Pensando com maquetes: uma experiência projetual

Abstract

The development of technical and creative skills of architecture stu- dents are recurrent themes in the academic context, and the use of

physical models is one of the pedagogical strategies that stimulates and supports the constructive, concrete act, which is both investigative and practical. Several authors discuss the contributions that physical modeling

can bring to the design process, from different points of view. However, re- currently the work with physical models is often placed at the service of the

presentation of fi nished projects. Besides the devaluation of the model’s potential, other issues have been observed, such as the gradual insertion of new technologies that have generated a distance between the design process and physical modeling, even replacing the use of physical models by purely electronic ones. This study aims to refl ect on the contribution of physical modeling to the design process, through the development of a practical experience conducted by the author. For this, it maps different types and uses of models in contemporaneity and elaborates through an applied projectual experience using physical modelling in the process, having as theme a Montessori school for primary education. With this, it

is intended to verify the contribution of physical modelling as a way to ac- cess the creative potential, methodological maturity and technical mastery

of the architect. At the end, the author offers a detailed report, with criti- cal refl ections on the experienced process, weaving bridges between the

apprentice who ends the graduation cycle and the professional who enters the world of work.