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| ARCH0231-2 | Space writing 2
- Workshop 1
- Workshop 2
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| Duration : | Workshop 1 : 24h Pr
Workshop 2 : 24h Pr
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| Lecturer : | Workshop 1 : Mariette Dorthu, Sibrine Durnez, Aniceto Exposito-Lopez, Claude-Lucie Hick
Workshop 2 : Sarah Behets, Carine Driesmans, Aniceto Exposito-Lopez, Benedicte Henry
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| Coordinator : | Sibrine Durnez |
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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 first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| The workshop 2 'PLASTIC RESEARCH' aims to develop creativity and the taste for formal research through experimental exercises around formal vocabulary, forms and their interactions, in such a way as to help architecture students develop their own plastic language in fields other than architecture.
The workshop essentially suggests various drawing exercises but also explores other plastic arts such as sculpture and painting. Themes are chosen with a view to addressing, in a creative and stimulating way, drawings incorporating observation, composition, colour and volume.
Drawing is not simply seen as a means of transposing reality, but rather as a tool for observation, reflection, research and expression depending on the view of contemporary art which is adopted: a tool to achieve deeper understanding of objects and the world.
The exercises which are proposed develop the sense of observation, proportions and precision, using visual acuity. The course is not, however, only focused upon the acquisition of dexterity, but also on appropriation of drawing in an inventive way with a view to enabling the acquisition of one's own personal graphic and poetic language: a means for future architects to exercise creativity.
Trois thèmes principaux traversent les trois années de Bachelier:
- Kinesthesia
- Awareness of shapes and forces
- Colour and metaphor
The B2 programme, based on these three themes, will focus more specifically on moving from the random to the constructed, plastic process from drawing to the finished work. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Drawing is obviously seen as a language which is an indispensable part of the training of an architect, observing, researching-sketching-designing, and communicating being the three themes for training, three fundamentally complementary objectives continued through to B2.
By the end of the course, students will therefore be able, as at the end of the first year of:
- address a subject by clearly identifying a precise field for investigation
- construct a correct and methodological sketch in perspective, respect the rules and elements of observation
- draw with flexibility, confidence and precision
- take reasoned decisions in terms of composition
- correctly use specific vocabulary during discussions
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- understand relationships between space, value, and material and use them in a creative way in their compositions
- address different scales of work and adapting research methods
- use different tools appropriately to meet objectives |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Students are requested to make connections with subjects relating to the history of architecture, theory of architecture, history of art, urban and landscape history, philosophy, semantics and, more generally, any parallel approaches which aim to develop their understanding of forms of space, open spaces such as day to day living areas, spaces which convey meaning, such as imaginary spaces or that of memory, etc. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| This course is organised in workshops. Our workshops are planned as 'laboratories' where students can 'make mistakes successfully'. We are more interested in awareness than the 'right' answer to a requirement, whatever that may be. We focus on the means rather than the result. We encourage creative and accepted individual initiative through dialogue. In short, we aim to develop 'plastic intelligence' through the three following angles: observation (knowledge, control), research (exploration, formalisation), and communication (establishment, argumentation, clarity). |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Regular presence at the workshops is absolutely indispensable, as learning is based on discussions with teaching staff as well as on the workshop dynamic where students' work can be informed by that of their peers.
Please note that the test in the second set of exams is based on what has been learnt throughout the year: students are expected to improve and deepen a piece of research largely begun during the year. It is there important to attend these workshops on a regular basis. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Recommended reading will be communicated at the start of the year depending on the themes to be addressed. Documentation and reference works will be made available during the workshop. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Assessment is continuous. Attitude in the workshop and general approach will be taken into account as well as the results achieved. Each thematic exercise will be assessed; this is weighted depending on how important the piece of work is. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| Students must arrive on time. Because of the disruption caused, late arrivals are not permitted.
Students must respect the schedule and composition of the groups: they are forbidden from changing groups upon their own initiative.
Mobile phones must be switched off during the workshop and earphones are forbidden. Students' attitude towards work must allow their fellow students to concentrate on their work.
Students are requested to respect the material and space which is available; they should use the recycling bins and ensure that they leave everything in order.
Absences which are unaccounted for will give rise to a zero grade.
Absent students must ensure they can catch up on all information provided relating to the following workshop.
This workshop is only open to students using anticipated credits on the strict condition that they have completed the corresponding workshop in B1. |
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Contacts :
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| Sarah BEHETS
Carine DRIESMANS
Aniceto EXPOSITO LOPEZ
Bénédicte HENRY
See ULg directory |
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