C.1. Advanced ability to concept, development and sketch for blueprints, preliminary designs and architectural design projects of buildings and urban designs.

C.2. Advanced ability to work out with functional programmes of buildings and urban areas.

C.3. Advanced ability for architectural theory.

C.4. Advanced ability to oral explanation, to reason and to defend ideas of the architectural and urban project.

C.5. Advanced ability for the communication by a drawn design.

C.6. Advanced knowledge of the general theories of form, composition and architectural typologies.

C.7. Advanced knowledge of dwelling types, programmes, etc.

C.8. Advanced knowledge of the basis of vernacular architecture and of the urban history.

P.01. Study and rendering of a public area into an historic urban context.

P.02. Intervention on a public area by means of a pavilion or any other kind of constructions.

T.01 Course Presentation Class I

T.02 Course Presentation Class II

T.03. The city or town to be studied. Urban history of the plot.

T.04. The site of the project into its urban context.

T.05. An urban typology: evolution and development.

T.06. Public spaces: evolution and development.

P.03. Study, draw, survey and rendering of a historical urban context.

P.04. Intervention into an urban context via one or various buildings with several functional progammes.

T.07. The study area in its urban context

T.08. Urban Typologies proposals I: evolution and development.

T.09. Urban Typologies proposals II: evolution and development.

T.10. Urban Typologies proposals III: evolution and development.

During each the development of every exercise we can distinguish different types of activities to be developed individually:



1 Prefaces: classes addressed to fix the main ideas about the project based on the explanations of remarkable architectural examples.



2 The workshop: is the main activity of the subject, which will be done by personal or team work. The review of the design development will be made before the whole class (on the screen or blackboard) or on the desk, and are mainly addressed to a single student´s work and by extension to the public´s.



3. Team work: Studio drawings and renderings of the site will be done by a limited group. Additionally, the days devoted to the integrated workshop (taller integrado) or any other activity shared with other subjects, can be made in groups and all of the issues will be related to the second exercise of the academic year.



4 Public discussion: the regular public reviews will be performed on the blackboard or by the beamer on the screen. They are aimed to fix general concepts and, at the same time, broadcast the different students´ explanations and suggestions about the project.



5 Final presentations: All the projects will be presented in public to the classmates and the jury. By doing this, alternative proposals will be shared by all the students, opening the possibility of an always desirable debate.



6. Virtual tuition: whenever face to face tuition is not available it will be held through the Microsoft 365 platform within the virtual classroom system. Previously, this situation will be announced through the subject´s virtual classroom.



On the not-in-person class hours, mainly at the beginning of the work, each student will work in groups searching for documentation and drawing the site´s features for the project. Later on, the design will enter an individually phase, developing content up to the final architectural plans, sections, elevations, renderings and working models to be submitted at the end of the academic period. These materials will be analyzed thoroughly and discussed profoundly in class.



Practical content P.01 y P.02 will be developed up to the fifth week. P.03 y P.04 content will be held within the other subsequent ten weeks.

CONTINUOUS EVALUATION SYSTEM.

To pass through continuous assessment, the student must present all the work or phases of work on the presentation date. In the case of not complying with all the deliveries in their content and stipulated dates, the student will also take a specific final test to complete the continuous evaluation.



For the appraisal, attendance will be taken into account, as well as the workshop review, due to the practical role of the subject. The attendance, the review and edit of the projects, are esteemed necessary to get a right learning of the subject, and subsequently the final grade.

For the continuous appraisal, the students progress will be take into account, furthermore, the quality of the main exercise of the term, which percentage account into the final mark is seminal.

Minimum Mark: the student need a minimum final mark of 5, of a total of 10 points; to pass the academic year/term.



The evaluation will be done over the individual and the team work. It will be taken into account the following criteria;

-first, the correspondence of the proposal with the requirements of the exercise,

-second, the level of development and definition of the work,

-and third, the quality of the graphics and drawings.

The ability of the student to improve the design during the term will also be taken into account.

The evaluation of the second part of the term is higher, due to the more difficulty of the projects and targets, and also because of the longer duration.

Assessment percentages: Personal work 85%, Team work 15%





FINAL ASSESSMENT SYSTEM

Each student will be able to shift from the continuous assessment system to the final exam model under a justified agenda consisting of:

1 Previous written notification of relinquishing the regular system procedure before the 9th week included, to be counted from the beginning of the semester according to the academic schedule of the School of Architecture, before the subject´s professorship.

2 Presentation of ALL the proposed exercises during the course before the examination day. This presentation will be orally defended before the jury or professor assigned.

3 Siting an examination on the day, place and time determined by the School of Architecture for the final exam. This is a mandatory and personal aptitude test that will be held at the School´s facilities.





ATTENDANCE CONTROL

In order to enjoy the Continuous Assessment System, the minimum attendance to classes is 85%. If this condition is not guaranteed, a specific final examination will be required to comply with this Continuous Assessment.

Not attendance will always be justified, and the overlapping of different subjects will never be an excuse. Every teacher will have the ability to consider additional tasks to be developed by each student according to his/her personal conditions.

It is important to remind that attendance to classes will only be considered when the student stays in the classroom during the complete time span of the subject, and working on the specific tasks previously assigned.





VIRTUAL ASSESSMENT

Whenever face to face tuition is not available, in case of any health emergency, the same live tuition assessment criteria will be applied.

Along side the general statement for the term, -and the different statements of each particular exercise-, the student will be given sufficient information about the context of the site of the project. Which means; historical plans, current plans and general info, monuments plans and cross sections, new and antique pictures or drawings of the site, etc., in order to help the student to understand the situation and evolution of the urban-architectural problem. Besides, personal or group research info is recommended in order to better understand the site and context, and support the final proposal.

Models, and all different kind of built samples for the development of the subject will be made at the ETSA-AGET Fab-lab. Where there is a whole set of specialized equipment at the students´ convenience. Nevertheless, any work at the Fab- Lab must be supervised by the people in charge of it, who will give specific procedures and safety courses.

Basic bibliography

Abalos, Iñaki. Naturaleza y Artificio. 2009, GG.

Batlle, Enric. El jardín de la metrópoli. 2011, GG

Berger, John. Modos de ver. 2016, GG.

Careri, Francesco. Walkscapes. 2013, GG.

Didi-Huberman, Georges. La supervivencia de las luciérnagas. 2017, Abada.

Herreros, Juan. Textos Críticos. Madrid. Ediciones Asimétricas.

Mumford, Lewis. Historia de las utopías. 2013, Pepitas de calabaza.

Pallasmaa, Juhani. Los ojos de la piel. 2014, GG

Sennett, Richard. El artesano. 2009, Anagrama.

Tafuri, M., Cacciari, M,. Dal Co, F. De la vanguardia a la Metropoli. 1972, GG.





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Choisy, August. Historia de la arquitectura. 1899, Víctor Leru.

Kahn, Louis. The complete work. 1987, Birkhauser.

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Martí, Carlos. Las variaciones de la identidad. Ensayo sobre el tipo. 1993, Serbal

Moneo, Rafael. Inquietud teórica y estrategia proyectual. 2004, Actar.

Norbert-Schulz, Christian. Genius Loci. 1987, Electa.

Rossi, Aldo. La arquitectura de la ciudad. 1966, GG.

Venturi, Robert. Complejidad y contradicción en la arquitectura. 1966. GG.

Zevi, Bruno. Saber ver la arquitectura. 1963, Poseidon.

In-depth bibliography

Ustarroz, A., Iñiguez, M. Plazas con Frontón en Euskal Herria. 2023, Pamiela.

Journals

Arquitectura Viva
AV: Monografías
Casabella: Rivista internazionale di architettura.
El Croquis: Publicación de Arquitectura, Construcción y Diseño.
Lotus internacional: Rivista internazionale di architettura.