Lisbon and Barcelona

Contact Person

Cal Poly Exchange Program Coordinator: Vicente del Rio, PhD
Address:
California Polytechnic State University, Cal Poly
City and Regional Planning
College of Architecture and Environmental Design
One Grand Avenue, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0282
Email: del Rio vdelrion@calpoly.edu
Phone: 001 (805) 756-2572
Web page: https://planning.calpoly.edu/

Presentation NEW

FIRST INFORMATIONAL MEETING AND PRESENTATION OF 2011 WORK

Tuesday, January 24, 11-12pm, ROOM 21-120B Urban Design: Between History and Modernity: June 16 to July 15, 2012

Overview

This international summer program is offered by the City and Regional Planning Department with the support of the Universidade Lusofona de Lisboa and its School of Architecture, Urbanism and Geography. The program is open to CRP, Arch, and LA majors, and students can get up to 10 units as follows:

• A mandatory 1-unit class in the Spring Quarter as a preparation for the trip.
• An 8-unit class during the trip: CRP 483 Special Studies in City and Regional Planning.
• An extra unit under special arrangement with the program coordinator. This is only for research-oriented individuals who would like to pursue an individualized study project during the trip and complement it by taking CRP 400 or CRP 500 in the Fall Quarter.

The program will consist of two integrated components dealing with the general theme “Urban Design: Between History and Modernity”: an interdisciplinary urban design studio, and a series of lectures and study trips. In the studio component, the students will develop a mixed-use project for a 4-acre vacant site) next to a multi-modal station in a high-density area of Lisbon. In the other component students will study the qualities of European urban design through lectures by CRP and local instructors as well as study visits in Lisbon and other cities in Portugal, such as Cascais and the medieval towns of Sintra and Obidos. The last week of the program will be dedicated to a study trip to Barcelona, where the class will visit and study the city’s famous public spaces and urban design projects, and attend lectures by local faculty and professionals.

Although we are planning for all classes and lectures to be in English, some may have to be translated since we will depend on the availability of local professionals. We anticipate that undergraduate and graduate students from the Universidade Lusofona in Lisbon will participate in the studio and in most of the study trips.

Instructors from Cal Poly

Vicente del Rio, PhD (program coordinator). Architect, planner and urban designer. Professor, CRP Department

Zeljka Howard, MSc. Architect and planner. Senior Lecturer, CRP Department.

Guest Lecturers

Mario Moutinho, PhD. Architect and urbanist. Rector, graduate director, and professor, Universidade Lusofona.

Diogo Mateus, PhD. Urbanist. Director of the Urbanism program, Universidade Lusofona.

Affonso Orciuoli, PhD. Architect and urbanist. Professor, Universidad Internacional de Catalunia, Barcelona.

Coursework - offered to CRP, ARCH, and LA majors

CRP 400 or 500 (Individual Study; 1 unit), Spring 2012:
A mandatory class to help students prepare for the program through readings and class discussions on European urbanism, teaching of basic Portuguese, and discussions for strategic decisions related to the travels, hotel stays, expenses, etc.

CRP 483 Selected Studies in City and Regional Planning (8 units), Summer 2012:
The class will have a strong studio component plus a seminar component that will include study trips and short urban analyses, concentrating on the relationships between the historic and the contemporary. Students will be able to use the units as needed towards their majors. For instance: CRP students can substitute CRP 341 or CRP 553 and CRP 402 or CRP 334, use them as electives, or other combinations. Architecture and Landscape Architecture students should consult with their academic advisors.

CRP 400 or 500 (Individual Study; 1 unit), Fall 2012:
Depends on approval by the program coordinator. Investigation of a planning/design topic that starts during the trip and culminates with a final research paper developed during the Fall Quarter. This class requires registration in the fall quarter in an independent study class (CRP 400 or 500) (registration not included in the cost estimate).

Participation

This program is limited to 20 participants. Applicants will be ranked for the final cut, and evaluations will be based on:

• Academic record;
• Letter of recommendation from the academic advisor;
• Interview with professors del Rio (program director) and Howard; -
• Portfolio evaluation (CRP majors are exempt from this requirement).

Estimated Basic Program Costs to attend the Lisbon/Barcelona Program (TBD)

The following are cost estimates based on Cal Poly projections, last year’s Lisbon program, and information about local costs that we could gather at this point. Personal expenses will vary depending upon each individual’s habits. Generally, there is no problem accessing financial aid but each student should consult with his/her own source. Please consider the fluctuation in exchange rates and in air travel prices.

Note 1: Cal Poly tuition and fees are subject to University increases

Item	Cost
Cal Poly Tuition & Fees	$ 3,700
Total 1	$ 3,700
Student Roundtrip travel (LAX/Lisbon/LAX)	$ 1,500
Airfare Lisbon/Barcelona/Lisbon	$ 300
Meals	$ 900
Local Transportation	$ 100
Cost of Books	$ 0.00
Passport and Student ID	$ 230
Printing and supplies	$50
Assorted personal expenses	$ 200
Total 2	$ 3,380
Total 1 and Total 2	$ 7,080

Deadlines and Payments

STEP 1: Interview and application to the Program Director with materials cited above (see item Participation). UNTIL FEBRUARY 22

STEP 2: Once approved by Program Director, deliver Cal Poly’s application material and release forms to Continuing Education with a deposit payment of $1,850. UNTIL FEBRUARY 23

STEP 3: Final Payment of $1,850 due by APRIL 26