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Teaching GuideTerm Higher Technical University College of Architecture |
| Grao en Estudos de Arquitectura |
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| Drawing in Architecture |
| Methodologies |
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| Identifying Data | 2020/21 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Drawing in Architecture | Code | 630G02002 | |||||||||||
| Study programme |
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Graduate | 1st four-month period |
First | Basic training | 6 | ||||||||||
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| Methodologies | Description |
| Introductory activities | With these activities, it is aimed to approach the students into the different type of contents, methodologies, and the learning outcomes of this subject (and Analysis of Architectural Forms belonging to the second four-month period) and how they will be evaluated. |
| Supervised projects | This methodology is based on competences and contents of Architectural Technical Drawing; students will be required to complete several assignments during both class time practice sessions and non-class time hours allocated for these activities, always under the supervision of the teaching staff. . Some of the assignments will consist of exams. This section of the course focuses on learning ‘how things are done’ and the promotion of supervised independent learning (this is why the flipped classroom teaching strategy for the theoretical contents is used). Class contact hours will be used for: 1)The proposal and discussion of project topics and related theoretical considerations. 2)Class time will also include a series of group and/or individual project monitoring sessions, and time for carrying out particular tasks on the project in process. 3)The exams included in the planning, will be done during part of the class hours as well. |
| Workshop | The workshop section of the module includes both class time practice sessions and non-class time spent on workshop tasks assigned and supervised by the professor. This methodology is based on competences and contents of Freehand Drawing, and it is focused on learning ‘how things are done’ (therefore the suitability of the interspersion of the theory into “condensed pills” within the practice) and encouraging supervised independent learning under the supervision of the teaching staff. Students will be required to produce a set amount of graphical work (defined in advance by the professor) during the hours allocated for workshop activities that the students must perform on a mandatory basis. Workshop activities will be based on the following categories and assessed individually, with each task accounting for a specific portion of the overall mark: 1) Class work (ordinary class hours) 2) Weekly practical tasks (student´s personal work hours) 3) Final test drawings (final exam) |
| Guest lecture / keynote speech | Although according to the Annual Teaching Plan (PDA in Spanish) there is an hour devoted for the theoretical contents assigned in this subject (due to an administrative and homogenizer UDC matter), for years theoretical lessons have never been taught in a traditional way. The theoretical contents have always been included within the practice, as it is evidenced by multiple evidences and communications for teaching innovation conferences. However, this academic year, and due to the insistence of the faculty leadership, and against the teaching staff, there is an isolated hour for theory untied from the practice hours, that will have to be divided in two parts to attend both methodologies of the subject. Theoretical contents will be divided according to the module’s two main subject areas and taught using a non-linear approach, based on the make-up of the group and the learning objectives proposed by the teaching staff. - In the Supervised project methodology, theoretical contents will be taught following the instructional strategy called “flipped classroom”. That strategy reverses the traditional learning environment by delivering instructional content outside of the classroom. At the beginning of the class-hours, possible doubts on the contents given in advance will be solved; after that, a test will be carried out to check whether everything has been understood. - On the other hand, the theoretical contents in the Workshop methodology will be developed in theoretical-practical sessions. In general, oral presentations will be carried out, using audiovisual aids and other resources, intended to convey knowledge and encourage learning. This academic year and due to the exceptional Covid-19 limitations, and to avoid infections, the theoretical contents will be taught under virtual mode through Teams. The only in-person theoretical session will be held, if possible, for developing the Introductory Activities the first week of the four-month period. |
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