Architectural theory : Theories

ltarc1203  2019-2020  Tournai

Architectural theory : Theories
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.
3 credits
30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Pleitinx Renaud;
Language
French
Prerequisites

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
Main themes
The historical configurations of the theory of Western architecture, such as:
  • the classical theory of the Orders
  • the theories of the modern movement and the avant-garde before the First World War and between the two World Wars
  • criticism of the Modern Movement after 1945
  • the emergence of the Post-Modern movement
  • the contemporary situation (+/- 5 last years).
Second introduction to the Vitruvian trinomial which then gave way to Alberti's theories as a basis of a Western approach (re-foundation).
Aims

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

1 Specific learning outcomes:
By the end of this second teaching unit, students are able to:
  • identify and describe the respective contributions of different periods to the theory of architecture
  • compare these contributions to each other
  • distinguish the trends and the breaks
  • recognise the historical origins of contemporary architectural debate
  • structure their own thinking with the help of concepts such as tradition, style, type, archetype, language, functionalism, rationalism, composition, deconstruction etc.
Contribution to the learning outcome reference framework:
Build knowledge of architecture
  • Be familiar with and analyse the basic references
  • Be able to use given references which, by analogy, can lead to other interpretations of the context
  • Develop and make use of knowledge in the discipline
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
Use the technical dimension
  • Observe and assess the main construction principles of a building
 

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”.
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
3
LTARC1102