Class Project 1.1

The discipline of Project 1.1 aims to sensitize students to the elements of reading the reality. To introduce the particular look towards reality that is proper to the architect. The look of things as the first act of a project. One proposes a reflection of this particular way of seeing, a way to be aware that architect's own, as a methodological axis from which "to reinvent" is the essence of its work. The development of practical works aims, on a first phase, to resort to intuition as a privileged element in the discovery of the use of forms, until the discovery of the need for a systematic rationalization leading to the consistency between idea and proposal, and a progressive research of logic and rigor, where there is room for a general approach of constructive aspects.

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The program proposes two exercises that encourage the use of the process as part of a continuous assessment and release of representation/illustration and research/design capacity. In the first exercise it will be critical the awareness of the role of drawing in the research of space, as well as the 3rd dimension in the research - the mock-up. Hence the students will be familiar with the basic working tools, working in particular: dimension, scale; relations internal space, external space; recognition of basic formal elements, composition and relation between parts; experience of space, three-dimensionality; the logic of the geometries in spatial composition. With the second practical exercise is intended that the student acquires awareness of the importance of real context and approach to systematization and order in spatial composition, working in particular: awareness of the role of scale in these different processes; structure and composition; relation of context with the project.

The sequence to observe-analyze, reflect- think, act-propose will establish the mechanism from which the student will face the act of designing. In this context, two practical exercises will be realized in real context, with complementary objectives that establish the architectural concepts and inform the organization of space. The exercises start from known realities for students, the study of their bedroom, kitchen or a workspace, allowing them to recognize reality to enable them a route to its abstraction. The final classification is obtained by weighting the result of the final work evaluation with the remaining marks obtained by the student throughout the year. The calculation method is not arithmetic but compensated with the quality of development achieved by the student. Given the nature of the discipline - no final exam ¿ recourse tests will not be considered. The lack of one or more components of the planned evaluation will result in a negative classification of the student.

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