Architecture, art and media

Duration

40h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Maurizio Cohen

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Content of the teaching unit

The aim of this course is to explore and develop the relationships between architecture and other forms of expression and communication. It aims to present examples and situations from past periods, as well as current issues. The aim is to illustrate the variety of fields of interest that intersect with architecture and urban issues, emphasising how many different professions contribute to the broader culture of architecture.
The programme is structured around topics that can be studied independently but which together form a comprehensive picture. It focuses on the place of architecture within society and culture, both in the present day and in previous eras.
In particular, we will explore the concepts of narration, narrative and representation, which today dominate discourse across many disciplines and which, in the field of architecture, are characterised by their variability depending on the perspective taken (generalist, specialised, technical, commercial, artistic, etc.).
Emphasis is placed on multiple perspectives that shed light, on both a global and universal scale, on the social role of architecture, as well as on its local roots, by drawing on subjects and themes linked to local and national realities.
The modules are planned, organised into thematic groups:
- Communication in its various forms. How architects describe their profession and how the media, in turn, portray it;
- The worlds of art from various perspectives, ranging from the representation of architecture in art history to the affinities between artists and architects, with a particular focus on local examples - Belgian, Liège-based, etc. The course will also explore significant connections with photography and comic books.
- Architecture et cinéma. Dans ce binôme, on considère non seulement le long-métrage de fiction, mais aussi le documentaire, les séries, les reportages, les émissions spécialisées, etc. Un regard sur la manière dont l'univers construit et projeté est traduit par l'image filmée, et dont une perception des espaces est restituée par la vision singulière.
Pour plusieurs cours, il est prévu d'inviter des personnes qui pourront partager leurs expériences sur les différents sujets abordés. 

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The course proposes to approach the numerous interactions of the architectural discipline
with the modes of cultural communication by showing the importance and the influence
that this implies in the construction of the approaches of the projects and the place of
architecture and its representation.
The course aims more specifically to enable the student to study the components of the
cultural, social and media context in order to integrate these parameters into the
reformulation of a question posed, in the elaboration of a spatial synthesis, in the
emergence of significant hypotheses.
The student will be able to identify, qualify, analyse and propose fields of culture that allow
him/her to construct his/her own atlas of knowledge and to understand the wider contexts
with which the architectural discipline is confronted.
The student will be able to construct links between different disciplines and different periods
with the aim of addressing the questions posed by the projects and - more broadly - by the
themes that shape the production of architecture today.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

This course is partly built in relation with the communication courses, those of B3 - Q6,
"Graphic synthesis, advanced questions", "Architectural culture 2. History and theories of
architecture", B3 - Q5 "Sociology of space and urban sociology", B2 - Q3 "Philosophy and
aesthetics of architecture".

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Ex-cathedra courses and seminars. Several personalities will be invited each year in relation
to the themes of the lessons.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Blended learning


Further information:

Face-to-face and with some guests

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Bruno, Giuliana, Atlas of Emotion: Journeys in Art, Architecture, and Film, Verso, New York
2002.


Lucan, Jacques, Composition, non-composition. Architecture et théories, XIX-XX siècles, Presses
Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes, Lausanne, 2009.


Pierre Caye, Olga Medvedkova , Renaud Pleitinx, Jean Stillemans, Traités et autres écrits
d'architecture, Mardaga, Bruxelles 2021.


Paquot, Thierry, Jousse, Thierry (dir.), La Ville au cinéma : encyclopédie, Paris, éd. Cahiers du
cinéma, 2005.


Chabard, Pierre, Kourniati, Marilena (dir.), Raisons d'écrire. Livres d'architectes 1945 - 1999,
Edition de la Villette, Paris 2013.


Colomina, Beatriz, La Publicité du privé : De Loos à Le Corbusier, HYX, Orléans 1998.


Collectif, Archi & BD. La ville dessinée, Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine - Monografik
Éditions, Paris 2010.


Joly, Pierre, L'Art, l'Architecture et le Mouvement moderne : Textes critiques, 1958-1990,
Éditions de la Villette, Paris 1995.

Written work / report


Further information:

This year, the project will involve conducting interviews with architects on the relationship between their profession and art
 

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

This teaching replaces "Architecture, City and Cinema" (24h - 2 ECTS - ARCH 1805) by
broadening the field of study

Contacts

mcohen@uliege.be

Association of one or more MOOCs

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