Architectural toys
Arte en Juego - Diálogos de apolo Y Dionisio | Siglo XIX-XXI
Architectural toys at FAUP 2022/2023
One of the things I like about teaching is that even if I repeat the course every year, the results always change. Because students are always different, with different profiles, backgrounds and interests.
Despite that, this year I decided to change some things in the course, starting with the name. Now it is called "The ludic construction of architecture", paraphrasing the well-known book by Giorgio Grassi "The logical construction of architecture".
In addition, I reorganized the classes, synthesizing the subject and leaving more time to follow the work.
The result was many more candidates and works with a very high quality level.
Here some examples:
Progressive Architecture - April 1966
Progressive Architecture was the later name of an American magazine on architecture, design, and drafting that began in 1920 as Pencil Points and, in 1945, changed for the final name until 1995.
You can find all the digitalized issues here: https://usmodernist.org/index-pa.htm
But the article I want to share with you is this, a real summary of 1966 about architectural toys. Enjoy!
PA-1966-04 by Marco Ginoulhiac on Scribd
Architectural toys at FAUP - 2020/2021
Another edition of my course at FAUP is over. This year I decided to change the course name for Architectural toys - A construção lúdica da Arquitectura (the ludic construction of architecture). The new name can cover more manifestations of what I call "educational project in architecture". I also reinforced and extended the field of contents because I found a deeper connection with arts, especially with the vanguards in the beginning of XX century. The new syllabus caused a little change in the student's works, now more abstract, that you can see below. Because the pandemic condition I canceled the cube exercise and we focused on the main practical or theoretical works.
Ana Luis Fernandes Alago
Ana Rita Santos Couto
Andrè Daniel Mendes Ferreira
Anna Lisa Senius
Bruno Alves Guimarães
Carla Andreina Garcia Vera
Carolina da Silva Pereira
Chiara Cali'
Erika Nurmberger e Lucas Keller
Francisco Alberto Magalhães Peneda Ferreira
Giulia Di Perna
Gustavo Kinjiro Murena
Maria Luis Coelho Nogueira
Mariana Costa Abreu
Mariana Rafaela Ramalho Araújo
Mónica Cristina Jardim Dias
Parzival Pedro Schneider
Stéphanie Dijck Amorim da Silveira
Conversación ANIDAR
The first six books of Euclid's Elements by Oliver Byrne
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Ludic Architecture - the book
In 2017 I organized the Ludic Architecture congress at FAUP. Now I would like to share the whole book to spread it's contents. Sorry about the several languages, indeed I did not translated the entire book yet. It's one of the next steps... enjoy!
Thanks to Colexio Oficial de Arquitectos Galicia for hosting the PDF file.
Architectural Toys Course at FAUP 2017/18
The pieces |
The box cover |
The box interior |
The toy |
An example of structure |
Another example |
The toy |
The stamps |
Some results |
The kit |
The box made by the steel sheet volumes and the magnetic pieces |
The volumes can create a building |
The final result with the materials |
LUDANTIA - I International Biennial on Architecture Education for Children and Youngsters
Ludic Architecture - The book
After a successful event a great book!
With my scientific coordination, the book contains articles by the speakers that participated in the Ludic Architecture 2017 at FAUP: Ana Neiva, Biagio Di Carlo, Brenda Vale, Carlos Prata, Diogo Aguiar, Elvira Leite, Fermín Blanco, Franco la Cecla, Gabriela Burkhalter, Gilles Brougère, José Lus González Fernández, Juan Bordes, Marco Ginoulhiac, Robert Vale, Rodrigo Coelho, Santiago Atrio Cerezo and Virgínio Moutinho.
A unique opportunity to read texts about this subject, the book is organized around three main chapters: objects (toys and educational objects), spaces (public, educational and collective spaces) and experiences (methodologies and testimonials).
Order by mail at AEFAUP bookshop: aefaup.bookstore@gmail.com
Article in Revista Internacional de Educación para la Justicia Social (RIEJS)
Ludic Architecture - IV International Encounter on Architectural Education, spaces and devices - FAUP
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Early booking allows access to the full event at a reduced price and can be bought on the site of the event until 31.12.2016.
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"The Cube" exercise at 2016/17 Architectural Toys course
Brice Petitdidier |
Cesar Kimenez |
Fabiana Contessoto |
Fraçois Perre |
Heike Raabe |
João Cunha |
Júlio Dinis |
Camille Klein |
Mónica Castellanos |
Salomé Torossian |
Ana Pazos |
Clàudia Usón Delso |
Coralie Bertrand |
Csongor Egyed |
Hugo Gómez |
Javier Blasco |
Joana Tomaz |
Lucie Červená |
Margarita Konorova |
Maria Constanza Trespalacios Vilches |
Marta Manca |
Marta Pimenta |
Mathieu Laporte |
Márton Kőműves |
Michael Hafner |
Miguel Alves |
Patricia Parra |
Renan Antiqueira |
Rodrigo Alves |
Victória Baggio de Freitas |
Zeeshan Elahi Aziz |
Zoé Duvauchel |