Duration
24h Th
Number of credits
| Master in architecture (120 ECTS) | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
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
Creating a wikipedia page on a building or an architect
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Maurizio Cohen
mauriziocohen@skynet.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Assessment subjects
Assessment methods
Contacts
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
Assessment methods
Due to the situation, the examination procedures have been adapted.
The exams will be oral and will be held by Lifesize.
The delivery of the WIKIPEDIA page is maintained under the same conditions as January