Identifying Data 2023/24
Subject (*) Complex Scale Architecture Code 630G02058
Study programme
Grao en Estudos de Arquitectura
Descriptors Cycle Period Year Type Credits
Graduate 2nd four-month period
Fifth Optional 4.5
Language
Spanish
Teaching method Face-to-face
Prerequisites
Department Proxectos Arquitectónicos, Urbanismo e Composición
Coordinador
Sabin Diaz, Patricia
E-mail
patricia.sabin@udc.es
Lecturers
Sabin Diaz, Patricia
E-mail
patricia.sabin@udc.es
Web
General description O concepto de "escala" en Arquitectura remite, en palabras de Anish Kapoor, a unha cantidade de proporcións abstractas que por unha banda se relacionan, a un determinado nivel, o corpo, o físico, e por outro, máis intenso, coa imaxinación. A complexidade non radica exclusivamente no tamaño, a función ou o artificio, senón na multiplicidade de relacións que un obxecto arquitectónico establece coa súa contorna física, ambiental, social, humano e cultural.

Study programme competencies
Code Study programme competences
A17 Ability to apply technical and construction standards and regulations
A30 Knowledge of the organization of professional offices
A34 Ability to design, implement and develop sketches and drafts, concept designs, developed designs and technical designs (T)
A35 Ability to design, implement and develop urban projects (T)
A67 Coñecemento avanzado de aspectos específicos da materia de Proxectos no contemplados expresamente na Orde EDU/2075/2010
B1 Students have demonstrated knowledge and understanding in a field of study that is based on the general secondary education, and is usually at a level which, although it is supported by advanced textbooks, includes some aspects that imply knowledge of the forefront of their field of study
B2 Students can apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and have competences that can be displayed by means of elaborating and sustaining arguments and solving problems in their field of study
B3 Students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually within their field of study) to inform judgements that include reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical issues
B4 Students can communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist public
B5 Students have developed those learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high level of autonomy
C1 Adequate oral and written expression in the official languages.
C3 Using ICT in working contexts and lifelong learning.
C4 Exercising an open, educated, critical, committed, democratic and caring citizenship, being able to analyse facts, diagnose problems, formulate and implement solutions based on knowledge and solutions for the common good
C5 Understanding the importance of entrepreneurial culture and the useful means for enterprising people.
C6 Critically evaluate the knowledge, technology and information available to solve the problems they must face
C7 Assuming as professionals and citizens the importance of learning throughout life
C8 Valuing the importance of research, innovation and technological development for the socioeconomic and cultural progress of society.

Learning aims
Learning outcomes Study programme competences
Taking this subject will allow the student to approach the architectural fact from multidisciplinary approaches and perspectives, incorporating responses to a series of increasingly complex and confusing conditions and variables. It will complement the programmatic development of the subjects in the area. A17
A30
A34
A35
A67
B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
C1
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
C8

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1. ARCHITECTURE FOR LARGE SCALES 1.1 Territory and planning.

1.2 Landscape and infrastructures.

1.3 Underground architectures.

1.4 Language and dimension in architecture.

1.5 Building in height: the skyscraper.
2.THE COMPLEX FUNCTION. SPECIFIC PROGRAMS 2.1 Architectures for transportation.

2.2 Health and care architecture.

2.3 Spaces for work.

2.4 Architectures for the industry.

2.5 Architectures for large events.
3.THE COMPLEX FORM. NEW TOOLS FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 3.1 Fractal geometries.

3.2 The new sciences of complexity.

3.3 Non-linear dynamics, chaos theory and self-organized systems.

3.4 Parametric design.

3.5 Architectures and virtual worlds.
4. ARCHITECTURES IN COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS 4.1 Architecture in extreme conditions.

4.2 Nomad architecture

4.3 Architecture and identity.

4.4 Architectures in the peripheries.
5. TOOLS AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS OF THE COMPLEX PROJECT 5.1 Management of multidisciplinary teams

5.2 Platforms and project management environments

5.3 Contracting and administrative processing

Planning
Methodologies / tests Competencies Ordinary class hours Student’s personal work hours Total hours
Introductory activities A17 A30 A34 A35 A67 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 C1 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 1 4 5
Guest lecture / keynote speech A17 A30 A34 A35 A67 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 C1 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 6 0 6
Directed discussion A17 A30 A34 A35 A67 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 C1 C3 C4 C5 C6 9 0 9
Field trip A17 A30 A34 A35 A67 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 C1 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 4 0 4
Workshop A17 A30 A34 A35 A67 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 C1 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 20 40 60
Events academic / information A17 A34 B1 B2 B3 B4 C1 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 4 0 4
Student portfolio A17 A30 A34 A35 A67 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 C1 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 10 12.5 22.5
 
Personalized attention 2 0 2
 
(*)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 that are carried out before initiating any teaching-learning process in order to know the competences, interests and / or motivations that the student has for the achievement of the objectives that are to be achieved, linked to a training program. With it, it is intended to obtain relevant information that allows articulating teaching to favor effective and meaningful learning, based on previous knowledge.
Guest lecture / keynote speech Oral presentation, complemented by the use of audiovisual media and the introduction of some questions addressed to students, in order to transmit knowledge and facilitate learning. The magisterial session is also known as a lecture, expository method or lecture. This last modality is usually reserved to a special type of lesson given by a teacher on special occasions, with a content that supposes an original elaboration and based on the almost exclusive use of the word as a way of transmitting the information to the audience.
Directed discussion Group dynamics technique in which the members of a group discuss freely, informally and spontaneously on a topic, although they can be coordinated by a moderator.
Field trip The field exit, understood as a strategy that consciously brings the individual closer to reality, is a valuable teaching and learning opportunity for students, by enhancing the observation process, gathering information, interpreting, posing conjectures. , explanations and projections that allow them to interpret their social environment and cultural context.
Workshop Project Workshop: Training mode oriented to the application of learning in which knowledge of various subjects is introduced, always around an architectural project, where different methodologies / tests can be combined (exhibitions, simulations, debates, problem solving, practicals guided, etc.) through which students develop practical tasks on a specific topic, with the support and supervision of the teaching staff of the subjects involved.
Events academic / information Preparation of synthesis material of the work carried out in the matter for a joint exhibition at the end of the course in the event organized by the Department of Architectural Projects, Urban Planning and Composition: “Arquitecturas en Curso. DPAUC” (panels, models, drawings, videos, texts, performances, etc.)

Attendance at informative events (congresses, conferences, symposiums, conferences, etc.), organized by the ETSAC or DPAUC, etc., indicated by the teaching staff of the subject as part of the current teaching content, with the aim of providing students with knowledge and experiences current references to a given field of study.
Student portfolio The final result of the work done in the subject will be reflected in the student's personal and physical digital portfolios, physically available on paper and accessible through the computer tool for teaching Moodle.

The results are evaluated, but through a tutored and guided teaching process, where the personal effort and the intellectual evolution of the student should be reflected in the final documentation.

Personalized attention
Methodologies
Directed discussion
Workshop
Student portfolio
Description
The student receives personalized attention regarding the work they are developing in the subject, through the teacher or teachers of the group to which they have been assigned. There will be the possibility of commenting and obtaining critical reviews from the other groups (if any), in order to contrast opinions and criteria to confront them with their own.


The student's portfolio (see step 5. -Final student work-) will be subject to personalized reviews, to observe its evolution and verify its authorship.

Teaching to students of mobility programs will be adapted to pedagogical conditions and special supervised work, as well as assessment tests and exams.

Assessment
La función de sonido está limitada a 200 caracteres
Methodologies Competencies Description Qualification
Workshop A17 A30 A34 A35 A67 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 C1 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 Methodology designed to promote learning - both autonomous and collaborative - of students, under the tutelage of the teacher and in varied scenarios (academic, professional and competitive). It is referred primarily to the learning of "how to do things". It is an option based on the assumption by students of the responsibility of their own learning.

The teaching of mobility program students will be adapted to the pedagogical conditions and special supervised work, as well as tests and evaluation exams.


This workshop subject is intended as collaborative work, public exhibitions, collective learning, possibility of corrections by other teachers...

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Student portfolio A17 A30 A34 A35 A67 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 C1 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 The final result of the work carried out in the subject will be reflected in the student's personal portfolio, available and accessible through the Moodle teaching platform.

The results are evaluated, but through a tutored and guided teaching process, where the personal effort and the intellectual evolution of the student should be reflected in the final documentation.


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Assessment comments

To pass the subject in the June opportunity it will be necessary:

-Have a minimum attendance 80% and correction of the classes with active participation in both the joint and individual revision classes of the works. (Minimum correction will be necessary for the satisfactory development of the exercise / s.

the corrections will be those necessary for the correct performance of the proposed exercise/s, the number of them will depend on the exercise and the student)

- Deliver the work in time and form (in accordance with the subject's calendar) and obtain a minimum grade of 4 in each exercise, and an average of 5.

To pass the subject in the July opportunity it will be necessary:

- Have minimum attendance / correction of the classes with active participation in both the joint and individual revision classes of the works.

- Deliver on time and form the work during the course. Proceed to the modification during the months of June-July if the rating does not exceed 4 in each exercise, and an average of 5.

- Make those partial or global corrections of the exercise / s for its satisfactory development.

-Preparation of synthesis material
of the work carried out in the matter for a joint exhibition at the end of the
course in the event organized by the Department of Architectural Projects,
Urban Planning and Composition: “Arquitecturas en Curso. DPAUC” (panels,
models, drawings, videos, texts, performances, etc.)

-Attendance
at informative events (congresses, conferences, symposiums, conferences, etc.),
organized by the ETSAC or DPAUC, etc., indicated by the teaching staff of the
subject as part of the current teaching content, with the aim of providing
students with knowledge and experiences current references to a given field of
study.

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Sources of information
Basic

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Architectural Design 1/630G02001
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Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously
Architectural Design 9/630G02041
Architectural Design 8/630G02036

Subjects that continue the syllabus
Final Degree Work/630G02059

Other comments


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