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

AMBIENTE E SUSTENTABILIDADE - 2025/2026

3º curricular year
Semestralidade: 2nd semester
ECTS: 2

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutor Luís Marques Pinto
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutor Luís Marques Pinto

Class type and School hours

Teórico-prática : 2 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

To convey the basic concepts of environment, sustainability, environmental impact, and ecology.
To awaken the students to the use of systems and processes with reduced environmental impact, integrating decision support systems during the design stage.

Specific Aims/Objectives

To prepare the students to adopt sustainable construction solutions in the project, equipping them with the knowledge to choose the best design solutions, taking into account the lowest environmental impact.

Skills to be acquired

Following their academic internship, students are expected to apply the knowledge acquired in professional tasks, in order to contribute to the quality of the built environment, from urban public spaces to isolated buildings, in relation to the natural environment.

Teaching Procedures

Theoretical and practical classes should adopt a communication strategy that allows the transmission of learning and stimulates debates, reflections, and schematic summaries, starting from the presentation of examples (texts and images).

Programme

Chapter 1
Current Climate Change.
Environment and Sustainability in Architecture.
The Concept of Sustainability and its Evolution.
The Concept of Ecology and Ecological Footprint.
The Basic Law of the Environment.

Chapter 2
Sustainability in Construction/Building.
Environmental Performance of the Building.
Life Cycle of Buildings.
Environmental Impacts.

Chapter 3
Architectural Design in Sustainable Development: Theoretical Level.
The Design Process and the Development Process.
Stages of the Development Process.
Planning.
Stages of Architectural Design for a Sustainable Project.

Chapter 4
Architectural Design in Sustainable Development - Practical Level.
Starting Points for the Development of Architectural Design.
Architectural Design and Environmental Quality.
Hygiene, Design, and Energy.
Building Certification.
Building and the Built Environment.

Evaluation Type

The evaluation will correspond to what is stipulated in the University´s General Evaluation Regulations.
The continuous evaluation methodology will be applied, of a periodic and individual nature.
The final evaluation should reflect attendance, punctuality, participation, research and the level of knowledge acquired, through two written tests.

Teaching Resources

For the presentation/discussion of the course content, available computer resources will be used, namely the use of PowerPoint, various bibliographies, photographs, and texts for discussion. References to the relevant bibliography will be made throughout the classes.

Sustainability Objectives

To increase and deepen students´ scientific knowledge, with the aim of enabling them to consciously choose lifestyles in harmony with the natural world and sustainable consumption patterns.

Keywords

Environment
Sustainability
Bioclimatic Architecture
Efficiency
Eco-Design

Main Bibliography

Complementary Bibliography