction: English
Teaching staff
Introduction
The course of Projects of the School of Architecture UIC Barcelona will focus on the study of the intervention on the pre-existing constructed in the urban area, understood as the axis of the increasing actions that must be faced in the contemporary city within the context of the historic city fully consolidated.
In a mainly Western context, the industrial revolution of the late nineteenth century led to the first modern extensions that developed around historic centers. These processes of urban growth were unleashed extensively during the twentieth century, leading to post-war development. After the fifties, cities experienced exponential growth, appearing the metropolitan city.
At present, the problem of the city raises innumerable questions arising from the difficulty of maintaining too extensive enlargement. Factors such as mobility, road traffic, distribution of social facilities and, ultimately, the alteration of the environment present the great challenges that must be faced in favor of quality living environments. In these situations, the environmental balance and the control of energy consumption converge in objectives such as the minimization of the resources to be used, the construction processes, the improvement of urban environments and, especially, what is recognized as a historical city.
Within the framework of these logics, and in the coming decades, architectural interventions on cities will increasingly be aimed at consolidating and improving urban pre-existing conditions, both in residential urban fabrics and in the morphological contexts that industries or some of the great facilities within these cities can provide.
Therefore, in this process of consolidation of the so-called post-industrial city, the architect is increasingly required to intervene in built environments in which aspects as diverse as historical value or social and social deficiencies may occur. In these circumstances, architecture is split between preservation and intervention. According to these premises, and within the framework of the university studies of Architecture, it seems necessary to implement academic programs oriented to the teaching of project intervention processes on existing buildings; as well as their participation in the urban environment on which they are implanted.
As an occasion and scenario for this study, the course statement proposed by the Hispalyt student competition will be taken as the course statement for projects 4. The fact of using a material such as ceramics, heir of the industrial tradition and adapted to the new requirements of the industry, helps the objectives of the course and complements the subjects worked on in the construction subjects of the same semester.
Pre-course requirements
In order to address the complexity implicit in the development of a project on the pre-existing architectural heritage, we must situate the student in an awareness of previous experiences in examples of buildings that make up the architectural legacy in a national and international context. In this way, the student is encouraged to be involved in the task of finding architectural references and, therefore, developing their cultural baggage.
On the other hand, it is also necessary that the student becomes aware of the responsibility of his performance, which obliges him to keep in mind and use, as arguments of the project, elements such as: the definition and analysis of the near and far environment, the integration of the volume within the fabric of action, the importance of the relationship between the building constructed and its capacity to generate both public spaces and to make city, as well as knowledge of the organizational structure of its program.
Objectives
To develop the capacity of analysis of a site 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
- 36-T - Ability to plan, practice and develop construction management.
- 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.
- 41-T - Ability to find solutions for passive environmental conditioning, including thermal and acoustic insulation, climate control, energy performance and natural lighting.
- 42 - Ability to catalogue buildings and urban heritage and plan their protection.
- 43-T - Ability to produce safety, evacuation and protection plans for buildings.
- 44-T - Ability to produce civil works projects.
- 45-T - Ability to design and execute roads and urban development, gardening and landscaping projects
- 46 - Ability to apply urban planning ordinances and standards.
- 47-T - Ability to prepare environmental and landscaping surveys and plans to correct environmental impacts.
- 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.
- 62 - To acquire knowledge of property valuation.
Learning outcomes of the subject
The fundamental learning results that the student must prove are:
1 Ability to state clearly the objective of their work in terms of:
- Issues to solve.
- Issues to be reached
2 Ability to develop the necessary work tools that allow them to represent and communicate autonomously the requirements and proposals of their projects, while recognizing or distinguishing between optimal or inadequate solutions.
To do this, they must be able to represent, both graphically and at the level of technical contents, the aspects of the project. This must be the result of a deep and measured work, in which the aspects of the project (from the implementation to the technical definition) are the result of a work process by making decisions contrasted with the teacher.
Syllabus
SYLLABUS AND PROGRAM OF THE COURSE
The proposed syllabus is that of the student's architectural competition organized by Hispalyt.
Teaching and learning activities
In person
The course consists of an introductory day with an inaugural lecture by a guest architect's studio, an intermediate jury with the intervention of the project teachers of the other internship groups and a final jury.
The content of the final delivery coincides with that required by Hispalyt for its student competition:
2 DIN A1 Panels:
Participants will freely present their project proposal, but the panels must compulsorily include the following:
- Situation plan: Scale 1:1000 or 1:500.
- Plan: Scale 1:50 / 1:100 / 1:200. - Sections: Scale 1:50 or 1:100.
- Elevations: Scale 1:50 or 1:100.
- Perspectives: It will be obligatory to submit an AERIAL PERSPECTIVE of the projected complex from the South orientation, at least in DIN A4 size.
- Descriptive report: Construction / use of materials.
- Graphic scale of the different drawings shall be provided.
- The graphic development of the panels shall be vertical. - All graphic documentation to be submitted may be in color or grayscale.
Complementary dossier with the memory of the project, of free extension and format.
| TRAINING ACTIVITY | COMPETENCES | ECTS 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 course grade is the project grade. The following are the evaluation criteria (out of 100):
- Innovation of the proposed sports facility compared to previous models (up to 10 points).
- Appropriateness of the chosen location in the environment, the scale of the intervention and the requirements of the functional program (up to 20 points).
- Adequacy of the brick façade within the project and constructive definition (up to 20 points)
- Implementation of environmental measures and universal accessibility. Low-maintenance construction solutions and optimal energy efficiency (up to 20 points).
- Architectural quality of the proposal: formal expression and graphic definition, understanding of cultural values, presence and representativeness of the intervention (up to 30 points).
Bibliography and resources
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