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| ARCH0066-2 | Architectural studio
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| Duration : | 20h Th, 40h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Catherine Elsen |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| This course will sketch out a number of important elements in architectural production in the broadest sense of the term, and in particular will introduce students to the basics of architectural and spatial composition.
The course prepares students to work in composition workshops that are held during the four next years of their study program.
The course is structured accordingly around three themes:
- the analysis of existing architectural productions, providing students with directions for reflection that will enrich their architectural culture and inform their ability to critical analysis.
- several practical exercises oriented towards "projects" (case studies), providing the students with the opportunity to develop their own processes of project planning, and stimulate their creative autonomy.
- experimentation of graphics tools that enable students to develop their personal sensibility in regard of the communication of their ideas, by accentuating the learning process they undergo when doing free-hand drawing, which remains an essential tool for the architect, for both speculative and descriptive purposes. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| At the end of this course, student will :
- know the vocabulary and the basic grammar of architectonic composition in order to acquire tools necessary for analysis, and then for the production of architectural spaces
- improve one's ability to look, to observe, to stimulate vision in space, the meaning of perspective, the scale of proportions, three-dimensional vision
- develop personal sensibility through formal procedures supported by analysis and synthesis, grounded in the spirit of research, knowledge, and sensible transposition
- express oneself, going from an idea toward its realization and verifying one's thinking by means of its material realization, to finally transmit it to others
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| No prerequisites except a modicum of curiosity ... |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Practical work sessions will be held in the architecture workshop room in building B52 at Sart-Tilman campus. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face.
Courses are given in the form of theoretical expositions, open discussions and practical work during which students are led to compose and to analyze architectural spaces for the first time.
Proactive participation from students in practical work sessions is unavoidable.
Visits of various buildings are organized during the year (two or three visits per year). |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Reference works
COMPOSITION
- « Architecture : Form, Space and Order », by Francis D. K. CHING - basic grammar and vocabulary for architectonic composition
- « L'espace vivant » by Jean COUSIN - introduction to perceptual phenomena encountered in the architectural environment.
GRAPHIC EXPRESSION - « Architectural Graphics » by Francis D. K. CHING - illustrated introduction to elementary conventions of communication of architecture projects
- « Dessin de design architectural » by Francis D. K. CHING & P. JUROSEZK- illustration of principal tools and methods of drawing in the process of conception
- « Le dessin d'architecture à main levée » by YANES & DOMINGUEZ - illustration of the principal tools and methods of conceptual and representational drawing
- « Ombres et Lumières » by Jean-Paul JUNGMANN - tracing and rendering manual that considers architecture as an optical machine
- « Basics - Maquettes d'architecture » by Alexander SCHILLING - illustration of principal tools and methods for making architectural models
Reading journals on architecture is also an essential element in students' acquisition of pedagogical objectives, the same as their participation in field trips, conferences or expositions on architecture. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Grading in this course will be based on:
* work turned in during the year
* oral examination at the end of the year
The second session cancels out the grade from the first session. Students will have a chance to redo exercises for which they did not receive a grade of at least 10/20.
Examination format
The oral examination will cover the graphic and oral presentation of a project elaborated during the final class meetings, which will also be the object of an open discussion, based on graphic documentation presented to the student (blueprints, photographs), so as to verify students' involvement with regard to the course objectives: :
* mastery of basic principles of composition: (re) cognition of principles set forth in the book Architecture: Form, Space & Order by F. D.K. Ching
* critical approach to various themes covered in the class during the year
* critical evaluation of one's own work turned in during the year |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Teaching staff:
Catherine Elsen catherine.elsen@ulg.ac.be
Didier Mans
didier.mans@ulg.ac.be |
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