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Study programmes 2010-2011Last update : 11/04/2011
ARSL0209-1  Urban forms and architectural typology
Duration :  16h Th, 10h Pr
Credits/ECTS :  
Bachelier en architecture (St Luc), 2nd yearSecond semester2
Holder(s) :  Marijke Maes
Language :  French language
Course contents :  Interpreting the town and its components.
- The town in its natural environment
  • Factors which influence urban form
- Some urban analysis methods
  • The object of urban analysis
  • The "reasons" behind urban analysis
  • Morphological and typomorphological analysis
  • Visual analysis
  • Historical analysis
- Morphological and typomorphological analysis
  • Morphological analysis methods
  • Elements constituting the urban fabric
  • Building typology and urban morphology
  • The urban block
- Visual analysis
  • Visual analysis methods
- Introduction to historical evolution
The influence of history on the evolution of the town.
Course objective :  To understand urban form and the conditions for its production and its evolution.
To provide the elements to analyse urban form.
To identify the logic at work in the production and evolution of urban form.
To shed light upon the relationship between urban form and architectural typology
To provide students with the tools to analyse and evaluate urban environments, the starting point for all architectural projects.
Prerequisites :  The 1st Baccalaureat UFR 2 course.
Organization :  Theoretical presentations
Supporting students in the context of their analysis work.
Written notes :  Ph.Panerai, J.Ch.Depaule, M.Demorgon, Analyse urbaine, Marseille, Editions Parenthèses, 1999.
Ph. Panerai, J. Castex, J.-Ch. Depaule, Formes urbaines - de l'îlot à la barre, Marseille, Editions Parenthèses, 1997.
D. Mangin, La ville franchisée: formes et structures de la ville contemporaine, Paris, Editions de la Villette, 2004.
Assessment :  Written exam and assessment of working groups.


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