IDENTIFYING DATA 2023_24
Subject (*) URBANISM AND PROJECTS I Code 22204103
Study programme
Bachelor's Degree in Architecture (2010)
Cycle 1st
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
12 Compulsory Second 1Q
Language
Català
Department Predepartment Architecture Unit
Coordinator
FREDIANI SARFATI, ARTURO
ROSELL GRATACÒS, JOAQUIM
SOLANS IBÁÑEZ, INDÍBIL
E-mail arturo.frediani@urv.cat
daniel.lorenzo@urv.cat
lara.alcaina@urv.cat
ferran.tinena@urv.cat
agata.buscemi@urv.cat
indibil.solans@urv.cat
Lecturers
FREDIANI SARFATI, ARTURO
LORENZO ALMEIDA, DANIEL
ALCAINA POZO, LARA
TIÑENA GUIAMET, FERRAN
BUSCEMI , AGATA
SOLANS IBÁÑEZ, INDÍBIL
Web http://www.etsa.urv.cat
General description and relevant information <div>The course is scheduled to be taught in person and this presence will be maintained if the regulations that may be issued by the health authorities and other competent bodies do not say otherwise, and the capacity requirements allow it. If there are changes they will be reported to the Moodle space of the subject.</div><div><br /></div><p> We continue the work started during the first year in the Design and Drafting subjects, now introducing architectural and urban issues of increasing complexity. We become familiar, on the one hand, with the architectural and urban planning’s diagnosis and design tools. We apply, on the other, these new resources to the implementation of exercises specially conceived to develop, in a natural, intuitive and incremental way, the Nuclear, Transversal and Specific competencies of the subject. </p>

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 A43 Ability to concieve, execute and oversee schematic design projects.
 A44 Ability to concieve, execute and oversee design development projects.
 A46 Ability to concieve, execute and oversee urban projects.
 A48 Ability to create functional programmes of buildings and urban spaces.
 A50 Ability to remove architectural barriers.
 A51 Ability to take a critical view of architecture.
 A52 Ability to design passive environmental conditioning, including thermal and acoustic insulation, climatic control, energy efficiency and natural lighting.
 A56 Ability to design and execute urban layouts and projects of urbanization, gardening and landscaping.
 A57 Ability to apply urban regulations.
 A61 Adequate knowledge of the methods for studying symbolic processes, practical functions and ergonomics.
 A62 Adequate knowledge of the methods for studying social needs, quality of life, habitability and basic housing programmes.
 A63 Adequate knowledge of ecology, sustainability and the principles of energy and environmental resources preservation.
 A64 Adequate knowledge of the technical, climatic, economic, social and ideological foundations of the architectural, urban and landscape traditions of Western culture.
 A67 Adequate knowledge of the foundations of vernacular architecture.
 A68 Adequate knowledge of urban sociology, theory, history and economics.
Type B Code Competences Transversal
Type C Code Competences Nuclear

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 A43 Execution of architectural, urban and landscape projects in the proposal, analysis, processing and presentation phases. Use of tradtional methods and computer technologies to make graphic presentation of these projects in the form of outlines, sketches, drafts, basic projects, construction projects, models and prototypes.
 A44 Execution of architectural, urban and landscape projects in the proposal, analysis, processing and presentation phases. Use of tradtional methods and computer technologies to make graphic presentation of these projects in the form of outlines, sketches, drafts, basic projects, construction projects, models and prototypes.
 A46 Execution of architectural, urban and landscape projects in the proposal, analysis, processing and presentation phases. Use of tradtional methods and computer technologies to make graphic presentation of these projects in the form of outlines, sketches, drafts, basic projects, construction projects, models and prototypes.
 A48 Knowledge of social needs relating to housing and urban development.
 A50 Applied knowledge in architectural barriers removal projects
 A51 Execution of architectural, urban and landscape projects in the proposal, analysis, processing and presentation phases. Use of tradtional methods and computer technologies to make graphic presentation of these projects in the form of outlines, sketches, drafts, basic projects, construction projects, models and prototypes.
 A52 Resolution of passive environmental conditioning in architectural projects.
 A56 Execution of architectural, urban and landscape projects in the proposal, analysis, processing and presentation phases. Use of tradtional methods and computer technologies to make graphic presentation of these projects in the form of outlines, sketches, drafts, basic projects, construction projects, models and prototypes.
 A57 Project compliance with development and construction regulations.
 A61 Knowledge of signing processes, practical functions and ergonomics.
 A62 Knowledge of social needs relating to housing and urban development.
 A63 Knowledge of the principles of ecology, sustainability, the conservation of energy and environmental resources, and recycling of materials.
 A64 Knowledge of the conditions governing vernacular architecture.
 A67 Knowledge of the regulations regarding professional conduct.
 A68 Knowledge of the conditions governing urban planning and territorial organization.
Type B Code Learning outcomes
Type C Code Learning outcomes

Contents
Topic Sub-topic

One-day instrumental exercises
Specific instrumental features of the architectural and urban planning design process.

Theory of Architectural Design
Ontology, Epistemology and Phenomenology of the topology, of the typology and of the tectonics of architecture.

First Principles
Tools owned by an architect and urban planner. Topographical survey, site potentials, functional graph, floor plans, elevations, cross sections, models, three-dimensional models.
Practical advice concerning the design process
A guideline of the most common errors or omissions made by the students.

Exercise 1
Collective performance for the improvement of an urban public space

Exercise 2
Design and prototyping:
Design of a chair
or
Design of a façade
(together with the students of first year, in alternating years).

Exercise 3
Design for a small urban facility and of its surroundings.
First complex design of the career, integrating for the first time both urban and architectural scales.

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
Hours outside the classroom
(**) Total hours
Introductory activities
A51
A68
2 3 5
Presentations / oral communications
A51
A68
8 20 28
Workshop (architecture)
A43
A44
A46
A48
A50
A51
A52
A56
A57
A61
A62
A63
A64
A67
A68
30 165 195
Lecture
A61
A62
A63
A64
A67
A68
6 6 12
Scientific and/or communication events
A61
A62
A63
A64
A67
A68
3 3 6
Problem solving, exercises in the classroom
A43
A44
A46
A61
4 4 8
Field work
4 4 8
Debates
A51
2 2 4
Seminars
A51
1 1 2
Personal attention
10 0 10
 
Practical tests
A43
A44
A46
A48
A50
A56
2 20 22
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Activities aimed at taking contact and collecting information from the students and introducing the subject.

Presentations / oral communications Oral presentation by students of a topic or of a submission (written or/and graphic).
Workshop (architecture) It’s the main architectural methodology, characteristic of all the design and urban planning studios. It is a practical methodology, Iterative (hypothesis essay) and Interactive between classmates and with their teachers.
Lecture Explanatory of the contents of the subject.
Scientific and/or communication events Talks by highly regarded speakers aimed to deepen the knowledge of selected subjects.

Problem solving, exercises in the classroom
Formulation, analysis, resolution and debate of a problem or exercise related with the main topics of the subject.

Field work Performing analytical-practical visits to the selected sites.
Debates Activity where two or more groups defend opposing positions on a particular subject.
Seminars In-depth monographic work on a subject, by relating the contents taught at the Master Sessions with the undergoing simulation.
Personal attention Is the time that each teacher devotes to individual design criticism and process analysis.

.

Personalized attention
Description
Individual Guidance concerning the processes that have to do with the tasks of the Studio. Please address any question by e-mail to the Faculties Arturo Frediani Cristóbal Fernández Juan Manuel Zaguirre Quim Rosell

Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Presentations / oral communications
A51
A68
Individual or group submissions shall be presented in a planned and organized fashion. The quality of the presentations will be taken into account in the final grades. 10
Workshop (architecture)
A43
A44
A46
A48
A50
A51
A52
A56
A57
A61
A62
A63
A64
A67
A68
The studio leans on the continuous practice and progression of the design process. 75
Lecture
A61
A62
A63
A64
A67
A68
5
Problem solving, exercises in the classroom
A43
A44
A46
A61
There will be three short exercises devoted to develop proposals related with specific dimensions of the Design process. 5
Practical tests
A43
A44
A46
A48
A50
A56
There will be a practical test including questions about the theoretical background of the Studio.
5
Others  
 
Other comments and second exam session

Second call:

Projects that have not achieved the objectives of the course will be returned to be awarded or expanded.


Sources of information

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