Architectural Design Studio 5: Mastering

larct2211  2025-2026  Tournai

Architectural Design Studio 5: Mastering
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10.00 credits
120.0 h
Q1
Language
French
Main themes
The Architectural Design Studio 5 aims to equip students with the skills to develop an iterative and reflective architectural research process through the design of multiscalar architectural projects. The foundations of the disciplinary approach are grounded in contemporary transdisciplinary issues and collaborative teamwork among peers. The studio addresses questions spanning multiple scales, from the ‘room’ to the territory and vice versa, with the goal of synthesizing these into contextualized, sustainable, and ecologically responsible project proposals.
The extended timeframe of the Master 2 studio supports the development of research by design tied to an original question and a specific methodological approach.
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:
  • Identify and describe a context across various environmental scales, developing qualitative data from the territorial scale to the ‘room’ scale and vice versa,
  • Analyze interdisciplinary environmental data to identify contemporary issues within a given territory,
  • Plan a strategic approach to a project by breaking down the complexities of societal and environmental contexts into scenarios aligned with a chosen argument,
  • Compare and evaluate tools and methods for project-based research by engaging in knowledge sharing with peers (Master’s students),
  • Develop natural and artificial environments (landscape, urban, building) with a coherent and controlled logic to devise project approaches across different levels of complexity,
  • Creatively explore graphic representations of a project to effectively communicate and popularize project intentions.

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.
  • LO1.6 Integrate Sustainable Development requirements into the design process, at multiple scales.
  • LO2.5 Inventively represent a creative process.
  • LO2.6 Proficiently depict environmental, social, and economic phenomena.
  • 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.
  • LO5.1 Act in full awareneness of one’s responsibilities.
  • LO5.2 Communicate attentively, inclusively, and effectively with the various stakeholders of the architectural project.
  • 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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