Architecture, town and territory : morphologies

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

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