Theory of Architecture : contemporary issues

3.00 credits

30.0 h

Teacher(s)

Vermandel Frank;

Language

French

Main themes

Critical review of recent theories
Demonstration and testing of sequencing and materiality for conceptual ideas relating to architectural procedures
Siting contemporary work in relation to the classical tradition, modern and post-modern approaches

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

recall the concepts covered during the first years of study and deepen their thinking on architecture in relation to current society.
analyse the theoretical and spatial issued raised by contemporary architecture since 1950.
place this analysis in the framework of different schools of thinking which have contributed, since the post war period, to a critical reinterpretation of modern language and its theoretical foundation.
develop architectural criticism and self criticism to understand architectural works, particularly contemporary ones.

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

Make use of other subjects

Seek out other approaches, exchanges of views and ways of enhancing thinking about architecture
Bring all this back to the original discipline

Use the technical dimension

Observe and assess the main construction principles that give architecture a formal, material and temporal dimension

Make committed choices

Faculty or entity

LOCI

Title of the programme

Sigle

Credits

Prerequisites

Learning outcomes

Master [120] in Architecture (Tournai)

ARCT2M