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| ARSL1622-1 | Analysis of an architectural approach
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| Duration : | 26h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | Xavier Folville |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | Analysis of one or more pieces of work by a designer in order to get to the heart of the work's meaning and to appreciate the coherence of the whole, from the initial impression it gives through to the finer details, both constructive and in terms of impressions: within this analysis both subjective and objective approaches are encouraged.
The study is a means of becoming aware of the global nature of the approach which underlies major pieces of work and hence the coherence - or lack of it - of a piece of work.
Theme of the year:
The theory course addresses the themes covered in Workshop B in the "Micro-architecture" option (Architecture in all its detail) without being too closely linked to it. The choice of projects to be analysed will take this theme into account.
The constraints of the chosen project must be identified in advance, in order to then see how they have been resolved and how the solutions were incorporated into the overall project. Integration, form, materials, colours, textures, equipment, furnishings, progress, light, function ... must all be taken into account in the analysis. |
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| Course objective : |
- To avoid lecture-style teaching and to encourage individual analysis.
- To bring simultaneous theoretical reflection to the "micro" workshop theme.
- To discover how some designers manage to achieve overall coherence between construction and content, between cost and form, between the attention they give to "detail", technical detail or details of composition, as opposed to accessory detail which has no relationship to the scale of the object.
- Taking a critical and analytical approach, going beyond the image.
- To analyse and communicate both orally and in writing (correctly citing sources as in the future thesis!) the results of research.
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| Prerequisites : | Ability to analyse an architectural object both in terms of cost and form with a minimum knowledge of the history of contemporary architecture.
Erasmus: sufficient knowledge of French is required to practically and effectively participate in group analysis. |
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| Organization : | Work supervised by the teaching staff will be presented regularly at different stages of completion. It will largely be carried out in class using information collected on the ground and/or in the library and through the internet. |
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| Written notes : | All articles, documents, photos or even sketches which enable a particular building to be studied. The building can be nearby and have been visited several times or may be further away. The first lessons are devoted to documentary research with the teaching staff. |
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| Assessment : | Continuous assessment with a final piece of analytical work which will be presented orally using Powerpoint. This presentation will be supported with a file and possibly with a model, while the written part, accompanied by references, will be essentially limited to identifying the building and the problem. |
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