Architectural Design Studio 2: Exploration

larct1212  2025-2026  Tournai

Architectural Design Studio 2: Exploration
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20.00 credits
240.0 h
Q1 and Q2
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 Architectural Design Studio 2 explores various aspects of architectural composition through a series of project assignments with targeted objectives, supported by appropriate references. The themes addressed are defined by a program and an environmental context:
  • Dwelling in its broadest sense (domestic, collective, urban, territorial).
  • The built environment, at a neighborhood scale, on defined plots, and in relation to existing buildings, incorporating the constituent dimensions of architectural space: structure, light, and materials.
As part of the learning process for architectural composition, the Architectural Design Studio 2 integrates these themes into the progressive acquisition of design skills.
Learning outcomes

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

Specific Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to design an architectural project that responds to a contextualized question while integrating sustainable development principles. Students will be able to:
  • Analyze a given situation, identify its challenges, and articulate architectural intentions by taking a clear position,
  • Develop an architectural project with coherence, sensitivity, and an understanding of the discipline’s fundamental and enduring values,
  • Communicate and represent the architectural project, translating intentions into materialization through oral argumentation, models, and drawings.
Architectural Design Studio 2 builds upon the foundational skills introduced in Architectural Design Studio 1 and develops these general objectives through exploratory exercises.

General Learning Outcomes

In line with the program’s learning outcomes (LOs), this course contributes to the development and acquisition of the following LOs:
  • LO1.1 Identify the parameters and issues of a given situation.  
  • LO1.2 State the intentions and choices of an architectural project at different intervention scales.  
  • LO1.3 Design spaces conducive to the well-being of both human and non-human occupants.  
  • LO1.4 Compose the material elements of a construction or development.  
  • LO1.5 Creatively compose a project.  
  • LO1.6 Incorporate Sustainable Development requirements into the design process, at multiple scales. 
  • LO2.3 Proficiently portray spatial experiences.  
  • LO2.4 Proficiently illustrate construction logics.  
  • LO2.5 Proficiently represent a creative process.
  • LO3.2 Acquire and explain the construction and technical processes related to architecture.  
  • LO4.2 Learn and experiment with the concepts and approaches of artistic disciplines.
  • LO5.1 Communicate attentively and inclusively with the various stakeholders of the architectural project.
 
Faculty or entity
> LOCI


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

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Bachelor in Architecture (Tournai)
ARCT1BA
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