Architecture, town and territory: modes of production

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

Specific learning outcomes:

By the end of this teaching unit, students will be able to

• logically place, in time and space, representative town developments.
• explain the meaning of an urban structure by putting it back in context, namely by understanding the whys and wherefores which shaped it.
• make the link between town planning and the political, economic and social organisation of society.
• learn to pay close attention to the issues involved in the forms and uses of public space.
• analyse the operational natural of urban projects on the morphological development of the city and on its technical/economic, social/political and aesthetic/cultural context.
• be familiar with the features of the main methods and tools of town planning; understand their basis, aims and limits.
• to form a critical approach to contemporary urban development.

Contribution to the learning outcome reference framework:

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

• Develop awareness of the political meaning of the work of an architect and his/her responsibility towards society