ARCH1948-1 : History and representations of the City through arts and culture

Study Programmes 2016-2017

ARCH1948-1

History and representations of the City through arts and culture

Duration :

8h Th, 8h Pr, 8h Vis.

Number of credits :

Master in architecture (120 ECTS)		2

Lecturer :

Pierre Frankignoulle

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents :

The course will parallel the major changes in the city since 1850 ( the Industrial Revolution of the effect , Utopias , the "sick city", the thinkers of the city, natural hygiene , the "Fordist city ", the city network , etc.) and the look worn by the artistic and cultural world of these developments , and that , through various art forms : photography, painting, cinema , literature, music , advertising, etc. You will be asked each student to produce an analysis of a work and to connect with or currents of thought to which it can attach .

Learning outcomes of the learning unit :

This course aims to teach choice to build a critical approach to research by deepening a topic of history of the city . It is the general objective to learn to decipher and decode the urban landscape using artistic media . Particular attention is given to the reflective process : development and testing hypotheses , continuous assessment of the progress of work , research tracks enunciation.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

The course is divided into different sequences: theoretical and historical presentations, assessing sites, sessions examining different documentary resources with a view to their optimal use, production of a presentation and a written piece of work.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Presence in class is compulsory.