Duration
36h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in landscape architect | 3 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 Landscape theory course aims at introducing students to the plurality of landscape theories, to their main formal imaginaries and conceptual repertoires acorss a selection of key historical moments in Western landscape history.
The course is organized in 10 thematic lessons:
- 1. Landscape: a few definitions - multiple meanings of the "landscape" notion
- 2. The idea of landscape in geography
- 3. Rationality and modern sciences: ideal cities, formal gardens and agrarian reforms in Italian Renaissance
- 4. Picturesque and sublime, of the "naturalisation of agrarian capitallism"
- 5. Gilles Clément : lessons at the Collège de France
- 6. The green origins of modern urbanism: parcs, promenades and plantations in [London,] Paris and New York
- 7. Contemporary tehories: The territories of landscape, between description and project
- 8. Landscape urbanism for dummies
- 9. Landscape myths and Nation building
- 10. The happy home, or why do "Belgians have a brick in their stomach"
See full syllabus on ULB's website: www.ulb.be/en/programme/arpa-p3101-1
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Upon completion of this teaching unit, students will be able to:
Identify the trends and authors that have contributed to enriching and developing the concept of landscape over time.
Analyse a landscape project in light of this evolution by identifying the theoretical positions that the project activates.
Use the vocabulary employed by authors, enriching the range of concepts that are useful and necessary for the project process.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
General prerequisites: The final skills expected at the end of secondary school (in French, geography, history, economical and social sciences, education to philosophy and citizenship) as defined by the Service général de l'Inspection de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (see : http://www.enseignement.be/index.php?page=25189&navi=296 )
Specific prerequisites:
- HULG9168-1 Territory and landscape
- HULG9174-1 Landscape aesthetics
- HULG9186-1 Urbanity and Lanscape
- HULG9187-1 History of architecture and art
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
This course consists of conventional lectures during which the teacher introduces activities aimed at dynamizing exchanges among participants, and stimulate learning.
The course draws on texts by Jean-Marc Besse, Alain Roger, Augustin Berque, and John Brinckerhoff Jackson. These readings are recommended, but it is the material presented orally during lectures that forms the basis of the course and will be tested in examinations.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
see above
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Other site(s) used for course materials
- Plateforme UV ¿ Université Virtuelle (ULB) (https://uv.ulb.ac.be/course/view.php?id=125426)
Further information:
Main sources upon which this teaching unit has been built (and recommended bibliography)
Berque, Augustin. Les Raisons Du Paysage: De La Chine Antique Aux Environnements de Synthèse. Editions Hazan, 1995.
Besse, Jean-Marc. Le Goût Du Monde. Exercices de paysage. Actes Sud/ENSP, 2009.
Besse, Jean-Marc. La nécessité du paysage. Parenthèses, 2018.
John Brinckerhoff Jackson. A La Découverte Du Paysage Vernaculaire. Actes Sud/ENSP, 2003.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire ) AND oral exam
Further information:
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire )
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Calendar of classes and locations: my.calendar.uliege.be
For the most updated calendar, check ULB's online calendar:
cloud.timeedit.net/be_ulb/web/public/
Contacts
Virginie Pigeon
virginie.pigeon@ulb.be