 | Study programme 2025-2026 | Français | |
 | Cities and companies | ||
Programme component of Master'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-M2-ARCHIT-009-M | Compulsory UE | POULEUR Jean-Alexandre | A530 - Service Territorialités, Régénérations, Marges et Sociétés |
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| Language of instruction | Language of assessment | HT(*) | HTPE(*) | HTPS(*) | HR(*) | HD(*) | Credits | Weighting | Term |
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| Français | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | 1st term |
| AA Code | Teaching Activity (AA) | HT(*) | HTPE(*) | HTPS(*) | HR(*) | HD(*) | Term | Weighting |
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| A-ARSO-505 | Cities and Society | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Q1 | 100.00% |
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Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes
- Instruct a question on architecture and urban planning
- Develop teamwork
- Consolidate their architectural and urban culture with a research approach
- Finalise architecture and urban planning projects adapted to a context
- Identify the different working hypotheses in relation to an architecture or town planning problem
- Coordinate the various disciplines related to regional planning across the board
- Master the contemporary societal challenges of spatial planning
- Develop an identified spatial response
- Demonstrate innovation and creativity in constantly evolving situations
- Adopt an applied scientific approach
- Interact with all actors
- Contribute to the development of knowledge and its dissemination to the public or professionals
- Integrate and work in a team
- Integrate actors' different expectations related to architecture, urban planning and spatial planning
- Develop management and governance skills specific to architectural and urban processes
- Make choices
- Demonstrate reflexivity, openness and initiative
- Demonstrate ethical values
- Demonstrate independence of thought and action.
Learning Outcomes of UE
Understand and implement the project; research or critique certain concepts and methods of the city and society. This course is particularly based around issues of governance and project, citizen involvement, representation of the city, and urban and rural images in the current context of sustainable development. These questions are tackled in order to help understand how to react regarding aspects of governance. Concrete cas bien to real sample of participation in architecture will be encouraged. This course could also open opportunities to develop a PhD.
Attendance at practical sessions is compulsory.
UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance
The course aims above all the participation of academics in sustainable development in the sense of the UN:
Particularly its goal #1 of sustainable development aiming at the eradication of poverty, but also the fight against climate change, energy, the reduction of inequalities, gender equality... all for health and well-being through the care of living places. More details see Learning Activity
Prior Experience
Not applicable
Type of Teaching Activity/Activities
| AA | Type of Teaching Activity/Activities |
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| A-ARSO-505 |
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Mode of delivery
| AA | Mode of delivery |
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| A-ARSO-505 |
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Required Learning Resources/Tools
| AA | Required Learning Resources/Tools |
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| A-ARSO-505 | POULEUR Jean-Alexandre, BIOUL A.-C , ROCHET N.., Les images de la ville, durable?, Espace Environnement, Charleroi, 2010. |
Recommended Learning Resources/Tools
| AA | Recommended Learning Resources/Tools |
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| A-ARSO-505 | COING Henri, Rénovation urbaine et changement social, Éd. Ouvrière, 1967. HALBWACHS M., La mémoire collective, Éd. P.U.F., Paris, 1950 (1e éd. posthume). LÉVI-STRAUSS C., Tristes Tropiques, Éd. Plon, 1955. LYNCH K., L'image de la Cité, Poitiers, Éd. Dunod, 1985 (1969 (tr. de The Image of The City, the MIT presse 1960)). MAGNAGHI Alberto, Le projet local, Éd. Mardaga, Liège, 2003 (2000 : Il Progetto locale), 128 p. |
Other Recommended Reading
| AA | Other Recommended Reading |
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| A-ARSO-505 | Precised during the working session of the practical work |
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-505 | Authorized |
Term 1 Assessment - type
| AA | Type(s) and mode(s) of Q1 assessment |
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| A-ARSO-505 |
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Term 1 Assessment - comments
| AA | Term 1 Assessment - comments |
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| A-ARSO-505 | Evaluate the implementation of the theoretical elements through a practical exercise (see syllabus and course). Assessment is based on continual assessment (coaching course) and the work completed (detailed analysis report and summary of proposals for personal criticism). It is supported by the Moodle platform. The final work must be downloaded on Moodle before 11:55 p.m., in end november or early December (exact date will be specified folowing the choose of the type of work). A paper version must be left at the Secretariat on the first business day following that date. Take care of this, because a delay may cause a final score of 0/20. |
Resit Assessment - Term 1 (BAB1) - type
| AA | Type(s) and mode(s) of Q1 resit assessment (BAB1) |
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| A-ARSO-505 |
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Resit Assessment - Term 1 (BAB1) - Comments
| AA | Resit Assessment - Term 1 (BAB1) - Comments |
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| A-ARSO-505 | Not applicable |
Term 3 Assessment - type
| AA | Type(s) and mode(s) of Q3 assessment |
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| A-ARSO-505 |
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Term 3 Assessment - comments
| AA | Term 3 Assessment - comments |
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| A-ARSO-505 | Evaluate the implementation of the theoretical elements through a practical exercise. Assessment is based on continual assessment (coaching course) and the work completed (detailed analysis report and summary of proposals for personal criticism). It is supported by the Moodle platform. The final work must be downloaded on Moodle before 11:55 p.m., the first day of the second session (Q3). A paper version is to drop to the secretariat also on the first day of the second session (the working day following August 15 or the precedent monday). Take care of this, because a delay may cause a final score of 0/20. |