In-depth architectural project: architectonics

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

• identify the methods of emergence of figures and the perceptual mechanisms that gave rise to them.
• recognise the different formal typologies, their advantages and drawbacks.
• assess the potential of form and its representation in the process of architectural design.
• apply involved and critical thinking to the process of generation of form.
• understand the logic of architectural forms, constructed and perceived.
• link together architectural thinking and construction, building and perception.
• test out architectural concepts in direct contact with the materiality of the building.
• make a case for the shape given to the project by materialisation, in relation to architectural expression.

Contribution to the learning outcomes reference framework:

• Design a project
• Adopt approaches which are methodical, creative, metaphorical, perceptive, collaborative etc.

Test an artistic approach

• To imagine drivers which can transform perception of what is real
• To take a deliberate step from an uncertain beginning by assembling pre-existing concepts and ideas to form a proposal

Build knowledge of architecture

• Be able to use given references which, by analogy, can lead to other interpretations of the context

Make use of other subjects

• Make use of other subjects to ask questions about the design and implementation of an architectural project

Use the technical dimension

• Acquire an instinctive understanding of structures to use in producing a creative work of architecture

Express an architectural procedure

• Identify the main elements of a hypothesis or a proposal to express and communicate them

Make committed choices

• Make links between different methodological and epistemological perspectives