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.
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.
3 credits
30.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Lampariello Beatrice;
Language
French
Main themes
Further exploration of the theological, ideological and theoretical stances which inform works from
Modern times and the contemporary period
Modern times and the contemporary period
- Renaissance: measurements of space, proportions, representation
- Baroque and Rococo: structural deformation, staging of transcendence
- 18th century: return of Classicism, importance of reason
- 19th century: industrialisation and architecture, between historicism and rationalism
- 20th century: technical progress and/or social revolution? Modernity and modernism
- Today: the end of certainty: architecture as a local issue confronted with a global challenge
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| 1 | The History of Architecture teaching unit is designed to provide a set of references. It will however avoid considering history as merely a reservoir of examples, but attempt to analyse 'historically', i.e. to put these examples in their context to gain better understanding of their complex meaning. The main objective of the unit is to ask questions and attempt to understand architecture, as a complex phenomenon, of an intellectual, physical and social kind, and its meaning. This will be done by taking a strictly historical approach. Specific learning outcomes: By the end of this course, students are able to understand and use the vocabulary of art, architecture and urbanism
Build knowledge of architecture
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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
G. Fanelli, R. Gargiani, Histoire de l’architecture moderne, PPUR, Lausanne 2008
Et un livre à choix parmi les suivants :
H. Saalman, Filippo Brunelleschi: The buildings, Zwemmer, London 1993
J. Ackerman, Palladio, Macula, Paris 1981
A. Blunt, Borromini, Harvard University Press, Cambridge 1979
J.-M. Perouse de Montclos, Étienne-Louis Boullée : 1728-1799. De l’architecture classique à l’architecture révolutionnaire, Arts et Métiers Graphiques, Paris 1969
Et un livre à choix parmi les suivants :
H. Saalman, Filippo Brunelleschi: The buildings, Zwemmer, London 1993
J. Ackerman, Palladio, Macula, Paris 1981
A. Blunt, Borromini, Harvard University Press, Cambridge 1979
J.-M. Perouse de Montclos, Étienne-Louis Boullée : 1728-1799. De l’architecture classique à l’architecture révolutionnaire, Arts et Métiers Graphiques, Paris 1969
Faculty or entity
LOCI
Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)
Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Bachelor in Architecture (Bruxelles)
