Laís Bronstein

TÓPICOS ESPECIAIS EM ARQUITETURA XI
(Prerequisite: ARQ1005)

The course will analyze a set of architectural works from the last three decades through reflections from the field of theory and criticism. The interpretation of the architectural production of these years will be approached according to different conceptual axes, in order to offer a critical framework for the approach to the project and its relationship with the city.

Collective Space Project deals with spaces dedicated to the public, within a context that relates people and collective space, and analyzes places of common use such as squares, parks, leisure areas, schools, stadiums, transport stations, meeting rooms shows, cultural spaces, markets, etc. The subject discusses the role of cities as promoters of the occupation of public space as opposed to private space, in addition to the processes of occupation and identity construction that these spaces require in the context of culture.

The subject ARQ 1104 has as its theme, more than collective space, public space. Its main objective is to promote reflection on what distinguishes public architecture from private architecture. To this end, two lines of design exercises are developed: (1) projects with an emphasis on structural systems and construction methods, whose programs have an eminently public profile, as is the case of the Media Library with a public square and spaces for collective coexistence; (2) collective space projects, such as the Dance School. The themes to be explored in the first exercise are: universal accessibility, modulation, reproducibility, flexibility, adaptability, prefabrication and treatment of free areas, and in the second exercise: relationship with the surroundings, verticalization, stacking, cubing, plumb, organization of flows and constructive rationalization.

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.

Investigation of the two main notions that support the development of architecture in modernity: modern form and space. The formation of the image in the baroque. Context of the emergence of the phenomenon of cultural, social and technical modernity. The Industrial Revolution and transformations in architecture. Approach to the paradigmatic works and poetics of the main protagonists of the modern movement. Assumption of the integration of arts from the artistic avant-gardes, with the problems of painting and sculpture linked to those of architectural form and space.