Content of Learning Activity

Theory for SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURES, URBANISMS, SOCIETIES AND DEMOCRACIES 1
1. Definition of basis concepts : architecture-architecte, theory-doctrine, source and participation (Choay Alberti). Sustainable issues related to modernity and contemporaneity.
2. Learn to see architectures et urbanismes (Zevi - NU and sutainablility)
Observation of architecture in its different dimensions: functional, technical, artistic, contextual, social, etc. Perception et architecture as part of daily life. Typology (Durand, Panerai). 7 important theories of architecture (Aron, Jencks, Alexander...) binded to le living world. Examples and tools for architecture analysis (what? How? Why? // signifying spatial-structure signified). Elements to awaken an architectural criticism. Application to a town and village and their links to sustainable objectives.
3. The Architectural Party (Alberti Merlin Boudon): the primacy of the modern idea confronted with sustainability
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Attendance is mandatory for practical work.

Required Learning Resources/Tools

Jean-Alexandre Pouleur, A.-C. Bioul et A. Dauchot, Charleroi, ville d'architectures, Espace Environnement, 2007, 112 pp.
Wooclap et Wooflash /thu

Recommended Learning Resources/Tools

Bruno Zevi, Apprendre à voir l'architecture, éditions de Minuit, Paris 1959 (2005), 135pp en partie
Jacques Aron, Architecture et société, CIAUD/ICASD, 1976, Bruxelles, 127 pp. Bibliographie et documentation renseignée.  

Other Recommended Reading

Not applicable

Mode of delivery

• Face-to-face

Type of Teaching Activity/Activities

• Cours magistraux
• Exercices dirigés

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