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| ARCH2013-1 | Urban morphology and environmental integration
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| Duration : | 30h Th, 30h Pr |
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| Holder(s) : | Jacques Teller |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : | The general approach for this course is to address urban morphology and the landscape as a resource to be taken into account during the urban project. It involves taking into consideration the landscaping dimension of the site and its environment in terms of its visual and social components. The quality of the landscaping is also seen as a specific field of intervention for both the architect and the town planner, through for example the role of landscaping in planning work. Analytical work on an open urban space and its transformation during an urban project enables students to familiarise themselves with modelling techniques presented during the theory courses. |
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| Course objective : | 1- To define the concepts of urban morphology (on the scale of part of a town) and landscape integration (urban form, relationship to a town or to a rural island in the site, contemporary development of peri-urban landscapes.
2- To analyse the urban form on the scale of an open urban space (basically streets, squares and access roads) and modelling it.
3- To study the morphology of building at the start of the examination of organisational models which act as a reference point when categorising urban, peri-urban and rural fabric (typology); examination of concrete situations (case studies) where this has led to evaluation.
4- To introduce a definition of the components of the urban form, both continuous and discontinuous, as well as different modes of analysis of the perception of urban spaces; mental maps, picturesque analysis, guided walks. |
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| Prerequisites : | Ability to read maps and plans. Graphic expression. |
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| Workshops : | Students will be asked to study an urban landscape. The students will be divided into groups to study:
1- the dynamics of perception throughout a development
2- the rhythm between built and open spaces;
3- the footprints of infrastructures and their impact on perception;
4- the incidence of visual elements.
The analysis will be on a Departmental scale and its subject will be a national road which crosses the limits of an urban agglomeration, with the aim of demonstrating the morphological relationships between the dense urban fabric and the peri-urban fabric.
The practical work is based on an urban landscape model. The model can be developed according to a qualitative approach (visualisation and representation of architectural interventions in the urban fabric) and/or a quantitative approach (according to the modelling techniques applied to the open urban space). |
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| Organization : | The course is based on theory presentations, backed up with the analysis of case studies from urban projects and studies of landscape incidence (impact on the environment). The course is structured around the following four aspects:
1- Urban morphology as an analytical step in the urban project
2- Methods of analysing urban environments (observation, enquiry, follow-up), spatial representations (mental maps) and methods of analysing a landscape (analytical methods, qualitative methods, enquiries).
3- Taking the landscape into account in incidence studies on the environment.
4- Analysing integration of the landscape in the political framework relating to road safety, tourism and natural heritage and improving the surroundings for the inhabitants. |
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| Written notes : | Overheads used during class will be given to students. Students are asked to read a reference book in the field of the urban landscape. |
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| Assessment : | Assessment is based on the analysis report submitted at the end of the practical work. |
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| Contacts : | Jacques Teller, chargé de cours, room 0/444,
phone 04 366 94 99, Jacques.Teller@ulg.ac.be |
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