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INTERNATIONAL MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE main theme @ campus Ghent: Architecture: Resilient and Sustainable Strategies main theme @ campus Brussels: Architecture: Urban Projects, Urban Cultures
English-­‐spoken Master of Architecture full 2-­‐year Programme, Diploma of Architect around 200 students from 24 naJonaliJes InternaJonal teaching staff InternaJonal experJse in research and design InternaJonal Juries
Theory and Design Studios in English InternaJonal Workshops, Seminars & Study Trips Local and internaJonal projects InternaJonal CompeJJons and Internships InterconJnental Study Exchange world-­‐wide Studios part of InternaJonal Networks
Vision: Programme International Master of Architecture
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The structure of the international programme curriculum is based on the following principles:
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The student is intensively trained to work within a highly international context (fellow
students, teaching staff, professionals) and deal with intercultural and social differences and their
relation to the architecture design or research practice (eg projects on remote sites, international
collaborations). The competences to be obtained within this Master Programme are focusing on
the spatial, cultural and social differences (eg different climatological and site conditions for
building techniques and spatial organisation).
The student defines and unfolds his/her own trajectory and academic design expertise within
one of the two main curriculum frameworks offered in the Master of Architecture Programme,
through a curriculum that includes a series of possible thematic design studios (or Academic
Design Offices), workshops and electives, where specific research and design methods are
developed. The design studios are organised as pools of research or practice expertise, where the
student can develop this trajectory coherently, with guidance of academic promotors (practice
and research are considered simultaneous and linked development processes). Self navigation
and critical attitude are the main aims of the International Master Programme.
A profound specialisation is developed by the student within one of the main curriculum
frameworks, further developed through a series of themes that allow the design studios to
provide specific methods, knowledge and insights on research and design in architecture. A series
of core courses (theory) allows the student a broad but critical perspective on the main themes.
The student is stimulated to take a critical position within the international architectural
discourse, especially towards the multiple ways of running a design or research practice of
architecture.
Curriculum framework campus Ghent:
Architecture: Resilient and Sustainable Strategies
At our campus in Ghent, the International Master of Science in Architecture is concerned
with the current theory and practice of architecture and sustainability.
The Brundtland report (United Nations, 1987) defines sustainable development as
‘development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of
future generations to meet their own needs’. The United Nations in 2005 referred to the
‘interdependent and mutually reinforcing pillars’ of sustainable development as economic
development, social development and environmental protection.
Translating these three pillars for sustainable architecture, they
would entail: providing access to high quality and healthy living and
working environments for all, finding ways to create socially
sustainable environments at different scales and a wise use of
natural resources. Technical considerations, together with more
conceptual or strategic issues, are dealt with in this two-year
program about architecture and sustainability.
Central in the program of the International Master of Science
in Architecture is a critical reflection about architecture and its
social, cultural or environmental role for society.
Architecture and Sustainability
Based on a highly interdisciplinary learning process of integrated research and ‘research by
design’, students are expected to determine a theoretical stance on current issues with
particular emphasis on how aspects of sustainability, universal design, urban ecology and
energy-efficient technologies may contribute to the development of more sustainable human
settlements.
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Architecture: Resilient and Sustainable Strategies: design studios
Apart from the theoretical courses, the program includes 3 design studios (during one semester) and 1
final master dissertation studio (during one year). Each semester, there is a focus on a specific attitude,
related to the main theme of the programme. All studios are organised through a pool of studio groups
(Academic Design Offices and Design Studios) where the teaching staff provides a series of specific
themes, methods and intervention areas for the students to develop an architectural project:
sem 1 ATTITUDE: FRAMING, studio
social sustainability and architecture
modest heritage and suitability
urban emergent processes
architectural concept, materiality and detail
sem 2 READING: REFRAMING, studio
social sustainability and architecture
urban emergent processes
limited resources, re-use and integration
sem 3 SYSTEMS: MULTIPLE SCALES, studio and Master Dissertation studio
architectural concept, materiality and detail
limited resources, re-use and integration
sem 4 CRITICAL SUSTAINABILITY: COMPLEXITY, Master Dissertation studio
social sustainability and architecture
modest heritage and suitability
urban emergent processes
architectural concept, materiality and detail
limited resources, re-use and integration
Curriculum framework campus Brussels: Architecture: Urban Projects, Urban Cultures
In the field of Architecture and Urban Design, a global awareness is growing, questioning
established development and settlement patterns regarding future societal needs and
ensuing planning strategies and architectural interventions.
The current fast-forward global development increasingly strains the Western and European
model, inducing a whole range of urban planning and architectural challenges to update the
academic and professional practice.
Facing the consequences of a changing society and a post-industrial and knowledge-based
economy, Western developments stand in stark contrast with rapidly developing economies
and a still expanding population worldwide. Instigating important and unchartered societal
shifts, our conception of urbanity and the city is fundamentally affected.
Traditional urban planning methods and architectural strategies might not offer the necessary
tools to recognize and address these future challenges and therefore need to be reconsidered.
Within these changing context and transition processes, the Urban
Projects, Urban Cultures Programme seeks to research, develop and
teach alternative architectural and urban design tools, not so much
aimed at reinventing urban landscapes, but as it were to edit the given
condition from within.
A critical and coherent attitude towards recent urban phenomena is
considered the base for research and design at different levels.
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Architecture!and!Sustainability
Universal!Design
Par(cipa(on!Interna(onal!Project
W.!Goes
W.!Vandervurst
Y.!Schoonjans
J.!Dekeyser
M.!Blasco
A.!Sadiq
M.!Dujardin
Y.!Schoonjans
Ghent
Brussels
Ghent
Brussels
Ghent
Ghent
Ghent
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Architecture: Urban Projects, Urban Cultures: design studios
Apart from the theoretical courses, the program includes 3 design studios (during one
semester) and 1 final master dissertation studio (during one year). Each semester, there is
a focus on a specific attitude, related to the main theme of the programme. All studios are
organised through a pool of studio groups (Academic Design Offices and Design Studios)
where the teaching staff provides a series of specific themes, methods and intervention
areas for the students to develop an architectural project:
sem 1 EXPLORING THE CITY, studio
urban projects at the intermediate scale
multiple readings of the urban landscape
sem 2 RETHINKING THE CITY, studio
urban projects at the intermediate scale
learning from brussels
sem 3 DESIGNING THE CITY, studio and Master Dissertation studio
urban projects at the intermediate scale
multiple readings of the urban landscape
sem 4 DESIGNING IN THE CITY, Master Dissertation studio
urban projects at the intermediate scale
multiple readings of the urban landscape
learning from brussels
Projects
Wouter Vanheste, laureate International Master of Architecture, 2012-2013
Wouter Vanheste, laureate International Master of Architecture, 2012-2013
Wouter Vanheste, laureate International Master of Architecture, 2012-2013
Wouter Vanheste, laureate International Master of Architecture, 2012-2013
Yannick Bontinckx, Master Dissertation Project International Master of Architecture, 2012-2013
Hannes Van Damme, Master Dissertation Project International Master of Architecture, 2012-2013
Hannes Van Damme, Master Dissertation Project International Master of Architecture, 2012-2013
Hannes Van Damme, Master Dissertation Project International Master of Architecture, 2012-2013
Hannes Van Damme, Master Dissertation Project International Master of Architecture, 2012-2013
Krzystof Popiel, Master Dissertation Project International Master of Architecture, 2011-2012
Krzystof Popiel, Master Dissertation Project International Master of Architecture, 2011-2012
Guillaume Harache, Master Dissertation Project International Master of Architecture, 2011-2012
Victor Vieaux, Master Dissertation Project International Master of Architecture, 2011-2012
Victor Vieaux, Master Dissertation Project International Master of Architecture, 2011-2012
Catherine Seagrief, Laureate International Master of Architecture, campus Ghent 2013-2014
Catherine Seagrief, Laureate International Master of Architecture, campus Ghent 2013-2014
Catherine Seagrief, Laureate International Master of Architecture, campus Ghent 2013-2014
Sarah Poot, Laureate International Master of Architecture, campus Brussels 2013-2014
Sarah Poot, Laureate International Master of Architecture, campus Brussels 2013-2014
Sarah Poot, Laureate International Master of Architecture, campus Brussels 2013-2014
Sarah Poot, Laureate International Master of Architecture, campus Brussels 2013-2014
Workshops, International Electives…
Workshops, example MIVB/STIB, Osmose project
Design studio sessions International Master of Architecture, 2011-2012
International Elective Atelier Sud, International Master of Architecture, 2013-2014
International Elective Atelier Sud, Ecuador, International Master of Architecture, 2013-2014
International Elective Atelier Sud, Ecuador, International Master of Architecture, 2013-2014
International Elective Atelier Sud, Ecuador, International Master of Architecture, 2013-2014
International Design Studio, Ethiopia, International Master of Architecture, 2013-2014
International Design Studio, New York, 2013-2014
International IP Workshop, Barcelona, 2013-2014
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