Architecture, town and territory : morphologies

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

Teacher(s)

Vanderstraeten Pierre;

Language

French

Main themes

1. Morphological study of the material elements that make up urban areas built on different scales: typology of buildings and urbanized fabrics, networks, public spaces, natural sites
2. Study of the modes of evolution and mutation of the components of built agglomeration
3. Introduction to theoretical benchmarks

Aims

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

Specific learning outcomes:
By the end of the course, students will be able to:

describe and analyse the morphological features of built up agglomerations and understand their implications for living (domestic, collective, urban, etc.).
recognise and understand the morphological developments and mutations of built up agglomerations.
be familiar with some of the major theoretical reference points and develop critical thinking about them.

Contribution to the learning outcome reference framework:
Build knowledge of architecture

Be familiar with and analyse the basic references
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

Make use of other subjects

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

Make committed choices

Activate and develop an ethical sense through approaches to architecture
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”.

Evaluation methods

Critical and sensitive reading work of the urban morphology of a quarter in an european city : individual work of 8 A3 to submit the day of the exam in June session.

Bibliography

BACON E., 1975, Design of cities, éd. Thames and Hudson.
BORIE P., MICHELONI P., PINON P., 1978, Forme et déformation, éd. Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts.
CANIGGIA G., 1994, Lecture de Florence, éd. ISA St-Luc de Bruxelles, références XVIII.
KOSTOF S., 1991, The city shaped, éd. Thames and Hudson.
LYNCH K., 1976, L’image de la cité, éd. Dunod.
MUMFORD L., 1984, La Cité à travers l'histoire, éd. Le Seuil.
PANERAI P., DEPAULE J.-C., DEMORGON M., 1999, Analyse urbaine, éd. Parenthèses.
RASMUSSEN S.E., 1984, Villes et Architecture, éd. L'Equerre.
SITTE C., 1980, L’art de bâtir les villes, éd. L’équerre.
SMITH P., 1974, The dynamics of urbanism, éd. Hutchinson educational.
THIBERGE C., 2002, La ville en creux, éd. du Linteau.
UNWIN R., 1981, L’étude pratique des plans de ville, éd. L’équerre.

Teaching materials

Architecture, ville et territoire: morphologies

Faculty or entity

LOCI

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

Title of the programme

Sigle

Credits

Prerequisites

Aims

Bachelor in Architecture (Bruxelles)

ARCB1BA