Duration
40h Th
Number of credits
| Master in architecture (120 ECTS) | 5 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 Architecture and Politics seminar is about questionning the myth of architecture in itself by showing that architectural activity is always connected to a political, social, historical, cultural context. It will focus on the links between the design of buildings or infrastructures and certain political issues in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of this course, students will be able to :
- Identify and analyze controversies according to the Actor-Network Theory (ANT);
- Confront the different discourses with the reality of the facts;
- Relate the concepts of Science Studies to architectural practice;
- Evaluate the agentivity of artefacts;
- Write a paper;
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
speak english fluently
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course draws on the theoretical, analytical and critical contributions of the professor and students. The course will take the form of a seminar combining lectures, presentations of text(s) by students and discussions for shared reflection, lectures.
The course will draw on the expertise developed within the research laboratory ndrscrLab|Architecture and Politics coordinated by Éric Le Coguiec.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
En présentiel
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
Recommended or required readings
Aureli, P. V. (2011). The Possibility of an Absolute Architecture. MIT Press.
Caeymaex, F., Despret V. , Piéron J. (2019). Habiter le trouble avec Donna Haraway. Dehors.
Bell D. et Zacka B. (2020). Political Theory and Architecture. Bloomsbury Academic.
Duncan Bell, Bernardo Zacka (2020). Political Theory and Architecture. Bloomsbury Academic.
Dutta A, Hyde T, Abramson DM, Allais L, Harwood J, Karimi P, Massey J, Muzaffar M_I, Osman M, TenHoor M. (2012). Governing by Design: Architecture, Economy, and Politics in the Twentieth Century (Culture Politics & the Built Environment). University of Pittsburgh Press.
Garutti , F. (2019). Our Happy Life. Architecture and Well-Being in the Age of Emotional Capitalism. MIT Press.
Garutti , F. (2016). Can Design Be Devious? The story of the Robert Moses bridges over the Long Island parkways, and other explorations of unexpected political consequences of design. CCA.
Foucault, M. (1994). Dits et écrits (III, IV). Paris : Gallimard. Le corps utopique, les hétérotopies. Paris : Nouvelles Editions Lignes.
Haraway, D. (2007). Manifeste cyborg et autres essais: sciences, fictions, féminismes. Paris: Exils.
Lambert, L. (2013). Weaponized Architecture: The Impossibility of Innocence. Dpr-Barcelona.
Lambert, L. Que trouve-t-on dans l'épaisseur d'une ligne? Réflexion sur le thème de la frontière.
Latour, B.(2007). La cartographie des controverses. Technology Review, N.0, pp. 82-83.
Latour, B, Yaneva, A. (2008). "Donnez-moi un fusil et je ferai bouger tous les bâtiments" : le point de vue d'une fourmi sur l'architecture». In:GEISER, Reto, Explorations in architecture :teaching, design, research. Basel:Birkhäuser. p.80-89.
Lopez, F. (2019). L'ordre électrique. Infrastructures énergétiques et territoires. Métis Presses.
Mosconi, L. (2018). Emergence du récit écologiste dans le milieu de l'architecture 1989-2015 : de la réglementation à la thèse de l'anthropocène. Thèse de doctorat de l'Université Paris-Est, ED Ville, Transports et Territoires, en partenariat avec le laboratoire Architecture, culture et société (ACS), sous la direction de Jean-Louis Violeau, professeur à l'ENSA Nantes, soutenue le 3 octobre 2018.
Schindler, S. (2015). Architectural Exclusion: Discrimination and Segregation Through Physical Design of the Built Environment. The Yale Law Journal. Vol. 124, No. 6 . pp. 1934-2024
Wigley, M. (2018). Cutting Matta-Clark: The Anarchitecture Project. Lars Müller (1 mai 2018)
Winner, W. (1980). Do Artifacts Have Politics?. Daedalus 109 (1), 1980, p. 121-136.
Weizman, E. (2019). Critical Spatial Practice n° 06 - The Roundabout Revolutions. Presses du reel.
Yaneva, A. (2012). Mapping Controversies in Architecture. Routledge.
Yaneva, A. (2018). Architectural theory at Two Speeds , Ardeth (Architecture Design Theory), 1(1), p. 89-103.
Yaneva, A. et Alejandro Zaera-Polo (2015). What Is Cosmopolitical Design? Design, Nature and the Built Environment. Routledge.
Assessment methods and criteria
Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.
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Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Le séminaire Architecture et politique se donnera tout au long du Q1. Les dates précises, horaires et locaux sont renseignés via CELCAT.
La plateforme e-Campus ou MyUliège sera l'outil de communication privilégié avec les titulaires du cours. Le choix de plateforme sera communiqué en début d'année. C'est sur cette plateforme que seront postés tous les documents et ressources pédagogiques (slides).
Un changement de local ou d'horaire étant possible, les étudiant.e.s sont tenu.e.s de consulter régulièrement CELCAT ainsi que leur boîte mail.
Contacts
Eric Le Coguiec (Professeur)
Mail : eric.lecoguiec@uliege.be