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Higher Technical University College of Architecture
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Grao en Arquitectura
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  Análise Arquitectónico 2
   Contents
Topic Sub-topic
INTRODUCTION TO THE CASE STUDY Introduction. Organization, objectives and methodology.
Each year the course focuses on the study of a theme, which may be the work of an architect or a general topic. This theme will be presented at the beginning of the course.
INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE ARCHITECTURE What does architectural project mean?
Learning how to read a project.
Basic concepts for an introduction to analysis.
Diagram as a means of expression
FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS The functional content of architecture.
The functional structure as basis of architecture.
Characteristics of the itineraries.
Typology. Type and model.
SPATIAL AND LIGHTING ANALYSIS Space and light as essence of architecture.
The perception of architecture through its itineraries.
Strategies to represent and analyze space and light.
Light as vector to envisioning spaces.
Natural direct light, refelcted, blur, shadows.
Light control and new technologies.
TOPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS The “genius loci”. Choosing a plot.
The adaptation to the site: tension and harmony.
Interior spaces, exterior spaces: connections.
TECHNOLOGYCAL ANALYSIS Building and structural systems as a means on the materialisation and the meaningfullness of the architecture.
The skin on the tectonic conformation of the architecture.
VISUAL ANALYSIS Recognizing the visual appearance of an object.
The shape as a start and the shape as a consequence.
The generative process of shape as a connection between mass, space and surface.
Geometry: graphic proposal for a morphological order. Geometric analysis. Module. Modulor.
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