Architectural design studio 1 : initiation

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.

20 credits

240.0 h

Q1 and Q2

Teacher(s)

Camus Olivier; De Paepe Mathieu; Fache Dimitri; Lorent Nicolas; Miner Franck; Mory Agnes; Verbeke Pascale;

Language

French

Main themes

The training developed in the architecture project workshop 1 aims to acquire the basics of understanding and practice of the architecture project through successive projects with targeted objectives.
Skills are acquired through the architecture project in response to the complexities inherent in the following themes:

Scales from inhabited to territory
Built and unbuilt, cultural and historical contexts
Architectural Types and Typologies
Structures and Materials of the architectural space.

Aims

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

The general objective of the Bachelor's degree in Architecture is to be able to:
- READ (make out, understanding, find the meaning of, distinguish, recognise)
- DESCRIBE (represent, draw or follow)
- USE (join, combine, order) the basic components of architecture, with sensitivity and understanding of the basic, long-term values which are at the heart of the discipline.
Architectural Project 1 achieves this general objective by way of an introduction. It covers the four primary dimensions of architecture: formality, usage, construction and context.
Contribution to the learning outcome reference framework:
Design a project

Sensibly bring together and develop natural and artificial environments (landscape, urban, buildings) within a framework of basic parameters
Express and prioritise the aims of the projects so as to be able to make choices
Understand, test and bring together the organisation of the space through an architectural project
Analyse, consider and invent architectural practices through drawings and models
Adopt approaches which are methodical, creative, metaphorical, perceptive, collaborative

Build knowledge of architecture

Be familiar with and understand written, drawn or built references which form the foundation of the discipline

Place the action

Observe, analyse and interpret the main components of the prevailing cultural situation. Show the potential of this situation through the impact of the architectural project
Recognise, observe and describe the targeted environments and contexts
Use the technical dimension
Be familiar with and recast technical and scientific knowledge of building so as to use it as a driver in designing architecture which is highly efficient and sustainable
Express an architectural procedure
Use traditional and artistic methods to explore, discover, design, reveal a reality, a design or a project

Adopt a professional attitude

Organise, plan, develop and bring together the different strands of individual work

Make committed choices

Understand the merits of an idea which can lead to the objectives to be achieved by the project ; follow through with determination, even by means of a modest intervention, the implementation of this idea and the achievement of these objectives

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

Apprendre à voir l'Architecture, B. Zevi. Editions de minuit.
L'apprentissage du regard, leçons d'architecture de Dominique Spinetta, B. Donadieu. Editions de la Villette.
Histoire de l'architecture moderne, Peter Gossel. Editions Taschen.

Faculty or entity

LOCI

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

Title of the programme

Sigle

Credits

Prerequisites

Aims

Bachelor in Architecture (Tournai)

ARCT1BA