Duration
128h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in architecture (120 ECTS) | 10 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
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
Ecology Thinking in Architecture
The workshop "L'architecte enquêteur" proposes to the students to investigate with tools specific to architect the fabrique of the territories which were flooded in July 2021 (valley of the Vesdre). The workshop proposes to carry out different investigations by elaborating graphic narratives at the same time sensitive, historical, critical and documentary on these territories.
The workshop takes note of the ecological urgencies and the need to inscribe in the training in architecture tools of perception and restitution of the human and non-human experiences on the places and the current damaged territories.
The activities of the workshop are organized on the one hand around a presence in situ, meetings with its inhabitants and users, walks through the territory and the places that make it up, and on the other hand through the restitution of these situations through different media: drawing, photo, text, video. It also mobilizes the transect as a field practice, a technique of representation and a project posture that allows to deploy the territory in its environmental, social, historical and projectual thickness (Nicolas Tixier).
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Upon completion of this unit, the student will be able to:
- Collect, classify, and synthesize data gathered during an investigation
- Design a graphic and/or media translation (graphic narrative) that reflects a sensitive, critical, and reflective posture in order to study the existing and propose new alliances with the living.
- Situate one's work in a historical, theoretical, architectural and artistic context.
- Master a contemporary graphic language.
- Use the appropriate theoretical notions to present, discuss and debate.
- Produce a printed publication.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course topics are addressed in the form of workshops and interactive presentations to the whole group. They are supported by presentations (slide shows, videos, websites), written documents and group discussions around the workshop themes (ecological crisis).
The students will produce individually or in groups, graphic narratives that can explore all scales, from that of the detail to that of the territory, and be embodied in multiple forms: drawing, collage, photo, texts, installations, models, 1/1 prototypes, installations, in-situ interventions, performances, sound and video productions.
These graphic narratives will be regularly shared and discussed collectively.
At the end of the workshop, the students will produce a publication gathering all their work in a final concerted object.
Outdoor explorations are to be expected.
The documents - texts, visual documents, lectures, etc. - presented and used during the course are available on eCampus.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Blended learning
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oral exam
Written work / report
Continuous assessment
Other : jury
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