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Presentation
Presentation
This Course Unit (CU) is the extension of initiation into the study of cities. The main objective is to continue to present this scientific area, in terms of theoretical content and practical applicability. This objective unfolds into two complementary purposes. On the one hand, the CU frames the main urban theories and concepts, in their different historical, physical, cultural, and socioeconomic contexts, to understand the existing urban settlements, recognize their past and think about their future. On the other hand, the CU focuses on understanding the physical form of cities to support architectural practice. It seeks to provide students with fundamental tools to address the theme of Project 3.2 - collective housing in the city - presenting the different elements of urban form as instruments of analyse and design.
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Bachelor; Master Degree | Semestral | 3
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
3 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULP286-14481
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
Urban utopias of the 20th century. The modernist tradition of thinking about the city today: a critical perspective. First critical voices: seminal books from the 1960/70s. Designing the city for people: scale, density, diversity, connectivity, continuity. Plans in the 19th and 20th centuries and the main urban theories (selection of Plans in Europe, America and Asia). The Portuguese planning system. The Porto PDM: strategic options, morphological zoning and urban transformation rules. The Porto PDM: interpretation of the rules and design of proposals. Active reading of the proposed books (relate UC contents with Project 3.2 and daily life).
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Objectives
Objectives
The CU should develop the following skills in students: Historical understanding of the rupture in the formation of cities in the 20th century. Development of a critical sense about the permanence of urban utopias today. Know seminal books critical of modern urbanism. Historical and morphological understanding of the urban developments of different cities, through the study of fundamental urban plans (XIX to XX century), and the urban ideas and theories that support them. Understanding of the main theories and urban utopias: foundations and principles of intervention. Understand the Portuguese planning system and the role of the PDM. Understanding and interpretation of Porto's PDM. Critically analyse and justify design options that impact the shape of the city and people's lives. Understanding the architectural project as an act of creation of the city, which leads and is inseparable from the design of buildings.
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Teaching methodologies and assessment
Teaching methodologies and assessment
The CU includes fifteen classes lasting 1.5 hours each (theoretical-practical classes). The program will be transmitted through lectures, exercises, monitoring and discussion of exercises, inverted classroom, promoting participation and stimulating critical thinking. Assessment will be continuous (without final exam) and based on a set of exercises. The exercises will be mainly individual (there might be some teamwork) and will focus on the fundamental contents of the CU that students will learn during the semester. For approval, active participation in classes will be required (mandatory presence in 75% of classes) which will also be subject to evaluation and an appreciation factor. Exercises have a weighting factor of 75% and class participation of 25%.
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References
References
Cullen, G. (1996[1961]) Paisagem Urbana. Lisboa: Edições 70. Gehl, J (2017[1971]) A vida entre edifícios. Lisboa: Tigre de Papel. Howard, E. (2007 [1898]) Garden Cities of To-morrow. Londres: Routledge. Jacobs, J. (2000 [1969]) Morte e vida de grandes cidades. São Paulo: Martins Fontes. Le Corbusier (1935) La Ville radieuse, Boulogne-sur-Seine: Éditions de l'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui. Lynch, K. (1999 [1960]) A imagem da cidade. Lisboa: Edições 70. Panerai, P., Castex, J., Depaule, J. C. e Samuels, I. (2004[1977]) Urban forms, the death and life of the urban block. London: Routledge. Oliveira, V, (2011) Avaliação em planeamento urbano. Porto: Edições UP. Oliveira, V. (2022[2016]) Morfologia Urbana: uma introdução ao estudo da forma física das cidades. Curitiba: PUCPRess. CMP (2021) Plano Diretor Municipal do Porto. Câmara Munical do Porto: Porto.
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Office Hours
Office Hours
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Mobility
Mobility
No
