Theorie I [ LTARC1102 ]

In the project class, students acquire competencies when faced with the complexities inherent in the following themes :

• Scales : From inhabited space to territory
• Contexts : Built and unbuilt, cultural and historical
• Types and Typologies
• Structures and Materialities of space

The Project class functions in parallel with the questioning pursued in the class of Theory (ARCB/T).
 

The general purpose of a BS in architecture is to enable students to :
- READ (1)
- DESCRIBE (2)
- DEPLOY (3) about and on architecture and related topics as they learn to understand and appreciate the fundamental and perennial values on which the discipline of architectre is based.

The specific way in which the 1st year Project class operates is by INITIATING students into :

• The oral and written formulation of a critical reflection and awareness in the face of particular environments, usages and viewpoints
• The constituent materials of the architectural projet : Shapes, light and gravity
• The rational, economical and qualified use of space
• The representation of existing and projected contexts through the discipline's own conventions

(1) To decipher, understand, discover the meaning of, to identify, ...
(2) To represent, to trace or follow, ...
(3) To join together, to combine, to order, ...