2018-2019 / ARCH1958-1

Research Methodology in Architectural History - Theoretical part

Duration

24h Th

Number of credits

 Master in architecture (120 ECTS)2 crédits 

Lecturer

Pierre Frankignoulle, Claudine Houbart

Coordinator

Claudine Houbart

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

The seminar aims at providing the students with the essential methological tools in the field or history of architecture. 
The emphasis is put on identification, localisation and critical analysis of the sources, with the aim of writing a paper during the second part of the course (second semester). 
Documentary resources are considered in the broad sense of the term, ranging from the archive to the publications and including audiovisual material and interviews.
 

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the course, the student is accustomed with the main documentary resources types in the field of history of architecture and the ways to use them. 

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Basic knowledge of architectural history. 

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Methodological seminars, visits of archive centres/libraries and lectures. 

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

face-to-face

Recommended or required readings

Sabine Frommel (dir.), « Méthodes en histoire de l'architecture », Les Cahiers de la recherche architecturale et urbaine, n°9-10 (Paris : Monum, janvier 2002).
Andrew Leach, What is Architectural History? (Cambridge : Polity, 2010). 

Assessment methods and criteria

Report and/or paper and/or exam

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Pierre Frankignoulle
Claudine Houbart