Duration
18h Th, 36h Pr, 60h Proj.
Number of credits
| Master MSc. in Architectural Engineering, professional focus in architectural and urban engineering | 5 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
This course teaches the design and evaluation of an urban atmosphere in its quantitative and qualitative aspects. The theoretical course is illustrated by various examples of real urban developments.
The practical work consists of carrying out the project of a sustainable neighbourhood, while using various tools for evaluating and aiding to design built environments.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The course objectives are :
- Understanding issues related to the design of high quality urban atmosphere.
- Knowing the quantitative and qualitative criteria that influence pedestrians' comfort in public spaces.
- Learning to assess planned or built urban environments in terms of their atmosphere, integrating people comfort, environmental and sustainable performance of built areas.
- Exploring tools for modeling urban environments and evaluating the sustainability of neighborhoods.
- Developing an expertise in neighbourhood design aiding tools, by using three of them : a solar simulation, ecological assessment and sustainable water management.
- Acquiring adaptation and self-learning skills in relation to the used design aiding tools.
- Developing critical thinking in relation to urban projects optimisation tools (choice of the best software or method, choice of the best parameters or criteria, critical analysis of results, ...).
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Urban design studio at the urban block scale.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The teaching is based on a design studio at the neighborhood level. The design studio takes place in the first quadrimester, on Thursday afternoon.
The design studio consists of developing a sustainable neighborhood, while using urban design aiding tools.
The course aims to develop an analytical and critical perspective on the tools used and the evaluation results, obtained as well as on the capacity of these tools to be integrated into the process of architectural composition. The project will also focus on the development of comfortable public spaces.
Theoretical teaching includes theoretical courses given as an inverted class as well as research and analysis of reference examples that are useful for the project.
Project reviews are organized weekly.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Blended learning
Further information:
Courses from September to December, on Thursday PM.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- MyULiège
Further information:
The slides accompanying the oral presentation are available in pdf format and will be sent to students by email. The podcasts are sent to students via MyULiège.
The following documents and tools are made available to students :
- A DWG basemap (PICC and PLI) of the project site;
- The sectorial plan of the project site is available on the geoportal of the Walloon Region as are the IGN maps (relief, etc.).
Written work / report
Out-of-session test(s)
Further information:
The grade awarded for the project-based on the oral presentation, the narrated PowerPoint, and the A0-sized board-will account for 90% of the overall grade for this course. The additional 10% will come from the evaluation of your presentations and analyzes of exemplary projects, carried out as part of the theoretical course.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Any questions or requests for additional information is welcome.
Students wishing to meet me can get an appointment by sending an e-mail.
Contacts
Prof. Sigrid Reiter tél.: +32 (0)4 366 94 82 e-mail: sigrid.reiter@uliege.be