Duration
20h Th, 40h Pr, 115h Proj.
Number of credits
| Specialised master in urban and regional planning | 7 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
The course has mainly been developed through experimentation with the urban project which is presented both as an end in itself and as a means of investigation. The characteristics: analytical, discursive, reflective, trans-scalar and multi-temporal from the approach to the design of the urban project are highlighted and explained. Methods of reasoning are then examined through the development of projects touching upon contemporary issues around sustainable development. Space understood through its morphological components constitutes the framework within which different forms of human activity interact and involve in a complex and non-cumulative way. It consists of the structural support which is acted upon to guarantee the spatial and temporal continuity of the organisation of the region; a condition which is inherent to the sustainable land management. It is by 'reading' (decoding and interpreting) its logic and constitutive structures as well as its mechanisms of transformation that it is possible to test the space for new configurations supporting new ways of living. This dynamic approach forms part of an evolutionary perspective of urban form and is thus adaptable to change. The practical space observed from within and in three dimensions, with its own rules of composition, becomes both the central object which enables the various thematic aspects to be questioned and integrated transversally (iterative procedure) and the subject which can be acted upon to give quality to the living environment in the short, medium and long term. Schematisation is used at the same time as a cognitive procedure and way of clarifying thought on the one hand, and as a mode of representing and communicating the project on the other. Basic theoretical notions are covered by means of an introduction. They focus on:
- the concept of the urban project and the conditions of a sustainable urban project,
- the definition of the project and strategic management in an uncertain context,
- the principles of the design approach to the urban project.
- Reading the landscape from its morphological perspective and urban form;
- The principles of urban composition;
- Sustainable modes of living,
- The decision-maker's governance, will or real capacity to be involved and major planning modes,
- The strategy for action, selection and efficient combination of implementation instruments.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The general objective of the course is to train students in the approach to designing a sustainable urban project by developing one's own reflexes to modes of reasoning. Thus, students are confronted with the task of:
- open interpretative reading of structures and spatial characters,
- the formulation of the question and underlying issues,
- identification of the different levels of balance to be taken as benchmarks,
- urban and trans-scalar regional composition,
- clarification of thought and progressive construction of discussion through the 'schematisation' and permanent communication,
- questioning the territory and the formulation or reformulation of sectoral knowledge through project questioning
- taking a consistent position to an articulated set of choices based on the future,
- testing technical and administrative constraints and adapting them;
- distinction between supported principles and values of town planning and their translation into practice ...
- the representation of the evolving project in its different forms and its reasoning.
- identification of action channels and strategies.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Classes given in the form of workshops
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face-to-face teaching
Recommended or required readings
Assessment methods and criteria
Assessment is conducted by a jury. Students must be able to demonstrate through explanatory boards and an oral presentation, the coherence of the chosen approach by connecting in a well-reasoned way an understanding of the setting, the positions take and the spatial responses chosen.