Daily reflection in the architectural project. Towards a link theory with practice and context

This article describes the process through which second year architecture students attempted to link theory and architectural practice via the development of a studio project. The main reference for the studio is set on everyday life, which puts the human being in the center of the architectural project. Then, starting from its "reflection cycle", a research path towards different aspects of our daily life is proposed, using street, bar and home as programmatic references to trigger student work. The studio defined three design exercises, which allowed for variation in location, program, expected life time, key concepts and overall complexity, in order to confront the students with an array of different possibilities and constraints throughout the development of their proposals. Thus, using both philosophical and architectural theories, with Humberto Giannini's Everyday "reflexion" as the main reference, a display of initial ideas as the foundation for architectural meaning is proposed.