Architecture in question : societies, cities and territories (Part A)

ltarc2045  2022-2023  Tournai

Architecture in question : societies, cities and territories (Part A)
8.00 credits
90.0 h
Q1

This biannual learning unit is being organized in 2022-2023
Teacher(s)
Camus Olivier; Courbebaisse Audrey; Salembier Chloé; Wilbaux Quentin;
Language
French
Main themes
  • Regional and urban issues (urban areas, housing estates, river banks, eco-areas etc.) through a site study
  • Approaches which combine theoretical elements and empirical procedures (site visits, records, meetings, surveys, interviews, installations etc.) designed to highlight the issue in context
  • Scenarios for project and architectural intervention in response to the opportunities and constraints identified in empirical work
  • Experience in negotiation, communication and validation of production with different players, external to the university
Learning outcomes

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

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Specific learning outcomes:

By the end of the course, students will be able to
  • explore and examine more deeply the social and anthropological dimensions of spatial organisations as well as the spatial dimensions of social and anthropological organisations.
  • study architecture as an intervention which structures and configures the inhabited environment at the level of collective life.
  • understand this environment through 'surveys' : description of spatial arrangements, meetings with the inhabitants and those actively involved on the site being studied, description of culture and practice, cartography etc.
  • design scenarios which reveal the potential and the fragile characteristics of this environment facing contemporary challenges.
  • find references which, by analogy, open the way for other interpretations of the context.
  • produce knowledge and play an active part in their own learning.
  • identify the basic elements of a hypothesis or a proposal  in order to express and communicate them.
Contribution to the learning outcomes reference network:
Make use of other subjects
  • Make strategic use of other subjects to put into question the design and implementation of an architectural project
Express an architectural procedure
  • Test and use relevant means of communication in relation to the intended audience and the target objectives
Make committed choices
  • Develop awareness of the political meaning of the work of an architect and his/her responsibility towards society
 
Bibliography
BEAUD, S. and F. WEBER (2003). Guide de l'enquête de terrain. Paris, La découverte.
BESSE, J.-M. (2013). Habiter un monde à mon image. Paris Flammarion
FAVRET-SAADA, J. (1977). Les mots, la mort, les sorts. Paris, Gallimard.
GEERTZ, C. (2002). Savoir local, savoir global: Les lieux du savoir. Paris, PUF
GROSJEAN, M. and J.-P. THIBAUT (2001). L'espace urbain en méthodes. Marseille, Parenthèses
KAUFMANN, J. C. (2016). L'entretien compréhensif - 4e éd, Armand Colin.
LEFEBVRE, H. (1974). La production de l'espace. Paris, Anthropos
MALINOWSKI, B. and T. Jolas (1985). Journal d'ethnographe, Éd. du Seuil.
OLIVIER DE SARDAN, J.-P. (2008). La rigueur du qualitatif: les contraintes empiriques de l'interprération socio-anthropologique. Louvain-la-Neuve, Academia Bruylant
RAULIN, A. (2005). Anthropologie urbaine. Paris Armand Colin
Faculty or entity
LOCI


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

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