Architecture in question : structure, mechanical systems, construction (part A)

ltarc2065  2019-2020  Tournai

Architecture in question : structure, mechanical systems, construction (part A)
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.
8 credits
90.0 h
Q1

  This biannual learning unit is not being organized in 2019-2020 !

Language
French
Main themes
  • Process of structure design: methods and tools
  • Exploration of the creative and innovative dimensions of structures
  • Integration of data on structure, construction and facilities in an architectural project
Aims

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

1 Specific learning outcomes:
Students will explore and test out the principles which link architecture to its formal, material and temporal dimension.
Students will be able to
  • approach certain specific methods of design.
  • manipulate certain tools of structural design.
  • develop a critical approach to available tools with a view to integrating them in architectural design.
  • integrate methods and tools linked to structure in the process of project design.
  • actively promote creativity in construction for the benefit of the project.
Contribution to the learning outcomes reference network:
Build knowledge of architecture
  • Be familiar with and analyse the discipline's basic references
  • Develop knowledge and become an active participant in the learning process
Make use of other subjects
  • Seek out other approaches, exchanges of views and ways of enhancing thinking about architecture
Use the technical dimension
  • Be able to apply the various basic technical principles in producing a work of architecture
  • Acquire an instinctive understanding of structures to use in producing a creative and/or innovative work of architecture
Express an architectural procedure
  • Identify the founding elements of a hypothesis or a proposal to express and communicate them
Adopt a professional attitude
  • 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
Make committed choices
  • Activate and develop an ethical sense through approaches to architecture
 

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”.
Content
It's about design experimentation combined to a research of coherence between technique (structure and construction) and architecture resting on a construction material.
Key-words: architecture, material, (concept of) structure, (detail of) construction, synergy.
The aim is:
  • to elaborate and concretise an architectural idea and to bring an architectural idea to a constructible state in order to define the architectural project.
  • to study the material in all of its dimensions and its link to its physical, economical and technical environment
  • to  take conscience of the structural choices and the establishment of the construction modes in ordre to improve the creative development of the architectural design.
Teaching methods
  • Lectures
  • Architecture workshop
  • Personal research
Evaluation methods
  • Architectural design
  • Notebook
Bibliography
Andrea Deplazes, Construire l'architecture, Birkhauser, Kenneth Frampton: Studies in Tectonic Culture, MIT Press, Cambridge, London, 1996
Mohsen Mostafavi, Structure as Space, AA editions, 2006, London
Luisa Collina : Process and pattern in architecture and design, Silvana, 2016, Milano
Faculty or entity
LOCI


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

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Architecture (Tournai)
ARCT2M
8
Master [120] in Architecture (Bruxelles)
ARCB2M
8