Architecture, town and territory : Environmental Science

lbarc1142  2019-2020  Bruxelles

Architecture, town and territory : Environmental Science
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
4 credits
40.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Vermer Francois;
Language
French
Main themes
  • Features of general geology and physical geography
  • Geographical environments: how to live and build on our planet?
  • Movements of the Earth and the Sun and their impact on the variability of the climate
  • Natural areas in the polar regions; features of rural, urban and regional geography
  • Development of the city/country relationship, shaping or deforming urban and rural space; ecological and  environmental approach
Aims

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

1 Specific learning outcomes:
By the end of this teaching unit, students are able to
  • make the environment a part of their project. They understand the natural constraints and are aware of the reciprocal relationships that bind together the natural environment, the built environment and man.
  • understand the elements and their characteristic features that go to make up the different land environments. They are familiar with their balances and their evolution, whether natural and/or anthropogenic.
  • have a theoretical basis for understanding the site on which they are involved. Students are able to assess the appropriacy of their project to the environments of the natural regions being studied.
  • understand urban space. They know the importance of the different flows caused by urban functions and which drain the polar regions. It is these flows which construct and structure cities and space.
Contribution to the learning outcome reference framework:
Place the action
  • Recognise, observe and describe the targeted environments and contexts
Make use of other subjects
  • Seek out other approaches, exchanges of views and ways of enhancing thinking about architecture
  • Interpret the knowledge of other subjects
  • Make use of other subjects to ask questions about the design and implementation of an architectural project
Make committed choices
  • 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”.
Bibliography
Foucault, A., Raoult J.-F. et Al., 2014, Dictionnaire de géologie - 8ème édition, Editions DUNOD, Paris.
Pomerol, C. Lagabrielle, Y. et Al., 2011, Eléments de géologie - 14ème édition, Editions DUNOD, Paris.
Ramade, F., 2012, Eléments d'écologie - Ecologie appliquée: Action de l'homme sur la biosphère (7ème édition), Editions DUNOD, Paris. 
Teaching materials
  • Syllabus du cours de Sciences du Milieu (LBARC 1142)
  • Syllabus du cours de Sciences du Milieu (LBARC 1142)
Faculty or entity
LOCI


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

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Bachelor in Architecture (Bruxelles)
ARCB1BA
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