History and Theory of Architecture : Special questions

lbarc1345  2024-2025  Bruxelles Saint-Gilles

History and Theory of Architecture : Special questions
3.00 credits
30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Language
French
Prerequisites

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
Main themes
The course focuses on the concept of Modernity, from its definition in the 19th century to its development in the 20th. Its study is conducted through the debates, events, works, materials, personalities and crises that have animated it.
Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

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Specific learning outcomes:
By the end of this course, students are able to
  • find their way in an architectural field using a corpus formed of written and/or built knowledge
  • make use of this corpus to support a reasoned and critical approach in the architectural field
  • revert to the approach and the corpus formed in the architectural field.
Contribution to the learning outcome reference framework:
  • build knowledge of architecture
  • Be familiar with and analyse the basic references
  • Be able to use given references which, by analogy, can lead to other interpretations of the context
  • Develop and make use of knowledge in the discipline
Make use of other subjects
  • Revert to the subject
Make committed choices
  • Make links between different methodological and epistemological perspectives
 
Bibliography
Au cours du quadrimestre, des articles et des chapitres de livres seront fournis comme soutien à la préparation de l’examen.
W.J.R. Curtis, Modern Architecture Since 1900, Phaidon 1996
Faculty or entity


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Bachelor in Architecture (Bruxelles)