Duration
64h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in architecture (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The Experiential Workshop questions form and its character in a central and specific way - as an expression of the character of living things - and is based on the continuity between design and construction with the intention of architectural expression. This creative act is part of a set of reflections within the overall framework of concerns and questions of our time.
The Experiential Workshop questions form and its character in a central and specific way - as an expression of the character of living things - and is based on the continuity between design and realization with the intention of architectural expression. This creative act is part of a set of reflections within the global framework of concerns and questions of our time.
Being part of a reflective practice, we carry out research-by-practice activities relating to the study of methodological emergencies. This research concerns in particular the articulations, complementarities and continuity in the combined use of design tools of different kinds dedicated to the project (transition from gesture to digital in feedback). Its purpose is to observe the informational design-manufacturing continuum in the context of the use of parametric design and digital manufacturing tools.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The specific purposes of this workshop are:
* to approach the form in close relation with the structures. These will be considered from an intuitive, analytical and constructive point of view
* invite students to explore the different paths linking their individual strengths to existing or emerging fields and to establish links around the project between architect, engineer and builder towards the improvement of know-how.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The tools, the dynamic of experimentation and the methodological emergence
All the tools and methods of exploration are called upon in the development of learning, "from spontaneous drawing, to digital and from digital to spontaneous drawing".
Learning takes place through:
* graphic exploration from sketch to path
* experimentation with an in-depth and specific use of parametric design tools. The exploration of structural proposals in their architectural dimension to the deep definition of their constructive reality (details) is carried out by dynamic integration of complexity through four types of activities:
* the graphic sketch and the model
* acquisition of shapes during the preliminary design phase by 3D scanning and its modeling in configurable form
* With the contribution of parametric design tools, control of the form associated with the simulation of the physical behavior of objects under design (form finding)
* prototyping by the use of numerically controlled manufacturing tools, as a step in an iterative process of "material" oriented design.
The educational environment of this experiential workshop welcomes parametric design, whose tools are particularly suited to experimentation and reinforce the practices and methods of the project. By the power of their capacities of use in the service of the architectural design and the modes of thinking which are associated with it, these tools offer themselves as exercise to the constructive sensitivity where converge technical choice, knowledge of the qualities of materials and their behavior. , optimization of elements (form, durability), architectural expression.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
The activities take place in person, in small groups. A first phase is accompanied by learning presentations. The second phase takes place mainly in person and is accompanied by individual activities at a distance.
Recommended or required readings
See course bibliography
Continuous assessment and delivery of an individual summary document. This document consists of a critical documentation of the individual learning journey. Its content must demonstrate sufficient integration of the concepts developed above.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Some activities will tale place off campus.
Contacts
frederic.delvaux@uliege.be