Duration
108h Pr
Number of credits
| Bachelor in architecture | 10 crédits |
Lecturer
David Crambert, Patrick David, Daniel Delgoffe, Anne Dengis, Emeric Marchal, Sebastien Ochej, Michel Prégardien, Jean-Marc Scherpers, Margarida Tavares Alvares Serrão, Philippe Vander Maren, Cédric Wehrle
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Spirit
The natural and built environments constitute our habitat and have an effect on our feelings and emotions every day. We seek spaces for moments of intimacy, but also to share time together.
We will explore how to give form to meaningful and high quality spaces. We will cultivate the ability to develop and communicate both constructed and empty space, receptacles of our lives and as a social phenomenon.
"This is the time of the finished world".
Albert Jacquard
It is up to us to cultivate an awareness of the inevitable interactions between our actions and the world.
Thinking and designing space is not a mechanical act. On the contrary, it proceeds from a permanent questioning and development of an awareness of phenomena linked to anthropocentrism in order to develop hypotheses to promote a sustainable, supportable world. For those involved in this field, it is therefore important to adopt an attitude based on history, realities and new aspirations, and to reveal desirable futures.
To do so, it appears to be important for architects called upon to exercise their skills in different situations, to develop autonomy, understanding of the setting and the ability to forge beliefs;
"It is not difficult to do things. What is difficult, is to get into the state of mind to do them."
Constantin Brancusi
We will base ourselves on your research, your input, your questions. In a word, your proactiveness, so that the workshops are time for research, debate and iterative experimentation.
Collaborative working increases perspectives and strengthens critical thinking. The clear objective is to avoid preconceptions and to develop your individuality.
Content
Through the practical implementation of spatial responses, the workshop will aim to raise awareness of and cultivate project methodologies which are both rational and intuitive;
Work will fall within an extension of the field reading explored in the workshop in Q5. The term "reading" refers to the input, understanding and revelation of the relevant context in terms of its landscape and its geographical, human and cultural components. This involves assessing the relevance of information, comparing it and putting it into perspective.
See the text by Giancarlo De Carlo in the syllabus.
The act of projecting constructed or unconstructed space will lead to understanding and developing the ability to order and define relationships between different statuses: public for all, collective for a defined community, and private. Envisaging pathways for different types of users will lead, notably, to the study of systems of distribution and architectural journeys;
Thinking about spaces involves taking use into consideration in the choice of directions.
The development of a project involves multiple skills and calls upon multiple factors, some of which may appear to be antagonistic. Research will strive to control this complexity to try to formulate an analysis.
A wealth of knowledge from courses in writing space, science and techniques, and the social sciences will be connected: from all of these, those relating to structural systems, constructive methods, materiality and equipment will progressively be integrated into developments, striving for consistency between the different bodies to create a coherent whole based on general objectives. The "spirit" paragraph above clearly conveys the subjects relating to the social sciences, while the "Outcomes/Learning Objectives" make clear reference to writing space.
It appears obvious that the discipline of architecture cannot be isolated. It is essential to enrich it with direct and indirect input from other artistic and cultural disciplines: literature, cinema, painting, landscape, etc. which make up the culture of our societies. There is a need to awaken the capacity to identify elements likely to feed into the architectural approach.
Throughout, digital tools will be used, without losing sight of the importance of simultaneously developing other tools such as manual drawing and sketches.
The workshop is structured in such a way as to explore the four cross-cutting areas of the Faculty: digital, art and culture, sustainability-supportability, and society.
The sub-title of the teaching unit (project workshop) is: "COHABITATION_Crossing scales, from the regional to the detail." This clarifies the objective of producing an analysis between regional considerations and the formulation of proposals down to the detail, constructing spaces that strive to encourage living together.
Based on the outcomes of Q5, the understanding of the region being studied and the opportunities that will have been identified, the unit develops the capacity to prepare an architectural project in its constructed dimension with, as the backdrop, the connection and link that it cultivates with the regional scale. How does the crossing of spatial scales, from the regional down to the detail, give meaning to the proposal and does it encourage taking into account the current changes in our environment and our society?
The wording will be refined based on the work developed during Q5 and will be communicated before the start of the course. It will contain organisational details and information on the more practical aspects of the course.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Participation in the workshop aims to develop the ability to conceive of spatial responses which are constructed or not constructed, and which are situated at the heart of the context in which they fall.
Another objective is to acquire the ability to take a position when faced with the resources of the landscape and materials to be used, moving towards a collective approach.
Throughout the course, the value of use as well as the way of giving relevant and high quality form to it will be explored, considering ergonomic, programmatic, social and cultural aspects.
The exploratory process and the elaboration of proposals will aim to strengthen students' autonomy and their ability to develop their own attitude, developed from beliefs in relation to the question raised. This progression will be the opportunity to experiment and raise awareness of project methodologies and then to acquire the ability to bear witness to them.
Through the various sessions, improvements in the clarity and effectiveness of graphic, oral and written communication will be sought. This will make it possible to demonstrate the wealth of responses given to the complexity of parameters influencing the development of a project and the consistency of the analysis based on the preceding elements.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Pre-requisite:
Courses: Workshops Q3 and Q4
Corequisites:
Skills:
- The ability to establish links between different learning units and to put the content of theory courses into practice through designing a project within the workshop;
- The ability to produce working documents: background drawings, digital and physical models;
- The ability to compose, particularly on the basis of an understanding of the principles taught in the various learning units;
- An understanding of contemporary architectural culture and the ability to use this as the basis for developing a project.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The teaching methods will take various forms, but mainly:
- Debates (round tables) in small, collegial groups;
- Interviews in small groups, or even individual interviews which are not corrections, but discussions during which the students will be active participants in their education: they will choose and formulate the questions. Among other things, each individual is asked to prepare analytical notes with a view to contributing towards individual pathways and enriching the memory of learning;
- Individual or collective exercises, themes;
- A substantive individual exercise throughout the term;
- Visits to project sites and architectural sites (towns and constructed buildings);
- Oral presentations before the group and in front of juries organised at key moments. They will lead to the awarding of summative and formative evaluations.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Blended learning
Additional information:
It is compulsory to attend the workshops in the interests of learning. The minimum length of attendance is set out in the workshop calendar;
In addition, some content will be given in class and/or remotely on digital media: podcasts, videos, and video-conferences. It is compulsory to take this information into account;
Students will regularly contribute to a communication and interactive drawing space on the MIRO platform, in line with guidance given at a later stage. Other than offering the possibility of participating in the workshop for people in quarantine, this tool makes it possible to create a collective space for communication, work and memory;
Students will be supported both by a group of teaching staff and, at other times, by a single member of staff;
The continuity between the content of different teaching units will be taken into account by the lead subject teachers (ST, SH, EE);
Some sessions, specific practical sessions and support will be given by student monitors.
No absences will give rise to any exemptions in terms of what is expected. It is compulsory to present a complete progress report at the planned stages. In the event of an absence, students must:
- Inform the course teacher by email with a copy to the course coordinator;
- Catch up before the next workshop and consult weekly information issued by teaching staff via the official course channels (email, e-campus).
Recommended or required readings
Information and other content will be available on eCampus;
- The course syllabus
- Suggested materials: content of other courses, books, films, exhibitions including those which will be suggested during the workshops;
- Compulsory content: the study and use of certain content is compulsory. All content given in class and/or made available on eCampus is compulsory, as well as anything set out in the description.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Continuous assessment
Out-of-session test(s)
Additional information:
SINGLE SESSION CLASSES
Types of evaluations:
Evaluations may take many forms and may also be combined;
- Formative: feedback from teaching staff on the work produced that week. This evaluation helps students to progress but is not taken into account in preparing the grade;
- Continuous: individual evaluation with regard to the explicit criteria defined by the teaching team;
- Summative: grades awarded for different tools and evaluations which are then added together to create an overall grade;
- Certifying: grade awarded for work submitted and presented orally, during a jury, and which confirms the acquisition of elements learned.
In the context of this course, the evaluation is both formative and summative, and incorporates evaluations which are certifying and continuous.
The formative evaluation will include feedback on the Sketch stage (Red_Amber_Green lights)
Composition of the juries:
Among the various types of jury members, there are:
- Members of the course teaching staff;
- Internal members (Faculty teaching staff);
- External members (teaching staff from other faculties, architects, resource people, etc.)
Procedure in the event of absence or lateness:
Procedure in the event of failing to submit or being late with an interim or final submission (jury). Failing to submit or being late with submission without good reason is penalised by the submission being considered inadmissible and given a grade of "0". In the event that the student has a justifiable reason for not being present on the day and time of the submission, the following protocol must be followed:
- Inform the head teacher of their group as well as the coordinating course teaching staff by email prior to the date and time of the submission;
- Submit the work (in its current state) through a third party on the day, time and place in question. Moreover, documents must be communicated in digital format (including scans and/or photos) through MIRO or eCampus before the date and time of submission;
- Submission to the secretariat, within the day, of a document justifying the absence, with a copy to the head teacher and coordinating teachers;
The jury will consider whether or not the documents are admissible, as well as any other provisions it considers necessary to examine them;
In the event of the documents being admissible, and on the date planned for the exam, the work will be assessed on the basis of the documents in their current state.
Weightings:
- AP = 20%;
- Jury = 70%;
- Continuous assessment = 10%
Criteria:
- Quality of the attitude and integration of the project into its context: a situated project. Quality of attitude faced with the resources of the landscape and materials to be used, moving towards a collective approach;
- Quality of the spatial response - built and not built (space) and spaces connected with usage;
- Quality of the project methodology, the iterative experimentation process, the integration of resources, and the connections between teaching units;
- Quality of analysis and its graphic, written and oral expression.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
All correspondence should sent by email to the coordinators.
Contact details for teaching staff.
Coordinators of the Teaching Unit:
Daniel Delgoffe: daniel.delgoffe@uliege.be
Philippe Vander Maren: Philippe.VanderMaren@uliege.be
Other teaching staff:
David Crambert: dcrambert@uliege.be
Patrick David: Patrick.David@uliege.be
Anne Dengis: adengis@uliege.be
Subject contact: sciences and techniques (ST)
Émeric Marchal: emeric.marchal@uliege.be
Subject contact: social sciences (SH)
Sébastien Ochej: sebastien.ochej@uliege.be
Subject contact: writing spaces (EE) and regions
Michel Prégardien: mpregardien@uliege.be
Margarida Tavares Alvares Serrão: mserrao@uliege.be
Other staff to be assigned at a later stage.