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Programme component of Master's in Architecture : Specialist Focus on Construction (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-M1-FINADB-003-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 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 | 2nd term |
| AA Code | Teaching Activity (AA) | HT(*) | HTPE(*) | HTPS(*) | HR(*) | HD(*) | Term | Weighting |
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| A-ARSO-014 | Contemporary architecture | 8 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 0 | Q2 | 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
- Develop an identified spatial response
- Develop an architectural or urbanistic approach
- Interact with all actors
- Contribute to the development of knowledge and its dissemination to the public or professionals
- Adopt a professional attitude
- Integrate and work in a team
- Make choices
- Demonstrate reflexivity, openness and initiative
- Demonstrate ethical values
- Demonstrate independence of thought and action.
- Instruct a question on architecture
- Identify different assumptions with respect to an architectural problem
- Identify and articulate the various components constituting an architectural or urban context
- Transversely coordinate the various disciplines related to architecture
- Master the architecture of contemporary societal issues
- Develop teamwork
- Finalise architecture and urban planning projects adapted to a context
- Consolidate their architectural and urban culture with a research approach
- Develop an identified spatial response
- Adopt an applied scientific approach
- Develop a project methodology incorporating the different architectural constraints
- Develop an architectural or urbanistic approach
- Interact with all actors
- Contribute to the development of knowledge and its dissemination to the public or professionals
- Adopt a professional attitude
- Integrate and work in a team
- Make choices
- Demonstrate reflexivity, openness and initiative
- Demonstrate ethical values
- Demonstrate independence of thought and action.
Learning Outcomes of UE
The objectives are
- to master contemporary architectural culture and its challenges
- to master the design process in architecture and the formulation of ideas: contextualise, analyse, argue, synthesise
- develop a critical opinion
- to develop architectural curiosity
UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance
The course is subdivided into 3 activities:
- Course: Criteria of contemporary architecture, references, analysis, discussion (timetabled sessions)
- Supervised practical work (1) - Group work - Contemporary architectural references: contextualising, analysing, arguing, synthesising, developing a critical opinion - according to the instructions given during the first course (timetabled sessions)
- "upervised practical work (2) - Personal work: during the term, The student will have to carry out 10 activities related to contemporary architecture (Arts, Architecture, Urbanism) and record them (description, critical analysis and illustrations) in a "logbook" (according to the instructions given during the first course):
- 2 lectures (online or in person) ;
- 3 visits (city, district, built or unbuilt architecture, museum, exhibition,...) ;
- 1 documentary ;
- 1 scientific publication;
- 4 activities of your choice.
Prior Experience
Not applicable
Type of Teaching Activity/Activities
| AA | Type of Teaching Activity/Activities |
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| A-ARSO-014 |
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Mode of delivery
| AA | Mode of delivery |
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| A-ARSO-014 |
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Required Learning Resources/Tools
| AA | Required Learning Resources/Tools |
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| A-ARSO-014 | Not applicable |
Recommended Learning Resources/Tools
| AA | Recommended Learning Resources/Tools |
|---|---|
| A-ARSO-014 | Not applicable |
Other Recommended Reading
| AA | Other Recommended Reading |
|---|---|
| A-ARSO-014 | Not applicable |
Grade Deferrals of AAs from one year to the next
| AA | Grade Deferrals of AAs from one year to the next |
|---|---|
| A-ARSO-014 | Authorized |
Term 2 Assessment - type
| AA | Type(s) and mode(s) of Q2 assessment |
|---|---|
| A-ARSO-014 |
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Term 2 Assessment - comments
| AA | Term 2 Assessment - comments |
|---|---|
| A-ARSO-014 | - Supervised practical work (1) - Group work: 30% - Work + oral presentation during the term - Supervised practical work (2) - Personal work - Logbook: 70% - Submission of work during the examination session Instructions are made available to students on Moodle at the beginning of the term. |
Term 3 Assessment - type
| AA | Type(s) and mode(s) of Q3 assessment |
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| A-ARSO-014 |
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Term 3 Assessment - comments
| AA | Term 3 Assessment - comments |
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| A-ARSO-014 | - Supervised practical work (1) - Group work: 30%. - Supervised practical work (2) - Personal work - Logbook: 70%. The instructions are made available to students on Moodle at the beginning of the term. In the event that a student passes one of the two practical exercises but fails the AA (and therefore the EU) in the Q2 assessment, he/she may keep his/her mark for the validated exercise. In this case, only the non-validated TP will be submitted. Oral examination: oral presentation of the practical course(s) to be validated |