Introduction to architecture

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

30.0 h + 15.0 h

Teacher(s)

Laloux Olivier; Vanhamme Catherine;

Language

French

Main themes

The topics covered in this teaching unit are designed to enable students to look to the end of their training as an architect and understand the meaning of the studies in which they will become involved.
What is architecture as a subject?

What is an architectural project: final outcomes, process, tools?
Grasping the meaning of architecture by listening to architects
Looking at the subject from different viewpoints, both professional and research
Looking at the issue of university studies, in general, and in particular the issue of architecture studies

Aims

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

Make use of other subjects

Seek out other approaches, exchanges of views and ways of enhancing thinking about architecture

Adopt a professional attitude

Organise, plan, develop and bring together the different strands of individual work
Listen to and identify the different needs and points of view of the different stakeholders to be able to bring these together in respect of the desired objectives

Express an architectural procedure

Express ideas clearly in oral, graphic and written form

Build knowledge of architecture

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

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

Pierre von Meiss, De la forme au lieu, presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes, 1995
Matthew Frederick, 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School, MIT Press, 2007
Francis D. K. Ching Architecture, Form, Space, and Order, third edition, John Wiley & sons, 2007
La collection de film « Architectures », co-produits par Arte France
http://corajoudmichel.nerim.net/10-textes/elements-des-9-conduites/00neuf-cond-vignettes.html

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