Theories and Critics

larct2132  2025-2026  Tournai

Theories and Critics
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5.00 credits
40.0 h + 15.0 h
Q2
Language
French
Main themes
This course provides a critical exploration of contemporary architecture through transveral themes such as sustainability, ecology, and the digitalization of reality.
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:
  • Understand, compare, and critique the intellectual frameworks that have shaped critical reinterpretations of modern architecture and its theoretical foundations,
  • Trace the history of key ecological and digital theories in relation to architecture, including their origins, development, and reception,
  • Analyze and evaluate the interactions between architecture, ecology, and digital technologies,
  • Critique contemporary architectural projects by integrating theoretical and ethical perspectives explored in the course.

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 Prioritize the parameters and issues of a given situation.
  • LO1.2 Justify the intentions and choices of an architectural project at different intervention scales.
  • LO2.1 Inventively master and apply the conventions of representation in two and three dimensions.
  • LO3.1 Understand and apply the physical and physiological principles related to architecture.
  • LO3.2 Understand and apply the construction and technical processes related to architecture.
  • 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.
  • LO4.4 Understand and assess the environmental, social, and economic consequences of architectural choices.
  • LO6.1 Acquire and rigorously apply disciplinary, interdisciplinary, or transdisciplinary methods of scientific research.
  • LO6.2 Formulate a research question and define a research subject in and on architecture. 
 
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
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