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Study programmes 2011-2012Last update : 14/06/2012
ARCH1941-1  Workshop A : Public places and urban character

Duration :  48h Pr
Number of credits :  
Master in architecture (Fusion), 1st yearSecond semester4
Master in architecture (Saint Luc), 2nd yearSecond semester4
Lecturer :  Anne Rondia, Marie Roosen
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Course contents :  
The workshop addresses issues of real development of the common area in concrete contexts of urbanization : a village center to reinvest, a boulevard to generate urbanity, a garden that becomes a neighborhood park, a kiosk for the town, cheap housing to renovate ...
Each question refers to a wider area territory where the different actors, the different forces, the on-going processes and the issues are identified.
Global social and urbanistic issues are related to the practices and to the collective imaginary of the analyzed "common areas". These issues are then interpreted in contemporary concepts of development, with a prospective view. // //
Learning outcomes of the course :  
To assimilate information from tutoral session "pratiques d'appropriation et usages" and from workshop "approche sociourbanistique de lieux de vie contemporains" and integrate it into a town planning project.

The workshop and tutoral sessions associated aims to allow students to measure the impact of all development upon how a space is used // // //
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
tutoral sessions: "pratiques d'appropriation et usages : étude d'un lieu de vie" workshop : "approche sociourbanistique de lieux de vie contemporains" //
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
Field work (contacts, interviews, visits), documentary research, analysis and the use of this information in the workshops.
Study visit or trips


Specialists of the relevant disciplines ( Town planning, sociology, landscape, architecture, environment, mobility, urban politics, communication, scenography) are punctually involved in the workshop . // //
Assessment methods and criteria :  
The assessment attempts to measure the ability of the student to collect ground informations and documentary data, to analyze them and to integrate them in an urbanism project. The assessment takes also into account the ability to work in a group, to integrate the inputs of the group in his own work and the ability to clearly communicate about the context and the project parameters : actors, processes, issues. This evaluation implies active participation in all scheduled sessions. //
Contacts :  
anne.rondia@ulg.ac.be marie.roosen@ulg.ac.be //


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