History of gardens

3.00 credits

30.0 h

Teacher(s)

de Lestrange Roselyne;

Language

French

Main themes

Introduction the art of garden design, adaptation to the site, layout, strategy of how the garden unfolds.
The constants are:

what can be made of height, aspect, views
control of the hydraulics
working with boundaries and links
use of perspective and colour
visual and/or real pathways
architecture of plants
symbolic repertoire.

The period covered stretches from the 1^st to the 20^th century:
Gardens from Antiquity, medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, classical, landscape or romantic, historic and contemporary gardens.

Learning outcomes

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

recognise the laws of composition applied to European gardens through history.
make reference to other subjects such as botany, hydraulics, climatology, landscape, semiology and sociology.
make sense of an architectural procedure centred on the garden and express it clearly.

Contribution to the learning outcomes reference network:
Build knowledge of architecture

Be familiar with and analyse the discipline's basic references

Make use of other subjects

Interpret and synthesise the knowledge of other subjects

Express an architectural procedure

Express ideas clearly in oral, graphic and written form

Bibliography

Baridon, M. (1998). Les jardins. Paysagistes, jardiniers, poètes. Robert Laffont.
Bénetière, M_H. (2017). Jardin, Vocabulaire typologique et technique, Editions du Patrimoine
Clément, G. (1997). Le Jardin planétaire. L'Aube/Château-Vallon.
Corajoud, M. (2010). Le paysage, c'est l'endroit où le ciel et la terre se touchent. Actes Sud.
Donadieu, P., & Mazas, E. (2002). Des mots de paysage et de Jardin. Educagri.
Hennaut, E., & Wieser Benedetti, U. (2019). Designed Landscapes Brussels 1775 - 2020. Bruxelles: CIVA.
Girot, C. (2016). Le cours du paysage. Ulmer
Le Dantec, J. (1996). Jardins et Paysages. Paris: Larousse.
Prévôt, P. (2016). Histoire des jardins. Paris: Ulmer.

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

Master [120] in Architecture (Bruxelles)

ARCB2M