Introduction to research

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)

Letesson Quentin;

Language

French

Main themes

This teaching unit introduces students to the issues involved in academic research, its methodology or methodologies and to the creation of a research project linked to an architectural project which leads to the formulation of a personal topic:

to provide students with an introduction on how to put together a research project
to learn how to define an issue, a research subject, the state of knowledge in the field, a methodology or an objective in terms of the result.

Aims

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

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

write a piece of academic work, with the particular ability to use appropriate databases in architecture and follow the rules for quoting bibliographic references (presentation of academic texts, concepts of copyright and plagiarism, choice of vocabulary, academic style).
explore the basic principles and/or contemporary issues in architecture by analysing texts written by architects, historians or theoreticians, critics and experts.
be familiar with the different approaches or research methods with a strategic aim (stages, planning, drafting plan, the different parts of a dissertation).
maintain a thoughtful and critical approach to formalise their working hypotheses.
ensure that the topic of the dissertation is particularly on and about 'architecture, by formulating an argument which shows awareness of the terminology and can lead to an architectural project at the end of the Master's course.

Contribution to the learning outcomes reference network:
Design a project

Adopt approaches which are methodical, creative, metaphorical, perceptive, collaborative etc.

Build knowledge of architecture

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

Make use of other subjects

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

Express an architectural procedure

Identify the founding elements of a hypothesis or a proposal to express and communicate them
Express ideas clearly in oral, graphic and written form

Adopt a professional attitude

Organise, plan, develop and bring together the different strands of individual or collective work

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

Archer, B. (1995). “The Nature of Research”, dans Co-design, interdisciplinary journal of design: 6-13
Dousson, L. et Viala, L. (Éds) (2016). Art, architecture, recherche : regards croisés sur les processus de création. Montpellier : Éditions de l’Espérou.
Ellefsen, K.O., Van Clempoel, K. et Harder, E. (2015). Research by Design: EAAE 2015, Copenhagen: European Association for Arch. Education
Ledent, G. et J.-P. De Visscher (2017). “The European Quarter of Brussels: From District to Neighborhood. The difference between Study and Research by Design”, dans Architectural Research Addressing Societal Challenges. Lisbon, RCR Press: 913-921.
Pouleur, J.-A. et O. Vanzande (2017). “Stratégies de recherche par le projet enraciné induites par une architecture symptomatique”, dans Approches inductives 4(1): 111-143.
Schwartz, M. A. (2008). “The importance of stupidity in scientific research”, dans Journal of Cellular Science 121(11): 1771
Till, J. (2008). “Three Myths and One Model”, dans Building Material 17: 4-10.

Faculty or entity

LOCI

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

Title of the programme

Sigle

Credits

Prerequisites

Aims

Master [120] in Architecture (Bruxelles)

ARCB2M