Alziro Carvalho Neto

SPECIAL ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS I

The course aims to broaden the repertoire of Rio de Janeiro’s architectural production through on-site visits to buildings, including dialogues with their authors or researchers, allowing for critical reflection on the visited works outside the classroom environment. Additionally, it also aims to collectively develop a guide/map for architectural visits in Rio de Janeiro based on the material produced in the course, which is reviewed and expanded each semester.

The workspace project deals with spaces where productive activities are carried out. Discusses, through design practice, functional activities in the specialized spaces of projects. The concept of “work production”, its formalization and insertion in public and private spaces. Analysis of works similar to the given program. During design practice, issues relating to conceptualization, meaning and proposals for occupying the space are addressed and developed. The discipline is exercised by groups that come together around pre-prepared proposals, based on approved questions that guide the development of the work. Participating in the work groups are: students, teachers of project subjects who work in coordination and supervision, teachers of basic content areas, who intervene according to their specialties, and laboratory technicians who provide technological assistance.

Individual work. Planning and development of a project relating to one of the areas of architecture and/or urbanism, or development of research work of a theoretical or experimental nature, under the supervision of a faculty advisor. Presentation and defense of the final project.