Facing contemporary challenges with a historical understanding of the past architectural production

Teacher(s)

Chanvillard Cécile; Fontaine Christine; Montulet Thomas;

Language

English
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Main themes

This course aims to define contemporary architecture within a broader cultural, theoretical and historical point of view on a large European context. It will consist in an incisive analytical return to recent architectures, positioning of the contemporary with regard to the classical tradition, and to modern and post-modern postures.
The course will focus on three thematic axes:
-architecture & art
-architecture & infrastructure
-architecture & the metropolis
and how these themes have been approached in the 20th and 21st centuries. These “lessons from” will help us to take a critical position today.
The question of post-crisis management towards a (dys)(u)topian future, the rehabilitation of the heritage of the 20th century and the recognition of the already there, the question of rethinking politics in our democracies in crisis, will all be questions addressed in this course.

Learning outcomes

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

The aim of the architectural history teaching unit is to build up a repository background. However, it refuses to treat history only as a reservoir of examples, but tries to analyze “historically”, that is to say to place these examples in their contexts in order to better approach their deeper meaning. The main objective of this course is to question and (attempt to) understand architecture, as a complex phenomenon, of an intellectual, physical and social nature, and its meaning, and this through an approach that is rigorously historical. This course will be held in blended mobility with European partners, through online seminars and workshops in situ. Contribution to the LO repository: Build up an architectural culture Situate its action Mobilize other disciplines Express an architectural approach Make committed choices Also, among the achievements of this EU will be the ability to work on a European territory in an international team and in English.

Faculty or entity

LOCI