Structuring materials

larct2006  2025-2026  Tournai

Structuring materials
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6.00 credits
60.0 h
Q1

This biannual learning unit is being organized in 2025-2026
Language
French
Main themes
Today, the unsustainable use of materials is increasingly scrutinized, urging a more thoughtful approach to their application based on their inherent properties. This course explores the relationship between materials and spatial structures, examining how material choices impact load-bearing structures across all dimensions—from design to execution. The process includes the creation of digital or physical models, culminating in the construction of a 1:1 scale prototype.
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:
  • Assess building materials with a deeper understanding of their fundamental properties,
  • Integrate structural and construction choices to inform and enhance architectural concepts,
  • Apply materials creatively and innovatively in construction processes,
  • Establish connections between materials and architecture to imbue exploratory activities with purpose and meaning.

General Learning Outcomes

In line with the program’s learning outcomes (LOs), this course contributes to the development and acquisition of the following LOs:
  • LO2.4 Inventively illustrate construction logics.
  • LO3.2 Understand and apply the construction and technical processes related to architecture.
  • LO3.3 Understand and integrate scientific and technical knowledge to realize an architectural project.
  • LO3.4 Understand and assess the environmental, social, and economic consequences of construction and technical choices.
  • LO4.1 Understand and mobilise the concepts and methods of scientific disciplines.
  • LO5.3 Organize individual or collective work attentively, inclusively, and effectively.
 
Faculty or entity
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Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Master [120] in Architecture (Tournai)
ARCT2M
6
Master [120] in Architecture (Bruxelles)
ARCB2M
6