Cursos / 1º Ciclo / Faculty of Architecture and Arts :: Architecture ( Integrated Master)

ERGONOMIA APLICADA - 2020/2021

2º curricular year
Semestralidade: 2nd semester
ECTS: 2

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutor Alberto Estima
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutor Alberto Estima

Class type and School hours

Teórico-prática : 2 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

Understand physical and psychosomatic factors affecting the user well being through the adequacy of spaces to functions of use and the adaptability of the Human Being.

Specific Aims/Objectives

Understand the concept of anthropometric dimension in ergonomics.
Apply the anthropometric dimensions properly, as complementary information during the architectural process, to qualify the urban and architectural spaces.
Develop a critical awareness of phenomenological expression of created forms.

Skills to be acquired

Dominate the knowledge to enhance and optimize the relation of Man with spaces, taking into account the movement of the human body as an expression of the circulation (circulatory system) and the performance of specific activities (program).
Integrate into the design process: 1. the human factor and ergonomics; 2. the anthropometric dimension; 3. the sensorial and cognitive dimension of public and private, interior and exterior spaces production.

Teaching Procedures

Learn and consolidate skills based in theoretical contents articulated with practical exercises in close harmony with the UC Program of Architecture II.

Programme

Considering of diversity for universal equality of opportunity of the citizen - in the appropriation and use of both urban and architectural spaces -, the following programmatic contents are addressed:

1. the human and ergonomic factor;
2. the anthropometric study;
3. the universality of spaces, through accessibility and mobility for inclusive practices of disabled users;
4. the interpretation and perception of spaces formality and use taking into account the anthropometric dimensioning;
5. the sensorial and cognitive dimensions in spaces conception: the phenomenology of architecture;
6. the development of syntheses ability, relating theories and concepts with practical exercises, attesting knowledge consolidation in close harmony with the UC Program of Architecture II.

Evaluation Type

Students will be assessed through two individual assignments performed during the semester plus attendance at the end of the semester (summative assessment).

Teaching Resources

The following resources will be used:

1. diverse bibliography with pertinent information (texts, anthropometric tables, rigorous dimensioned drawings, photographs, among others);
2. presentation of synthesized information (texts, anthropometric tables, rigorous quoted drawings, photographs, among others) and in digital format (jpeg, pdf, ppt and mp4).

Sustainability Objectives

Keywords

Ergonomics;
Anthropometry;
Inclusion;
Proxemia;
Health and Wellness.

Main Bibliography

Complementary Bibliography