Teaching GuideTerm
Higher Technical University College of Architecture
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Grao en Estudos de Arquitectura
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   Architectural Analysis 2
   Contents
Topic Sub-topic
A. ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS Graphic Analysis of Architecture
A.1. PRESENTATION OF THE MATTER Detailed explanation of the Teaching Guide.
Agenda, organization, objectives and methodology.
Working material and bibliography.
Spaces of matter: the classrooms.
Matter times: calendar.
The evaluation system.
The importance of the subject in the Curriculum and in Architecture.
A.2. INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE Explanation of the course's argument: work dynamics, objectives. Presentation of the case studies.
A.3. GRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF ARCHITECTURE: MATERIALITY Architectural analysis procedures.
Graphic methods for architectural analysis.
A.4. TOPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS Relationship between architecture and its surroundings.
Relationship between interior and exterior spaces
Graphic methods for topological analysis.
A. 5. FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS The functional content of the architectural fact.
The functional structure as the basis of architecture.
Typology. Type and Model.
Graphic methods for functional analysis.
A.6. CONSTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS The constructive systems in the materialization and the construction of the meaning of the architecture.
Graphic methods for constructive analysis.
A.7. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS Structural systems in the materialization and construction of the meaning of architecture. The skin in the tectonic conformation of architecture.
Graphic methods for the technological analysis.
A.8. FORMAL ANALYSIS The generative process of the form as a relationship between mass, space and surface.
Graphic methods for formal analysis.
A.9. GEOMETRIC ANALYSIS The geometric analysis The concept of module.
Graphic methods for formal analysis.
A.10. THE PARTI Analytical synthesis procedures.
Graphic methods for the realization of the "parti" and the communication of the architectural analysis.
B. TRAINING IN DIGITAL GRAPHIC TOOLS Digital graphic tools in the representation and analysis of architecture.
B.1 Digital tools for the representation of architecture The implementation of the information society.
The digital versus the analog and its effect on the professional work of architecture.
The digital work environment: information management and concurrent work.
B.2. Digital tools I Tools for architectural ideation.
The sensible drawing programs
B.3. Digital tools II Tools for architectural analysis.
The programs of illustration, edition and layout.
The programs of spatial modeling.
B.4. Digital tools III Tools for architectural communication.
The programs of delineation, rendering and augmented reality.
B.5. Digital tools IV Tools for the execution of the architecture.
The building modeling programs.
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