desenhar à distância: sete percursos

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It was in March 2020 when, overnight, schools closed and teaching moved online, almost without preparation time, through the computer. There was a need to change, adapt, review, recreate, rethink, and reinvent the school, the home, the family, and life. Our lexicon was assaulted by expressions like platform, chat, zoom, online, coronavirus, synchronous and asynchronous classes, distancing, mask, disinfection, confinement, ... Since World War II, educational systems had not been so profoundly affected worldwide. What Drawing and Project were we forced to teach remotely? Where did the practical, instrumental nature of the tasks that require on-site student supervision go? What happened to direct interaction with students' work? And the interaction between peers? What marks or scars do these experiences leave on the pedagogical fabric of Project and Drawing? And on the recently formed bodies of the students? In November of that year, room T2 of the Department of Architecture reopened to the school community. Colleagues and students, this time masked, meticulously distanced from one another, participated in large numbers, circumspect, apprehensive, and attentive. The Zoom meeting link was also opened for those participating or observing from home, a vicissitude of the new times.