Workshop Barcelona: Housing Reagents - Day 3

Group Presentation. Critical reflections from teachers and students.

Day 3: December 16h, 2011

Program

09.00h Work in groups

13.30h Lunch

14.30h Conclusions. Each group presents their work uploaded on the Workspaces

18.00h End of the workshop

Students explained in an oral presentation the strategies that they had designed in teams. They presented new perspectives and ideas to transform the Plus Ultra neighborhood.

In this way, the final oral presentation allowed the exchange of views between students and teachers. Critical reflection of teachers was also useful for highlighting the positive and negative aspects of the work done and to encourage students to continue with this task in the courses and seminars in their respective universities.

Finally, the work done at the joint workshop was integrated into the sequence of tasks carried out within the learning activities. Thus, the results of it will feed the activities to be done afterwards.

(To see the task: http://www.oikodomos.org/workspaces/)

Group presenting the strategies for improving the Plus Ultra neighbourhood.

Workshop Barcelona : Housing Reagents - Day 2

At the end of the afternoon, students made an oral presentation to assess the work done

Day 2: December 15h, 2011

Program

09.00h Work in groups

13.30h Lunch

14.30h Work in groups

16.30h Pin-up Projects Exhibition Preparation

(related to presentation of Integration

Outcomes)

Students worked in international teams carrying out one task: designing strategies to improve the Plus Ultra neighborhood. Using the concept of Housing Reagents, all participants read and mapped the site and its direct environment to propose new architectural and urban alternatives.

International teams were formed.

Prof. Angel Martin assessing groups.

Workshop Barcelona: Housing Reagents - Day 1

Introductory presentation by Prof. Dr. Leandro Madrazo 

Day 1: December 14th, 2011

Program

09.00h Welcome: Prof. Dr. Leandro Madrazo
09.10h Plus Ultra: Case study for Housing Reagents: Prof. Angel Martin Cojo
09.30h Identifying Reagents in Plus Ultra. Task 9. Part I. Introduction general theme by La Salle’s group
10.30h Tea / Coffee break
11.00h Identifying Reagents in Plus Ultra. Task 9. Part II. Introduction general theme by La Salle’s group
12.00h First working meeting in groups
13.30h Lunch
14.30h Site visit

The teachers dr. Leandro Madrazo and Angel Martin gave two presentations to integrate the Workshop Housing Reagents with Learning Activities previously carried out in the OIKODOMOS virtual campus and to guide students in their next task. 

Professor dr. Leandro Madrazo explained the structure and pedagogical objectives of the virtual campus Oikodomos to show how the joint workshop is part of learning activities designed around the theme Housing Reagents. These Learning Activities are:

LA39 Dwelling: Reflections on the meaning of dwelling in contemporary societies.

LA40 Housing: Identifying and explaining Housing Reagents.

LA41 Case Studies and mapping exercises.

LA48 Design Strategy: Application of Reagents as a strategy to design a project.

Prof. Ángel Martin presenting the task.

Next, professor Angel Martin presented the task. He outlined the place (Plus Ultra neighborhood): its historical, urban and social conditions. 

As a starting point of the workshop, students commented the tasks that they had previously done in the virtual campus. Afterwards they visited the Plus Ultra neighborhood to gather information on site.

Student presenting work previously done in the virtual campus.