Identifying Data 2023/24
Subject (*) Theory of Contemporary Intervention Code 630G02061
Study programme
Grao en Estudos de Arquitectura
Descriptors Cycle Period Year Type Credits
Graduate 2nd four-month period
 Fifth Optional 4.5
Language
Spanish
Galician
Teaching method Face-to-face
Prerequisites
Department Proxectos Arquitectónicos, Urbanismo e Composición
Coordinador
Agrasar Quiroga, Fernando
 E-mail
fernando.agrasar@udc.es
Lecturers
Agrasar Quiroga, Fernando
Paz Agras, Luz
 E-mail
fernando.agrasar@udc.es
luz.paz.agras@udc.es
Web http://http://etsa.udc.es/web/
General description A mateira propón o estudo dun conxunto de casos dunha selección de obras arquitectónicas que sexan o resultado dunha intervención sobre o construido. Todos estes exemplos foron proxectados dende a segunta metade do século XX ata os nosos días. O conxunto de arquitecturas seleccionadas e o ideairo dos seus autores, analizado a través dos seus textos, permiten unha aproximación á TEORÍA DA INTERVENCIÓN CONTEMPORÁNEA. As clases maxistrais e o taller da materia parten da concreción da obra, a través da súa análise, para formular as ideas fundamentais que soportan as decisións de proxecto.

Study programme competencies
Code Study programme competences
A68 Coñecemento avanzado de aspectos específicos da materia de Composición 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
Knowledge and understanding of the most outstanding strategies of contemporary intervention in the built, for its application in the project design. A68
 B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
 C1
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
C8

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1 Introductory topic: The value of the past, from nineteenth-century theories to the crisis of modernity - Awareness of the value of what exists: Alberti and Michaelangelo
- The two dialectical poles of the 19th century: Ruskin and Viollet
- Modern ahistoricity
2 Carlo Scarpa: sequential narrative and the value of singular detail - Analysis of the Castelvecchio of Verona
- Analysis of the Palazzo Querini Stampalia
3 Lina Bo Bardi: the lived space - Analysis of the Pompéia Factory CESC
- Analysis of the interventions in Salvador de Bahía
- Office theater analysis
4 Alison and Peter Smithson: Cluster Order and Occupancy Signs - Smithson Comparative Analysis of Homes
- Analysis of the Solar Pavilion
- Analysis of the Hexenhaus
5 Gordon Matta-Clark: Art as an instrument of architectural intervention - Matta-Clark's interventions and their architectural consequences.
- Orange Caribbean analysis
6 Rem Koolhaas: the architect as "curator" - Analysis of the Fondazione Prada
- Analysis of the intervention in the Hermitage
- Chronocaos: contemporary intervention theory
7 Conclusion and recapitulations: other experiences and theories .

Planning
Methodologies / tests Competencies Ordinary class hours Student’s personal work hours Total hours
Workshop B2 B3 C3 15 42 57
Mixed objective/subjective test B1 B4 B5 C1 3 16.5 19.5
Events academic / information A68 B5 C1 C4 C6 C8 0 3 3
Guest lecture / keynote speech A68 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 30 0 30
 
Personalized attention 3 0 3
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies Description
Workshop Training modality oriented to the application of learning in which various methodologies / tests can be combined (exhibitions, simulations, debates, problem solving, guided practices, etc.) through which students develop eminently practical tasks on a specific topic, with the support and supervision of the teacher.
Mixed objective/subjective test Test that integrates test-type test questions and objective test-type questions.
For essay questions, collect open-ended essay questions. Also, as objective questions, you can combine multiple choice, ordering, short answer, discrimination, completion, and / or association questions.
Events academic / information Attendance at cultural events (congresses, lectures, conferences, etc), organized by the ETSAC, DPAUC, etc, indicated by the teaching staff of the subject, as part of the teaching content of the course, with the aim of providing students with knowledge and current experiences on the subject.
Preparation of material synthesis of the work carried out in the subject for its joint exhibition at the end of the course, in the event organized by the Department of Architectural Projects, Urbanism and Composition: "Arquitecturas en Curso DPAUC" (panels, models, drawings, videos, texts , performances, ...)
Guest lecture / keynote speech Oral presentation complemented with the use of audiovisual media and the introduction of some questions addressed to the students, in order to transmit knowledge and facilitate learning.
The master class is also known as a "lecture", "expository method" or "master class". This last modality is usually reserved for a special type of lesson taught by a teacher on special occasions, with a content that implies an original elaboration and based on the almost exclusive use of the word as a way of transmitting information to the public.

Personalized attention
Methodologies
Workshop
Events academic / information
Description
The work will consist of the analysis of architectural proposals in relation to the course syllabus. They will be held in groups of a maximum of three student-students

Assessment
Methodologies Competencies Description Qualification
Workshop B2 B3 C3 The works, carried out in group, will have a maximum qualification of 3 points. It will be necessary to have delivered the works to pass the subject. 30
Mixed objective/subjective test B1 B4 B5 C1 An exam at the end of the semester, referring to all the contents of the course. 70% of the final grade will correspond to this exam. In the same, it is necessary to reach a qualification of 4 (on a maximum of 10) to be able to surpass the asignatura and to be able to do average with the works 70
 
Assessment comments

Regular class attendance (80% minimum) is essential for the workshop and the mixed test.

To participate in the second opportunity of each call it will be essential to have delivered, in the first, the work developed during the course and reviewed by the teachers of the subject. This supervised work can be expanded and corrected to be reevaluated at the second opportunity.

Examination in advance: To be examinated in advance, general conditions are the same of the previous course.  

Part time students and exemption of attendance: In this case, having the official recognition, minimun attendance could be not considered.  

Plagiarism.  Regarding plagiarism, the rules of Art. 14th of the  “Normas de avaliación, revisión e reclamación das cualificacións dos estudos de grao e mestrado universitario da UDC”, should be followed: "The detection of plagiarism, as well as the graudulent performance of tests or evaluation activities. Once verified, it will directly imply the grade of ail (0) in the subjetc of the corresponding call, thus invalidating any grade obtained in all evaluation activities in relation to the extraordinary call". 

Sources of information
Basic SEMI, Franca (2010). A lezione con Carlo Scarpa. Venecia: Cicero
SOLÁ-MORALES, Ignasi de (2006). Intervenciones. Barcelona: GG
BO BARDI, Lina (1996). Lina Bo Bardi. Sao Paulo: Imprenta Oficial
BO BARDI, Lina (2014). Por escrito. Textos escogidos 1943-1991. México DF: Alias
KOOLHAAS, Rem (2014). Preservation is overtaking us. Nueva York: GSAPP Books
SMITHSON, Alison y Peter (2001). The charged void: Architecture. Nueva York: The Monacelli Press
CORBEIRA, Darío (Ed) (2000). ¿Construir... o deconstruir? Textos sobre Gordon Matta-Clark. Salamanca: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca

Complementary


Recommendations
Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before
Theory of Architecture/630G02025

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously

Subjects that continue the syllabus

Other comments


(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.