Study programme 2020-2021Français
Environmental design, from the building to the city
Programme component of Master's in Architecture à la Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning

Students are asked to consult the ECTS course descriptions for each learning activity (AA) to know what special Covid-19 assessment methods are possibly planned for the end of Q3

CodeTypeHead of UE Department’s
contact details
Teacher(s)
UA-M1-ARCHIT-016-MCompulsory UEHUBERT YvesA520 - Service des Projets, Ville et Territoire
  • HUBERT Yves

Language
of instruction
Language
of assessment
HT(*) HTPE(*) HTPS(*) HR(*) HD(*) CreditsWeighting Term
  • Français
Français24000022.001st term

AA CodeTeaching Activity (AA) HT(*) HTPE(*) HTPS(*) HR(*) HD(*) Term Weighting
A-PRVT-414Environmental design, from the building to the city240000Q1100.00%
Programme component

Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

  • Instruct a question on architecture and urban planning
    • Identify and articulate the various components constituting an architectural, urban or territorial context
    • Coordinate the various disciplines related to regional planning across the board
    • Master the contemporary societal challenges of spatial planning
  • Develop an identified spatial response
    • Develop an architectural or urbanistic approach
    • Demonstrate innovation and creativity in constantly evolving situations
    • Adopt an applied scientific approach
    • Develop a project methodology integrating the various constraints of regional planning
  • Interact with all actors
    • 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 the concepts covered by the term environment;
Integrate the expertises implied in environmental issues;
Build up a glossary according to the expertises covered;
Approch eand tools for understanding and reading environmental charactristics of a site;
Understand the environmental qualities of a project from the concept of heat islands;
Use assesment and decision support toolls;
Implementation with a case study.
 

Content of UE

Historical evolution of concepts in environmental issues (non exhaustive approach);
Specificity of environmental issues related to buildings, the urban context and the city;
From the territory to the building: recommendations, typologies and materialities of a project with a high environmental value perspective;
Approach on argumentation, prioritization and evaluation of the environmental system of the project;
Case study.
 

Prior Experience

Mastery of the architectural project and the open space;
Basic concept on the typology of landscapes in Europe;
Ability to restore a reading of the context of an architectural project and its integration into its urban or rural territory;
Mastery of representation and architectural composition tools;
Mastery of approach and project scales;
Good understanding of societal issues.

Type of Assessment for UE in Q1

  • Presentation and/or works

Q1 UE Assessment Comments

The evaluation is based ; firstly, on the submission of a case study developed individually or in a group of two people (or max tree poeple) and wich is formalized in a A3 brochure (+/- 12 pages) and secondly, on an oral presentation followed by an exchange in the form of questions/answers.
 

Type of Assessment for UE in Q3

  • Presentation and/or works

Q3 UE Assessment Comments

The evaluation is based ; firstly, on the submission of a case study developed individually or in a group of two people (or max tree poeple) and wich is formalized in a A3 brochure (+/- 12 pages) and secondly, on an oral presentation followed by an exchange in the form of questions/answers.
 

Type of Resit Assessment for UE in Q1 (BAB1)

  • N/A

Q1 UE Resit Assessment Comments (BAB1)

Not applicable

Type of Teaching Activity/Activities

AAType of Teaching Activity/Activities
A-PRVT-414
  • Cours magistraux

Mode of delivery

AAMode of delivery
A-PRVT-414
  • Face to face

Required Reading

AA
A-PRVT-414

Required Learning Resources/Tools

AARequired Learning Resources/Tools
A-PRVT-414Not applicable

Recommended Reading

AA
A-PRVT-414

Recommended Learning Resources/Tools

AARecommended Learning Resources/Tools
A-PRVT-414Not applicable

Other Recommended Reading

AAOther Recommended Reading
A-PRVT-414Not applicable

Grade Deferrals of AAs from one year to the next

AAGrade Deferrals of AAs from one year to the next
A-PRVT-414Authorized
(*) HT : Hours of theory - HTPE : Hours of in-class exercices - HTPS : hours of practical work - HD : HMiscellaneous time - HR : Hours of remedial classes. - Per. (Period), Y=Year, Q1=1st term et Q2=2nd term
Date de génération : 09/07/2021
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