Teaching GuideTerm
Higher Technical University College of Architecture
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Grao en Estudos de Arquitectura
 Subjects
  Architectural Design 2
   Methodologies
Methodologies Description
Introductory activities Getting to the place where all the exercises will be developed, explaining the commitments and objectives of each of them during the four-month period.
Guest lecture / keynote speech Oral presentation, with multimedia support, of the theoretical contents of the subject, with the aim of transferring knowledge, promoting its development and facilitating the student the elaboration of the specific work of the Workshop. Stimulating their autonomous learning.
Objective test Development in the classroom of a practice that demonstrates in a synthetic way the skills and competences acquired by the student around the topics covered in the course exercises.

This test may include questions on the topics covered in the Master Classes.
Directed discussion Group dynamics technique in which group members discuss in a free, informal and spontaneous way about an issue, but may be conducted by the professor.
Field trip Visiting the place where the designs will be set. The aim are facilitating direct and systematic observation of the site, gathering information, data, sketches, analysis, etc.
Workshop The workshop is the main teaching method in this subject. Different proccesses can be applied, such as individual and group tasks, discussions, assessments, personal advice, and so on.

In the workshop, the students will develop the exercises formulated, under the teacher's support and supervision.

Collaborative learning: The group is divided in smaller ones, where the students and the teacher work together to solve the tasks needed. That is the way of gathering and sharing the biggest amount of information possible. This includes data gathering, on site measurements, infographic treatment of documents, site analysis, example searching, construction of scale models representing the environment, and so forth.

Complementary lectures will be given, delivering theoretical support for each of the design stages. This will help the students to find the more adequate solution for the exercises and to develop and materialise them.

The individual and collective outcomes of the workshop will be collected in a Portfolio.
Document analysis It is the collection and processing of data coming from the theoretical lectures as well as the bibliographic and documental searches.

This work will be gathered in the student's Portfolio.
Workbook Readings undertaken from a critical attitude, both of references given by the teachers and the ones proposed by the student as well. Summaries and notes showing the fundamental contents and main ideas.

This work will be gathered in the student's Portfolio.
Diagramming Synthesis between the main contents and the personal reflections regarding architectural design: graphic data, images, drawings, sketches, bibliography and notes related to the site. The design process will be shown. work as well as to the development of each one of the exercises proposed.

This work will be gathered in the student's Portfolio.
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