 | Study programme 2024-2025 | Français | |
 | Introduction to architectural design | ||
Programme component of Bachelor's in Architecture (MONS) (day schedule) à la Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning |
| Code | Type | Head of UE | Department’s contact details | Teacher(s) |
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| UA-B1-ARCHIT-020-M | Compulsory UE | DE SMET Isabelle | A510 - Service de Conception Architecturale |
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| Language of instruction | Language of assessment | HT(*) | HTPE(*) | HTPS(*) | HR(*) | HD(*) | Credits | Weighting | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Français | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | 1st term |
| AA Code | Teaching Activity (AA) | HT(*) | HTPE(*) | HTPS(*) | HR(*) | HD(*) | Term | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-ARSO-041 | Introduction to architectural design | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Q1 | 100.00% |
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Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes
- Instruct an architectural issue
- Build an architectural culture based on theoretical and critical knowledge and personal reading
- Coordinate the various disciplines related to architecture and urban planning transversely
- Contextualise their approach to architecture
- Develop a spatial response
- Master the means of oral, written and graphic expression
- Develop a project methodology integrating the various constraints related to the architectural discipline
- Implement an identified spatial response
- Adopt an applied scientific approach
- Adapt their structural, technical and formal choices according to the principles and values of project.
- Interact with all actors
- Integrate the different expectations of stakeholders related to architecture and urban planning
- Make choices
- Demonstrate ethical values
Learning Outcomes of UE
The objectives are to learn about :
- contemporary architectural culture
- the architectural project process
- the design process in architecture and the formulation of ideas (the reference in architecture, the constraints "functions" "users" "contexts"); contextualize, analyze, argue, synthesize
- the creation of spaces (the psychological bubble, the laws of Gestalt, spatial determination), built and unbuilt spaces (architectures)
- specific vocabulary
- scientific referencing
UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance
Contemporary architectural culture: criteria and references
Architectural Project Process: Stages and Stakeholders
Design process in architecture and idea formulation :
- Iterative method
- Analysis of the architectural reference
- Taking into account the constraints "functions" "users" "contexts
- Contextualising, analysing, arguing, synthesising
Creation of spaces :
- the psychological bubble,
- the laws of Gestald,
- spatial determination,
- built and unbuilt spaces (architectures)
Specific vocabulary
Scientific referencing
Prior Experience
Not applicable
Type of Teaching Activity/Activities
| AA | Type of Teaching Activity/Activities |
|---|---|
| A-ARSO-041 |
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Mode of delivery
| AA | Mode of delivery |
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| A-ARSO-041 |
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Required Learning Resources/Tools
| AA | Required Learning Resources/Tools |
|---|---|
| A-ARSO-041 | Not applicable |
Recommended Learning Resources/Tools
| AA | Recommended Learning Resources/Tools |
|---|---|
| A-ARSO-041 | Not applicable |
Other Recommended Reading
| AA | Other Recommended Reading |
|---|---|
| A-ARSO-041 | Not applicable |
Grade Deferrals of AAs from one year to the next
| AA | Grade Deferrals of AAs from one year to the next |
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| A-ARSO-041 | Authorized |
Term 1 Assessment - type
| AA | Type(s) and mode(s) of Q1 assessment |
|---|---|
| A-ARSO-041 |
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Term 1 Assessment - comments
| AA | Term 1 Assessment - comments |
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| A-ARSO-041 | Continuous assessment with delivery of one or more practical works (40%) during the quadrimester (dates fixed at the beginning of the quadrimester) and a written exam during the exam session (60%). Access to TP2 (Text reflexive) is conditional on completion of the LMFU placement test (timetable according to hyperplanning). The instructions are available to students on Teams at the beginning of the quadrimester. |
Resit Assessment - Term 1 (BAB1) - type
| AA | Type(s) and mode(s) of Q1 resit assessment (BAB1) |
|---|---|
| A-ARSO-041 |
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Resit Assessment - Term 1 (BAB1) - Comments
| AA | Resit Assessment - Term 1 (BAB1) - Comments |
|---|---|
| A-ARSO-041 | Written examination for 60% of the UE during the examination session. Practical work marks for 40% of the UE completed during the term cannot be improved. They will automatically be carried over to the make-up session and the second session. |
Term 3 Assessment - type
| AA | Type(s) and mode(s) of Q3 assessment |
|---|---|
| A-ARSO-041 |
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Term 3 Assessment - comments
| AA | Term 3 Assessment - comments |
|---|---|
| A-ARSO-041 | Written examination for 60% of the UE during the examination session. Practical work marks for 40% of the UE completed during the term cannot be improved. They will automatically be carried over to the make-up session and the second session. |