The Faculty of Architecture / Architecture
2011-2012
UP-100 | Conception and Behaviour in the architectural and urban Space
Optional course, 1st semester | Hours/Week: 2C | ECTS Credits: 2
Department: Urban and Landscape Design
- Titular:
- prof.dr.arh. Mariana Eftenie
- Learning outcomes:
- The course comes with an interpretation of the specific concepts and information from the psycho-sociological field seen from within the conceptual and operational framework of architecture and urban planning.
- Content:
- 1. The current problematic concept in matters of psychological and urban-architectural perspective of the built urban space;
2. Psycho-social component as part of the urban phenomenon;
3. Conceptual category of the social space;
4. Specific features of the urban built space: the street, the square, the building;
5. Micro-events and urban liveliness;
6. Perception. Perceptive images and expectations (I);
7. Urban built space as communication means;
8. Perceptive system. Memory and perception (II);
9. Behavior as an outcome of perception: Image in the “Simplified model of the real world”;
10. A possible model of the interaction of Concept maker-User- Urban Built Space;
11. Stages of conception process: design by highlighting the psychological dimension of specific constraints;
12. Methods and techniques on the analysis of behavior and perception within the urban built space;
Practical activities:
1. (Surveys) and opinions on an urban-architectural problem;
2. Making and interpreting some observation cards on the behavior within the urban built space. - Teaching Method:
- Lectures, discussions (interactive lectures)
- Assessment:
- Examination
- Bibliography:
- - Bailly.A – Les theories de l’organisation de l’espace urbain”
- Bon (le) G-“Psihologia multimilor”.
- Boudon Ph.-“Architecture et l’Architecturologie. Essai d’epistemologie de l’Architecture.
- Moles et Rohmer – “Labyrinthes du vecu. L’Espace, matier en action”.
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