Duration
96h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in architecture (120 ECTS) | 8 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
"Landscape architecture" is a project and research field which is rapidly developing, generating a sea change within contemporary societies. Already described by H. Repton as an inherent part of landscape gardening in the 18th century, this sector has long been kept apart from official approaches to land management. It is now re-emerging through a new "green revolution" which puts into question the different ways (through ecology, the environment, sustainability, and balance between systems, material and human beings) in which our ways of acting and thinking relate to living spaces and to architecture. Landscape architecture, as a subject which is both independent of and integrated into town planning, has its own theories, methods and techniques. These are subject to discussion, exercises and experimentation on site, with the aim of raising architects' awareness of temporalities and materials affecting the design of component systems which are not organised into a hierarchy. Changes to contemporary landscapes lead to manufactured landscapes characterised by fragmentation and dislocation, which are difficult to grasp in an overarching manner. When it is based on a systemic approach, landscape architecture is an integrated process offering methodological and theoretical ways to respond to questions posed by a new typology of nature (urban and infrastructural landscape, interstitial space, urban countryside, wasteland and brown field sites, urban forestation systems, and/or water and landscape, etc.). Specific modules prepare students for the landscape project:
A. natural components - earth, plant cover, water and air - through on-site visits, drawings, 3D models or scale models to study relief and other components;
B. ways of reading the landscape: observation drawings and diagrams; reading through photos and video cameras; texts as publicity or the history and/or voice of the sites under study.
C. the theory of the landscape project reinforced through meetings with those on the ground. The theory part is complemented by experimentation through short projects relating to contemporary questions about the land.
It is proposed that 2M students look more deeply at the project alongside the architectural project themes.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
This workshop is based on the knowledge acquired especially during the classes on "Means of Expression", history and theory of the town and landscape, philosophy, etc., as well as on the experience of students working on their "architecture project".
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Visits, meetings, and outings with sketch books will alternate with work in the workshop around projects whose theme will be introduced at the start of the year.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face: regular participation in the workshop is essential.
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
Recommended or required readings
Documentation comprised of notes and reference works will be available during the workshops.
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
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Contacts
Rita Occhuito, Bénédicte Henry