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Design Studio Reuse of Buildings (3451)

  
Coordinating lecturer :dr. arch. Karen LENS 
  
Member of the teaching team :De heer JONATHAN MAJ 
 De heer Maarten TIERENS 


Language of instruction : English


Credits: 9,0
  
Period: semester 2 (9sp)
  
2nd Chance Exam1: No
  
Final grade2: Numerical
 
Exam contract: not possible


 
Sequentiality
 
   No sequentiality

Content

Adaptive reuse is now one of the most critical methods of conserving heritage. This concept is essential in the survival process of heritage sites and calls on all the designers' talents. In this studio, we develop adapted customs and rituals for some of these sites to pass them healthily to future generations. This transmission is a shared social responsibility. We, therefore, enter into dialogue with owners, users, residents, experts, etc.

As designers, we add a new layer or chapter to a collective narrative. As (interior) architects, we start from the interior but also look at the exterior, landscape, and context. Thorough (design) research is fundamental to arriving at good design decisions.
From an investigative process, design assignments are elaborated in which the redevelopment of existing sites plays a central role.

Aspects of being dealt with:

- interior with connecting exterior and landscape
- research and design of representative and inspiring activities for a particular destination in an existing complex (large-scale and with a historical and/or industrial character)
- complex organisation of re-use functions within a complex spatial context (spatial and social)
- attention/dialogue for/with (possible) users
- to create an integrated whole, an in-depth study of the items related to the assignments is done through site visits, texts and study trips.

- attention to choices and consequences concerning sustainability


Presentation and elaboration: graphical/visual and constructive development of the project, including prior research



Organisational and teaching methods
Organisational methods  
Design studio  
Excursion/Fieldwork  
Teaching methods  
Discussion/debate  
Exercises  
Group work  
Presentation  
Report  


 

Compulsory course material
 

A list with study and work material, necessary for the execution of the assignments, will be communicated to the students via Blackboard during the academic year

 

Remarks
 

Mixed (theory & practice)



Learning outcomes
  EC = learning outcomes      DC = partial outcomes      BC = evaluation criteria  
Offered inTolerance3
Exchange Programme Interior Architecture J



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