Duration
24h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in architecture (120 ECTS) | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Within the framework of the course, our main objective is to develop themes related to formal and material research in the architectural project process. This perspective seems relevant: it combines, by digital means, the emergence of form, its control and the media devoted to the materialization of conceived objects (in a broad sense). Based on parametric modeling, this relevance is reflected in the use of tools whose performance in terms of design assistance allows a better control of the project.
The use of design tools has taken off in recent years. However, it would be useless to follow a trend here, but rather wise to examine the methodological opportunities that these tools offer. We propose to address the geometric theories underlying the research of architects concerned with the genesis of architectural form and space. We introduce the use of the programming language specific to the modeling software chosen to generate complex 3D shapes and control them.
Based on project-based learning, teaching is oriented to support students' projects. The courses are given by different means and sources of information: theoretical contents, expert interventions (GH-Archicad© connection, Dynamo© connection, RElab Liège Fablab connection), exercises and tutorials.
Among the themes which occupy a central place in this teaching unit are :
- The influence of digital culture on architecture (particularly its architectonic implications)
- The influence of mathematical sciences on the Fine Arts and architecture in particular, in the contemporary and modern periods.
- Mathematics and the genesis of form, non-Euclidian geometry, fractal design, and creation by iteration.
- The contribution of structural morphology, free forms and controlled forms.
- A tailor-made piece of software or 'line of command' as tools for creating architectural forms. Software presented: 3DStudio, Sketchup and Rhino.
- Transferring the designed forms into an architecturally appropriate piece of software.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Connected to the competency framework : All teaching in the Study of Representation and Form area will enable students to develop specific competencies in the Faculty's competency framework by guiding them more particularly in the development of the competencies. For this teaching unit :
Defining an architectural question
- Studying the various components of the theme and context (historical, landscape, economic, legal, technological, etc.).
- Using verbal, written and graphic language as a means of designing, structuring, verifying and questioning thought.
- Introducing experiments with implementation as a design parameter.
- Adjusting spatial resolutions through exploratory questioning (question-response-spatial validation and new cycle of questioning)
- Understanding : the approach to generating forms, controlling them and the media involved in materialising designed objects (in the broadest sense).
- Analysing : bibliographical references (articles, publications, conferences, etc..) which enable the contextualisation of course content in the digital culture and its influence on architecture.
- Application : formulating an analysis leading to the use of the software tools.
- Evaluating : self-criticism of the process used (rationalisation, optimising the generation of form).
- Creating : developing an individual response demonstrating integration by envisaging form not through directly designing it but through configuring its geometry. Students should generate, imagine and invent a relevant personal response to the instructions and procedures (form finding).
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
To take part in this teaching unit, you should have acquired the following credits. None.
Good knowledge of graphic design and 3D modelling is required.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Presentation of the influence of digital culture upon architecture (particularly its architectonic implications)
Theoretical presentation of mathematical concepts
Theoretical lectures following by exercises in handling software packages.
Development of personal projects.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Presence in class is required.
Recommended or required readings
Compulsory course notes and slides are available on Myulg.
A. Tedeschi, AAD algorithms-Aided Desgin. Parametric strategies using grasshopper, 2014 request.
Catalogue d'exposition, Architectures non standard, éditions du Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2003
Picon, Antoine. Culture numérique et architecture.Bâle: Birkhäuser, 2010
Rivka Oxman et Robert Oxman, Theories of the digital in arcitecture, Routledge, 2014
Pottmann, Asperl, Hofer, Kilian, Architectural geometry, Bentley Institue press, 2007
Articles :
Wendland David, Model-based formfinding processes: free forms in structural and architectural design. Allemagne, Université de Stuggart (Obligatoire)
Picon Antoine, La crise de l'échelle et de la tectonique classique, D'Architectures, 168, novembre 2007, pp 43-47 (facultatif)
Assessment methods and criteria
For the final work of this course, students will perform an exercise in which they present an architectural premise including structural features so that the form is potentially feasible. This modelling work must be carried out using the combination of the Rhinoceros© and Grasshopper© software and the results of their research are communicated in two forms: a poster and an oral presentation. In their oral communication, the student is invited to detail the problems encountered, the solutions provided and to evaluate whether they have achieved their objective. This is not a new "project" but rather a formal and architectural research whose methodological approach will be the main focus of the evaluation.
The first criterion for evaluating the final work is the relevance of the choice of parameters and their impact on the possibility of structuring the form. We therefore evaluate the quality, method and description of the approach (inventiveness, limitations, solutions, etc.).
The students' productions will be printed in 3D or cut out (laser cut). They will then be exhibited at the end of the year exhibition.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
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Contacts
Lecturer:
Sylvie Jancart
Sylvie.jancart@ulg.ac.be
Assistant:
Thomas Dissaux
PHD Student:
Adeline Stals
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Unchanged Terms and Conditions - Completed Courses and Evaluations
Assessment subjects
Unchanged Terms and Conditions - Completed Courses and Evaluations
Assessment methods
Unchanged Terms and Conditions - Completed Courses and Evaluations
Contacts
sylvie.jancart@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
non applicable
Assessment methods
non applicable
Contacts
sylvie.jancart@uliege.be