Curricular and spatial reformulation of an architecture and urbanism course

Abstract

The Fluminense Federal Institute Architecture and Urbanism concluded its Pedagogical Course Project (PPC) of the Architecture and Urbanism course in 2020. Among the various evaluated parameters, the insertion of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), the interdisciplinarity and updating of contents, and spatial readjustment stand out. This paper aims to present how the products of two studies performed in parallel helped in this reformulation. The methodologies were bibliographical and exploratory research. The first study developed a method for analyzing curricular components. The second research proposed a new spatial distribution of the building floor used by the course. The results were intertwined with the official curriculum reformulation process influencing decision-making. The first research analysis contributed to the insertion of BIM (Building Information Model), Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Generative Design, Parametric Design, Visual Programming, Rapid Prototyping, and Digital Manufacturing, the new disciplines of Expression and Graphic Representation. They have contributed to the integration of disciplines with a greater interdisciplinary relationship. They made 31 disciplines change their position in the matrix, 37 change their prerequisites, 74 review their menus, and 25 join other disciplines, avoiding overlapping content. Nine subjects became optional, and 74 updated their bibliography. The second research product influenced the Course's pavement reform, conducted to meet the new curricular demands. It is concluded that the products of these researches were significant for the curricular change, assisting in the other curricular reformulations.