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| ARLL0329-1 | Town planning project
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| Duration : | 48h Pr |
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| Holder(s) : | Marc Goossens, Rita Occhiuto |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | The workshop research based course provides an introduction to the experience of town planning.
Students are faced with a concrete case study, based on a genuine request from a district.
Students will learn how to undertake urban readings, based upon which they will learn to build a position, and develop and strengthen urban project solutions: understanding the urban challenges in terms of strengths or weaknesses; dealing with different actors on the ground and considering the interests and needs they express; attempting to understand needs which are not vocalised or which are 'desirable'.
This course gives students the opportunity to practice how to progressively pose questions which can be useful in terms of establishing a project philosophy, which can in turn lead to the development of a project outline. This outline will become the subject of discussion (an exercise in participation), which may lead to the gradual emergence of formal development solutions.
Based on simple problems covering well-defined spatial elements, such as the development of a town square, students will move from an exercise in reading the environment in all its dimensions (morphology, social, economic and political) to that of transcribing the project.
The urban project exercise therefore lends itself to a better understanding of a complex discipline which is often presented as too abstract or too technical. Subjects in the same disciplinary field, presented simultaneously, combine to build a basis of cultural and operational knowledge to which students can refer throughout the project. |
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| Course objective : | The course offers a way of analysing the town, which should lead students to become aware of the roles and responsibilities of architects operating in the urban context. It aims to teach and strengthen the urban knowledge which is required for the development of all forms of construction of our contemporary environment. Students should learn to recognise the fabric which makes up our regions (urban or otherwise) in order to develop the ability to organise space and generate quality of life, while simultaneously training themselves to read the how towns and landscapes form and evolve.
Exercises in detailed reading will allow students to develop the skills to come up with critical hypotheses which they can subsequently use to make reasoned choices. These choices will in turn lead to the design of projects which are relevant and which are likely to lead to a positive relationship with their context.
The course thus offers students the practical opportunity to learn about the dialectic challenges of urban composition. |
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| Prerequisites : | All theory courses relating to the history and theory of the town, plus those which develop urban project methodology. |
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| Organization : | The course comprises sessions on theoretical learning, as well as references to other fields of teaching in the urban field. These courses are always taught in direct relationship with the theme of the project.
Guided visits in the town environment and regular conferences will provide the opportunity to discuss contemporary urban questions.
Interaction with local actors, decision-makers and committees is sought to establish a project dynamic which places students in a realistic scenario. |
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| Written notes : | Course notes and a bibliography on urban project methods and graphic communication of an urban project. |
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| Assessment : | The assessment will cover the development of a project and its presentation to a jury. The criteria for evaluation will cover the clarity of the project, the ability to develop an outline and the coherence of the project proposition. |
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