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This paper will explain how, from a blended teaching experience1 in CFM (Communication, Photograp... more This paper will explain how, from a blended teaching experience1 in CFM (Communication, Photography and Multimedia) Course at FAUP (Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto) that lead to several didactic experiences and research projects on architecture and public space (seminars, workshops, publications and editorial projects), CCRE (Centre for Spatial Communication and Representation) Research Group has been able to interrelate a set of significant experiences and results coming from the former work and activities with the on-going R&D project DARC, more specifically with its City Spaces|Culture module, directed towards the communication of content related to cultural events and spaces as architectural heritage, identity and historical places. All these projects, together with CCRE’s communication philosophy, its online platforms and physical outputs — such as publications and exhibitions — constitute a blend between direct and “indirect” pedagogy strategies on architecture, p...

1 Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto, Via Panorâmica S/N, 4150-755 Porto, Portugal, pne... more 1 Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto, Via Panorâmica S/N, 4150-755 Porto, Portugal, pneto@arq.up.pt 2 Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto, Via Panorâmica S/N, 4150-755 Porto, Portugal, goncalo.silva.arq@gmail.com 3 Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto, Via Panorâmica S/N, 4150-755 Porto, Portugal, arq@brunomoreira.net 4 University of Porto, Praca Gomes Teixeira, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal, lmr@reit.up.pt

This paper will explain how, from a blended teaching experience 1 in CFM (Communication, Photogra... more This paper will explain how, from a blended teaching experience 1 in CFM (Communication, Photography and Multimedia) Course at FAUP (Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto) that lead to several didactic experiences and research projects on architecture and public space (seminars, workshops, publications and editorial projects), CCRE (Centre for Spatial Communication and Representation) Research Group has been able to interrelate a set of significant experiences and results coming from the former work and activities with the ongoing R&D project DARC, more specifically with its City Spaces|Culture module, directed towards the communication of content related to cultural events and spaces as architectural heritage, identity and historical places. All these projects, together with CCRE's communication philosophy, its online platforms and physical outputs-such as publications and exhibitions-constitute a blend between direct and "indirect" pedagogy strategies on architecture, public space and the way they are experienced by the general public. As we will explain in this paper, all these research projects were fundamental to assess the possibilities and limits of our pedagogic/didactic philosophy, as well as to trigger new and more effective ways of communicating and sharing substantial information between students and the general public. This paper will therefore explore the blended approach that we've taken in CFM classes, how it translated into the various platforms that we've used for it and for other parallel activities, and how this knowledge is being applied to the ongoing DARC research project and to its set of communication and presentation operators. The goal will be to verify how the combined operators that we've used in our platforms (ranging from geo-referenced maps, images and videos-focused on visual literacy-and social networking-focused on communication) allowed for a deeper involvement and participation of both academic community and general public. 1 Blended learning is a pedagogical strategy that simultaneously integrates traditional learning methods (which require the student's presence at a given time and direct contact between them and the teachers) with complementary methods, supported by ICT and the Internet, that further expands the learning process and provides students and teachers with new channels of communication and interaction possibilities. 2. This research group structures its activities among three strategic fields, which we believe are interconnected and interdependent: i) CCRE is engaged in research focused on the design and study of hybrid spatial environments: E-Learning Centers with strong ICT integration. The global aim of these spatial environments is to create a set of new dynamic learning spaces integrating ICT and able to combine social interaction and diverse activities with studying. ii) CCRE's coordinator is responsible for lecturing CFM (Communication, Photography and Multimedia) and CAAD (Computer Aided Architecture Design) at FAUP, and therefore is involved in research focused on blended learning approaches for teaching those classes, namely the use of online digital platforms for communicating and presenting works. Is is worth to mention that CAAD has as it's main exercise the design of an E-Learning architectural program. iii) CCRE is engaged in research related to city and cultural spaces and endorses a participatory perspective that it believes to be the way to cultivate societies' multiple public interests-a society-centered view of government and the ability to let pluralism live (Dredge, 2009), making possible a place for subjective rationalities of individual citizens within the planning, design and communication process of their cities. Through its on-line platforms, CCRE also envisions to improve communication techniques and methodologies for the interchange of information on architecture and cityscapes, exploring several digital media, especially photography, to inform the general public and contribute to open university/academic researches to society and its city. These online platforms constitute a powerful medium through which diverse collaborative studies are accomplished inside and outside the academic environment.

This paper will explain how, from a blended teaching experience1 in CFM (Communication,Photograph... more This paper will explain how, from a blended teaching experience1 in CFM (Communication,Photography and Multimedia) Course at FAUP (Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto) that lead to several didactic experiences and research projects on architecture and public space (seminars,workshops, publications and editorial projects), CCRE (Centre for Spatial Communication and Representation) Research Group has been able to interrelate a set of significant experiences and results coming from the former work andactivities with the on-going R&D project DARC, more specifically with its City Spaces|Culture module, directed towards the communication of content related to cultural events and spaces as architectural heritage, identity and historical places. All these projects, together with CCRE’s communication philosophy, its online platforms and physical outputs — such as publications and exhibitions — constitute a blend between direct and “indirect” pedagogy strategies on architecture, publ...