Architectural theory : Theories

lbarc1203  2019-2020  Bruxelles

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)
Chanvillard Cécile;
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”.
Bibliography
Aa. Vv.
Théorie de l'architecture de la Renaissance à nos jours.
Cologne, Taschen, 2003
ALBERTI L. B.
L'art d'édifier.
Traduit du latin, présenté et annoté par Pierre Caye et Françoise Choay.
Paris, Seuil, 2004
COLQUHOUN A.
Architecture moderne et changement historique. Recueil d'essais critiques.
Bruxelles-Liège, Mardaga, 1985
CONRADS U.
Programmes et manifestes de l'architecture du XXe siècle.
Paris, Les éditions de La Villette, 1991
DELORME P.
Architecture.
Edition intégrale de 1648.
Bruxelles-Liège, Mardaga, 1981
DENES M.
Form follows fiction. Ecrits d'architecture fin de siècle.
Paris, Les éditions de La Villette, 1996
FICHET F.
La théorie architecturale à l'âge classique. Essai d'anthologie critique.
Bruxelles-Liège, Mardaga, 1979
NIZET F.
Le voyage d'Italie et l'architecture européenne ( 1675-1825 ).
Bruxelles-Rome, Institut historique belge de Rome, 1988
NORBERG-SCHULZ C.
Système logique de l'architecture.
Bruxelles, Dessart et Mardaga, 1974
NORRIS C. & BENJAMIN A.
What is Deconstruction ?
Londres, Academy Editions, 1988
PALLADIO A.
Les quatre livres de l'architecture.
Traduit par Roland Fréart de Chambray.
Paris, Flammarion, 1997
RIEGL A.
Le culte moderne des monuments. Sa nature, son origine.
Ecole d'architecture Paris-Villemin, 1984
ROSSI A.
Autobiographie scientifique.
Marseille, Parenthèses, 1988
RUSKIN J.
Les sept lampes de l'architecture.
Paris, Les presses d'aujourd'hui, 1980
RYKWERT J.
La maison d'Adam au paradis.
Paris, Seuil, 1976
VAN DE VELDE H.
Formules de la beauté architectonique moderne.
Bruxelles, Archives d'Architecture Moderne, 1978
VENTURI R.
De l'ambigüité en architecture.
Paris, Dunod, 1976
VITRUVE
Les dix livres d'architecture.
Corrigés et traduits en 1684 par Claude Perrault.
Bruxelles-Liège, Mardaga, 1979
WOLFFLIN H.
Prolégomènes à une psychologie de l'architecture.
Editons Carré, 1996
Faculty or entity
LOCI


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

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Bachelor in Architecture (Bruxelles)