Content of Learning Activity

The course is the subject of a general introduction identifying and explaining the challenges of this new approach by insisting on the ecological crisis, in particular on the elimination of living beings by showing how these are produced by the destruction of living environments. then artificialized then built (uprooting of hedges, trees, brambles, destruction of soil, concreting, construction then reconstitution of a perfectly smooth lawn) construction practices never including the existence of non-humans (e.g. roofs overflow for swallows, bats, owls or use of a smooth surface de facto preventing the development of all non-human life), the extraction of the resources necessary for the extremely polluting construction and their transformation into devices that are themselves ecocidal, etc. . in short, to architectural and urban planning practices that are almost absolutely dominant today. In the introduction, through examples, alternative approaches are presented which, each time, 1) start from the specificity of the environment, from its own powers, to think of a non-destructive development reinforcing the presence of the living beings who populate it; 2) reflect this layout using materials provided by the environment as such or nearby; 3) can easily be collectively invented.
The introduction is followed by a walk on a site selected by the supervisors, a walk commented by a naturalist and/or people working in the field of ecology. This walk will aim to show students how and why any environment is always a living environment for many living beings, why each space has its own potentialities determined by the nature of the soil, the fauna and flora present, its connection to d other green or living spaces, the presence of water or not, sunshine, the history that has shaped this place and has undoubtedly marked it, etc.

Required Learning Resources/Tools

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Recommended Learning Resources/Tools

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Other Recommended Reading

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Mode of delivery

• Face-to-face

Type of Teaching Activity/Activities

• Cours magistraux
• Conférences

Evaluations

The assessment methods of the Learning Activity (AA) are specified in the course description of the corresponding Educational Component (UE)