Jogos de montar no ensino de arquitetura e sua aplicação como recurso didático no estudo da forma

Abstract

This research deals with the use of building blocks, understanding as a possibility of didactic resource for the teaching and learning of architecture and urbanism, being verified the lack of didactic resources destined to this area. These blocks present the potential of three-dimensional physical material to instrumentalize students of architecture, especially in the design aspects of the architectural form. It was empirically investigated a total of nine sets available on the market, idealized for architecture or not, being used as a didactic resource for the materialization of the architectural form. Methodologically, in order to achieve the aforementioned scope, a bibliographical review was carried out, a didactic experiment was observed through a design exercise, using the blocks in the classroom and a questionnaire was applied to the students involved in the discipline of Study of the Form in Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF). It stands out as the results of this research, the understanding of the building blocks in the academic environment as another possibility of design, for the activation of architectural thinking, as well as its contribution to instrumentalize and stimulate the processes of experimentation, creation, and conception of architecture, which includes a playful and motivational scenario.