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• Communication Design
• 489
• 4
• Não
• Português
• DAAD - Department of Architecture, Arts and Design
• Semestral

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• AAVV (2000-2026). Jornal Arquitectos. Ordem dos Arquitectos Colomina, B. (2006). Clip/Stamp/Fold: The Radical Architecture of Little Magazines 196X-197X. Actar Publishers Leach, N. (2005). A Anestética da Arquitectura. Antígona Montaner, J. M. (2012). Arquitectura e Crítica. Gustavo Gili Rancière, J. (2010). Estética e Política. A Partilha do Sensível. KKYM Rattenbury, K. (ed.) (2002). This is Not Architecture: Media Constructions. Routledge  
• Architecture
• 367
• 4
• Não
• Português
• In accordance with the reflective and exploratory nature of this course unit, students are expected to experiment with different tools and working methods. The aim is to diversify reflection approaches.   M1: Lectures; M2: Text analysis groups; M3: Collective discussion; M4: Study trips; M5: Individual written reflections; M6: Guided group work; M7: Public presentations.
• Mandatory
• CEA find it synthesis in representation and the means of its communication. And the way to understand the forces that shape them, to understand why something appears to us in this way, is through its deconstruction. To understand the different layers that compose it, the reasons that justify its mode, why it functions as it does, why it serves these purposes and people and not others. This can be done through curatorship, editing, programming, and research:   O1: Know-understand the issues and their characterization, analysis and interpretation of the various critical and aesthetic positions in architecture, together with their protagonists; O2: Reflect-construct a critical judgment about these positions through justified and coherent argumentation; O3: Explore-limits and aesthetic potentialities of different representation tools and means of communication; O4: Communicate-develop a discourse with clarity and rigor in the instruction and organization of oral, written and graphic records.
• DAAD - Department of Architecture, Arts and Design
• The UC is divided into different themes, reflecting various critical and aesthetic positions from the last century. For each one, several works are presented that demonstrate its architectural manifestation. To support the discussion, there is a set of content and authors that will serve as starting points for reflection, but which will always be framed according to their relevance today.   S1: Representation and media - and the convergence of criticism and aesthetics; S2: Machines and abstractions - and technological and rational optimism; S3: Organisms and surrealisms - and the universes of nature and the subconscious; S4: Realisms and populisms - and their complexities and contradictions; S5: Structures and typologies - and formal invariants and essentialisms; S6: Dispersions and fragments - and the world of consumption and spectacle; S7: Reactions and emergences - and the trends in contemporary architecture; S8: Critical fictions - and the practical application of criticism and aesthetics.
• Semestral
• Criticism is an exercise in deconstruction. It relates to both theory and history, but its field is the instantaneous present, generally focused on a particular object (building or event). With the blurring of disciplinary boundaries and technological and media transformations, criticism has adopted other modes of expression (curatorship, programming, editing, research), but its purpose remains the same: this constant exercise of revision. In its broadest sense, aesthetics is a sharing of the sensible (the senses) that determines a mode of articulation between forms of action, production, perception, and thought. This general definition extends the field of aesthetics beyond the field of art and comes to include the conceptual coordinates and operative modes of visibility of the field of politics - in the sense of polis, of organizing the city (as common space), therefore of architecture. Together, criticism and aesthetics are a way of thinking about the world.

Criticism is an exercise in deconstruction. It relates to both theory and history, but its field is the instantaneous present, generally focused on a particular object (building or event). With the blurring of disciplinary boundaries and technological and media transformations, criticism has adopted other modes of expression (curatorship, programming, editing, research), but its purpose remains the same: this constant exercise of revision. In its broadest sense, aesthetics is a sharing of the sensible (the senses) that determines a mode of articulation between forms of action, production, perception, and thought. This general definition extends the field of aesthetics beyond the field of art and comes to include the conceptual coordinates and operative modes of visibility of the field of politics - in the sense of polis, of organizing the city (as common space), therefore of architecture. Together, criticism and aesthetics are a way of thinking about the world.

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• Communication Design
• 489
• 10
• Não
• Português
• DAAD - Department of Architecture, Arts and Design
• Semestral

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• Brink, B., Enzer, M., Mercer, A., & Weiss, F. (2024). Digital Twins and the Systems Perspective. A buildingSMART Digital Twins Working Group Paper.  buildingSMART International. (2025). Global openBIM Mandates, 2025 Edition.  Coin, F., Azenha, M., Gómez, S. M., Santos, E. T., & Stojanov, T. (2024). Guidance for Regulators on use of openBIM.  Eastman, C., Teicholz, P., Sacks, R., & Liston, K. (2011). BIM Handbook: A Guide to Building Information Modeling. Wiley. Ingram, J. (2020). Understanding BIM the past, present & future (2020th ed.). Routledge. Rio, N., & Quaresma, F. C. (2023). RHAM: Rural Habitat Algarve Model. In F. G. Amen, Á. A. Gentile, & A. L. Fitipaldo (Eds.), SIGraDi 2023 Accelerated Landscapes XXVII International Conference of the Ibero-American Society of Digital Graphics  Rio, N., & Quaresma, F. C. (2025). RHAM - The computational emulator of the construction process of a typical Western Algarve house. In J. Mourão & N. Bonaccorso (Eds.)
• Architecture
• 367
• 4
• Não
• Português
• M1 - Structured theoretical and practical classes Conceptual framework of BIM as a design thinking system, with integrated technical demonstration. M2 - Progressive development of a parametric model Phased construction of a complete digital model, following the stages of the architectural process. M3 - Parameterisation and relationship control exercises Exploration of geometric and constructive dependencies in the model. M4 - Individualised technical tutoring Continuous monitoring focused on the consistency of the model structure and the articulation between design and data. M5 - Intermediate critical review presentations Moments of analysis of the consistency of the model and its ability to generate documentation and data.
• Mandatory
• At the end of the semester, students should be able to demonstrate the following learning outcomes: O1: Understand BIM as a methodology for structuring information and as a conceptual tool to support design. O2: Develop advanced technical skills in parametric building modelling, integrating geometric, constructive and interoperable digital information relationships. O3: Structure coherent digital models capable of generating accurate technical documentation (plans, sections, elevations, quantity surveys) from a consistent parametric basis. O4: Understand principles of interoperability and data organisation, recognising the BIM model as an open and collaborative system. O5: Relate the digital model to the different phases of the design, conception, development, documentation and communication process. Understand it as a simulation and control tool.
• DAAD - Department of Architecture, Arts and Design
• CP1 - BIM as a conceptual design model: evolution from CAD to BIM; parametric model as a relational system; data structure and information hierarchy; design understood as an information model. CP2 - Digital model structure: file organisation; levels, grids and reference systems; coherent modelling strategies. CP3 - Parametric modelling and constructive logic: creation and management of families; parameterisation of elements; geometric relationships and consistency between space and construction. CP4 - Information extraction and management: automatic documentation; quantitative tables; graphic organisation and data control. CP5 - Interoperability: export, open formats and collaborative work. CP6 - Model as analysis and simulation: digital emulation logic; relationship between data and design decisions.
• Semestral
• The Digital Representation II course is part of the 1st Cycle as a project support tool, deepening the BIM (Building Information Modelling) methodology as a logical structure for the design, representation and organisation of architectural information. The course unit is not limited to the instrumental domain of software, but approaches BIM as a conceptual system that articulates design, construction and information, allowing the digital model to be understood as a contemporary extension of the relationship between design and construction. Students develop skills in the parametric modelling of buildings as structured data models, articulating architectural design, construction logic and the organisation of digital information.

The Digital Representation II course is part of the 1st Cycle as a project support tool, deepening the BIM (Building Information Modelling) methodology as a logical structure for the design, representation and organisation of architectural information. The course unit is not limited to the instrumental domain of software, but approaches BIM as a conceptual system that articulates design, construction and information, allowing the digital model to be understood as a contemporary extension of the relationship between design and construction. Students develop skills in the parametric modelling of buildings as structured data models, articulating architectural design, construction logic and the organisation of digital information.