ISMAT 13721

City History I

• ApresentaçãoPresentation

  Frequently, the notion of history takes the form of a linear and impartial narrative of events that, from the time of the writer, contribute, to a certain inevitability of the past. Similarly, the city is often read, in the disciplinary context, as an autonomous object, immune to external constraints. This course questions these assumptions and interrogates the very concept of history and city, extending this reflection beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries. History will be understood here as a partial account, made up of multiple retrospective presents situated in time and space. The city will be understood as the materialization of a set of forces resulting from the most varied power relations that have occurred over time in that specific space. Understanding how these "presents" and these "forces" have significant implications and can inform contemporary design practice constitutes the main contribution of this course.
• ProgramaProgramme

  The UC will question some of the transformations and expansions of contemporary cities as a response to specific phenomena and their material realization, seeking to understand their historical roots. Using a diverse set of documents, we will study how individual architects responded to these events through their projects, what interpretations of the city they propose and what contributions they bring to its construction. We will also seek to reflect on contemporary readings and interpretations of these actions and understand how they can contribute to the development of the project today. This reflection will take the city's politics as its starting point, starting from its basic unit: the residential building. P1: History and city; P2: Build laws; P3: The sufficient project; P4: When one live alone; P5: The topography of the house; P6: Suspend construction.
• ObjectivosObjectives

  This course aims to study the past as an instrument to understand the present and, eventually, project the future, and not as an end in itself. O1: Know - various interpretations, perspectives and protagonists of the formation and transformation of cities, through various documents, with a high level of understanding; O2: Investigate - mapping the genealogies of the elements, ideas, processes and materials that participate in the construction of the city, from its conception to the means of its production; O3: Reflect - on these positions in an intelligent and critical way, transferring them to new situations arising from contemporary architectural practice, in their own and of others; O4: Communicate - a well-developed, argued and justified position, supported by consistent, clear and objective examples, through a coherent, logical and rigorous reasoning structure, expressed in an articulated discourse appropriate to the organization of oral, written and graphic records.
• BibliografiaBibliography

  Aureli, P. V. (2024). Enjoy the Silence. The Case for Typological Design. Burning Farm. Aureli, P. V. (2013). The City as a Project. Ruby Press. Benevolo, L. (2001) [1999]. História da Cidade. Editora Perspectiva Benjamin, W. (2010) [1940]. "Sobre o Conceito de História". Assírio e Alvim Jaque, A. (2017). Transmedia Urbanism: Berlusconi and the Birth of Targeted Difference. Perspecta 50. Koolhaas, R. (2012) [1994]. Três Textos sobre a Cidade. Editorial Gustavo Gili Lefebvre, H. (2011) [1968]. O Direito à Cidade. Centauro Editora Malterre-Barthes, C. (2021). "The Devil is in the Details - Who is it That the Earth Belongs To?", in Non-Extractive Architecture - Designing without Depletion. Sternberg Press Tafuri, M. (1987) [1980]. The Sphere and the Labyrinth. Avant-Gardes and Architecture from Piranesi to the 1970's. The MIT Press Vidler, A. (2008). Histories of the Immediate Present: Inventing Architectural Modernism. The MIT Press
• MetodologiaMethodology

  In accordance with the reflective and exploratory nature of the Curricular Unit, it is intended that students experiment with different tools and work methods. The purpose is to diversify reflection regimes. M1: Expository classes; M2: Document analysis groups; M3: Collective discussion; M4: Written individual reflections; M5: Guided individual work; M6: Public presentations.
• LínguaLanguage

  Português
• TipoType

  Semestral
• ECTS

  4
• NaturezaNature

  Mandatory
• EstágioInternship

  Não