Architecture, art and media

Duration

40h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Maurizio Cohen

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Content of the teaching unit
The objective of this course is to explore and develop the relationships that the architectural
discipline has with other fields of expression and communication. The aim is to show
examples and situations from past periods, as well as current issues and to illustrate the
variety of fields of interest that intersect with architecture and urban issues by emphasising
how many professions contribute to the general culture of architecture.
The programme is structured around topics that can be studied independently but form an
overall picture. This includes the role of architecture in society and culture in the present as
well as in previous eras.
In particular, the notions of narration, storytelling and representation, which today
dominate the discourse of many disciplines and which in the field of architecture are
characterised by their varying character according to the point of view (generalist,
specialised, technical, commercial, artistic, etc.) are addressed.
The emphasis is on multiple perspectives that provide global and universal insights into the
social role of architecture as well as local anchors by using topics and themes that are
related to local and national realities.
Ten courses are planned around three thematic groups:
- Communication in its different forms. How the architect tells his story and how the media
tell it in turn.
- The worlds of art from several angles, ranging from the representation of architecture in
the history of art to affinities between artists and architects, with a focus on local, Belgian
and Liège episodes. It is also a question of evoking the important connivances with
photography and comics.
- Architecture and cinema. In this pairing we consider not only feature-length fiction films
but also documentaries, series, reports, specialised programmes, etc. A look at how the
filmed image translates the constructed and projected universe, how a singular vision
restores a perception of spaces.
For each course, the participation of guests who can share their experiences on the different
subjects dealt with is planned. It is envisaged to use videoconferencing tools to limit travel
and guarantee greater availability

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The course proposes to approach the numerous interactions of the architectural discipline
with the modes of cultural communication by showing the importance and the influence
that this implies in the construction of the approaches of the projects and the place of
architecture and its representation.
The course aims more specifically to enable the student to study the components of the
cultural, social and media context in order to integrate these parameters into the
reformulation of a question posed, in the elaboration of a spatial synthesis, in the
emergence of significant hypotheses.
The student will be able to identify, qualify, analyse and propose fields of culture that allow
him/her to construct his/her own atlas of knowledge and to understand the wider contexts
with which the architectural discipline is confronted.
The student will be able to construct links between different disciplines and different periods
with the aim of addressing the questions posed by the projects and - more broadly - by the
themes that shape the production of architecture today.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

This course is partly built in relation with the communication courses, those of B3 - Q6,
"Graphic synthesis, advanced questions", "Architectural culture 2. History and theories of
architecture", B3 - Q5 "Sociology of space and urban sociology", B2 - Q3 "Philosophy and
aesthetics of architecture".

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Ex-cathedra courses and seminars. Several personalities will be invited each year in relation
to the themes of the lessons.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Blended learning


Additional information:

Face-to-face and with some guests

Recommended or required readings

Bruno, Giuliana, Atlas of Emotion: Journeys in Art, Architecture, and Film, Verso, New York
2002.


Lucan, Jacques, Composition, non-composition. Architecture et théories, XIX-XX siècles, Presses
Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes, Lausanne, 2009.


Pierre Caye, Olga Medvedkova , Renaud Pleitinx, Jean Stillemans, Traités et autres écrits
d'architecture, Mardaga, Bruxelles 2021.


Paquot, Thierry, Jousse, Thierry (dir.), La Ville au cinéma : encyclopédie, Paris, éd. Cahiers du
cinéma, 2005.


Chabard, Pierre, Kourniati, Marilena (dir.), Raisons d'écrire. Livres d'architectes 1945 - 1999,
Edition de la Villette, Paris 2013.


Colomina, Beatriz, La Publicité du privé : De Loos à Le Corbusier, HYX, Orléans 1998.


Collectif, Archi & BD. La ville dessinée, Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine - Monografik
Éditions, Paris 2010.


Joly, Pierre, L'Art, l'Architecture et le Mouvement moderne : Textes critiques, 1958-1990,
Éditions de la Villette, Paris 1995.

Written work / report


Additional information:

The examination consists of the production of an atlas. The aim is for each student to bring
together his or her cultural references, interests, ambitions, objectives, reflections, etc. in a
document that constitutes an assessment of his or her studies and questions in relation to
architecture and its communication.
Academic writing rules will be used as formal qualitative criteria, but the evaluation will
focus mainly on the quality, originality, relevance and personal involvement of the
document.
The atlas can be produced in different ways (text, video, etc.)

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

This teaching replaces "Architecture, City and Cinema" (24h - 2 ECTS - ARCH 1805) by
broadening the field of study

Contacts

mcohen@uliege.be

Association of one or more MOOCs

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