Cities, Territories and Landscapes: Ecologies of Contemporary Design

larct2151  2025-2026  Tournai

Cities, Territories and Landscapes: Ecologies of Contemporary Design
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5.00 credits
40.0 h + 15.0 h
Q1
Language
French
Main themes
This course explores the theories and methods involved in urban, territorial, and landscape projects and processes. It contextualizes these in relation to the challenges of the socio-ecological transition and examines: the dynamics between urbanization, urbanism, and natural and landscape resources; theoretical concepts from urban and territorial ecologies, as well as landscape ecology; fair planning practices and mechanisms for adaptation and resilience in response to the ecological crisis; the materialization of territorial transformation processes and their practical implementation. The course also provides a critical understanding of contemporary tools for urbanism and territorial project.
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:
  • Recognize and understand the models and theories that shape contemporary perceptions of urbanized areas in the broadest sense,
  • Analyze a complex territorial situation by: identifying its structuring elements (both built and unbuilt); recognizing urban, landscape, and environmental infrastructures across multiple scales; linking them to underlying theoretical models; formulating hypotheses about the environmental, technical, economic, and political interactions that have shaped it,
  • Develop a critical perspective on contemporary urban and territorial transformation processes, focusing on the challenges and opportunities within these territorial ecologies, particularly concerning sustainable development and transition.

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. 
  • LO3.3 Understand and integrate scientific and technical knowledge to realize an architectural project.  
  • LO5.4 Advocate for and act in favor of exemplary architecture in light of Sustainable Development requirements. 
  • LO6.4 Incorporate the requirements of sustainable development into the research process: question, body of work, and scientific monitoring. 
 
Faculty or entity
> LOCI


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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