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| ARLL0409-1 | Psychology and its relationship to space and architecture
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | Stéphane Dawans |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | While semiology has not met the excessive ambitions assigned to it by structuralists by becoming the pilot science of the social sciences, it remains nevertheless a fundamental, indispensable discipline for those who wish to understand architecture and town planning as a means of communication, as a "language" or, to pick up Françoise Choay's expression, as a "non-verbal system of signifying elements".
Over 30 hours, this course aims to better set out the theoretical bases (of linguistics, semiology and rhetorics) required for:
- the examination of architectural and town planning theory
- the analysis of practical examples (design, architecture, town planning)
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| Course objective : | By the end of this introduction, students should be able to master basic theoretical concepts seen during class, in order to apply them to practical examples. Students should also be able to respond to questions about:
- the contribution of various semiologists (Barthes, Eco ...), critics or theorists (Venturi, Jencks, Choay ...) precise problems associated with architecture or town planning understood as a system of signs.
- the understanding of semiological and rhetorical concepts allowing different modern or post-modern architectural trends to be differentiated,
- the interpretation to be given to various examples of architecture or extracts from publications (Venturi, Jencks, etc.) ...
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| Prerequisites : | None, with the exception of elementary knowledge presumed to have been acquired during courses on the History of Architecture, Theory, Philosophy and Social Sciences ...). |
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| Organization : | Lectures - including question and answer sessions. |
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| Written notes : | Basic theoretical elements will be taken from the works of Jean-Marie Klinkenberg and Group m. A reading portfolio will be compiled during the term. This will include in particular texts from Roland Barthes, Umberto Eco, Charles Jencks, Christian Norberg-Schulz, Robert Venturi ... |
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| Assessment : | Written exam. Assessment will focus upon understanding rather than mechanical memorisation. |
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