Architecture, town and territory : morphologies

lbarc1241  2017-2018  Bruxelles

Architecture, town and territory : morphologies
3 credits
30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Vanderstraeten Pierre;
Language
French
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

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Specific learning outcomes:

By the end of the course, students will be able to

  • describe and analyse the morphological features of built up agglomerations and understand their implications for living (domestic, collective, urban, etc.).
  • recognise and understand the morphological developments and mutations of built up agglomerations.
  • be familiar with some of the major theoretical reference points and develop critical thinking about them.

Contribution to the learning outcome reference framework:

Build knowledge of architecture

  • Be familiar with and analyse the basic references
  • Develop and make use of knowledge in the discipline

Place the action

  • Recognise, observe and describe the targeted environments and contexts
  • Analyse the environments and contexts according to various given methods and starting from various identified points of view
  • Formulate questions relating to the development of the context being studied to make working hypotheses

Make use of other subjects

  • Seek out other approaches, exchanges of views and ways of enhancing thinking about architecture

Make committed choices

  • Activate and develop an ethical sense through approaches to architecture
  • Develop awareness of the political meaning of the work of an architect and his/her responsibility towards society

 

 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Evaluation methods
Critical and sensitive reading work of the urban morphology of a quarter in an european city : individual work of 8 A3 to submit the day of the exam in June session.
Faculty or entity
LOCI


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Bachelor in architecture (Bruxelles)