2018-2019 / ARCH1811-1

History of Belgian architecture, modern and contemporary 1 (from 1940 to 2010)

Duration

24h Th

Number of credits

 Master in architecture (120 ECTS)2 crédits 

Lecturer

Maurizio Cohen

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Modern Belgian architecture has provided a remarkable number of creators and creations of immense quality. The modern and recent history of towns and territory makes it possible to ask in-depth questions about the development an industrialized Western country as a paradigm for understanding the 20th century.
The different post-war currents will be dealt with while looking closely at: reconstruction,
the era of the Brussels 58 Exhibition and urban transformations, (Liege, Brussels, Antwerp, etc.
Dupuis, Bastin, Vandenhove, EGAU, Greisch, Van der Meeren, Kroll, Braem, etc.
The brutalist, organic, post-modern and neo-modern tendencies etc. (70s and 90s).
The last generations: the Flemish architects, minimalism, contemporary and heritage architecture, the Walloon renewal, Brussels European capital, etc.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

With this course, the students have to acquire the knowledge of the period concerned in terms of the history of architecture in Belgium and be capable of creating links with the overall history of architecture, and have a knowledge of the topics and questions that animated the last century, in particular all those that concern the evolution of architectural practice and the transformations of territory and the urban landscape.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

The student will be required to have knowledge of the general course of the history of architecture, the theory of architecture urbanism and art.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Ex-cathedra lessons, Powerpoint projections, videos and films

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

Face-to-face

Recommended or required readings

All the visual reading material will be made available to students in order to complete the course notes.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written test 

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Maurizio Cohen
mauriziocohen@skynet.be