Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Instruct a question on architecture and urban planning
• Develop teamwork
• Finalise architecture and urban planning projects adapted to a context
• Develop an identified spatial response
• Demonstrate innovation and creativity in constantly evolving situations
• Interact with all actors
• Integrate and work in a team
• Make choices
• Demonstrate reflexivity, openness and initiative
• Demonstrate independence of thought and action.
• Instruct a question on architecture and urban planning - URBA
• Identify the different working hypotheses in relation to a planning problem
• Identify and articulate the various components constituting an urban and territorial context
• Master contemporary social issues of land
• Develop teamwork
• Finalise architecture and urban planning projects adapted to a context
• Develop an identified spatial response
• Adopt a scientific prospective approach
• Demonstrate innovation and creativity in constantly evolving situations
• Interact with all actors
• Integrate and work in a team
• Make choices
• Demonstrate reflexivity, openness and initiative
• Demonstrate independence of thought and action.

Learning Outcomes of UE

Transmit the necessary principles and tools to future designers likely to promote a sustainable development of territories, respectful not only of the environment but also of the landscape, maximising the ecosystem services.
At the end of this course, the student will be able to :
- Understand the issues related to the resources scarcity, pollution, the erosion of biodiversity and environmental risks.
- Know the spatial scope of these different themes and know where to look for the spatial data necessary to take them into account in the development of a given project.
- understand the differences between the different strategic environmental assessments.
- understand operational ecological networks (green and blue structures, green infrastructure, etc.) as guides for sustainable development of territories.
 

UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance

The first introductory session is dedicated to the collective definition of environmental issues related to the territory. It is also an opportunity to focus on strategic environmental assessments, impact studies and notices and to present the structure of the course. The coure is mainly based on the concept of the ecological network and is studied on a case study in Wallonia. The concept of ecological network, among which the French example of the green and blue structure constitutes an excellent example as a guide for the consideration of habitats and species in planning documents, is presented. The notions underlying the concept of green infrastructure and more particularly the importance of biodiversity for human well-being and the resilience of ecosystems through the concept of ecosystem services are briefly discussed.
 
The following sessions make successive focus on specific infrastructures : forest habitats, open areas and agricultural zones, wetlands, and finally anthropic structures. The logic of these sessions is identical each time in that they propose similar points that allow :
a. the discovery of the habitats and what habitats are present in Wallonia (biotope classification tree),
b. the discovery of the multifunctional role that these habitats have to play and their importance for human well-being,
c. the mapping of the network of the habitats,
d. the analysis of the network and a group exercise related to the habitats in the study area.

Since each focus is specific, the logic proposed can sometimes change somewhat, but the general idea remains the same. For example, for the focus on wetlands, we will address the notions of integrated water management or for the anthropic framework, we will study the concepts of land management and obstacles and barriers to species movement. 
 

Prior Experience

Not applicable