The 68s and the education of architects

Maniac, C., The years 68 and the training of architects, Rouen, Point de vues, 2018

The ATE Normandie team wished to set up a collection characterised by its format, its principle of a flap cover and its layout. The first of this collection was published in May 2018 under the title Les années 68 et de la formation des architectes (ed.: Caroline Maniaque).

How did architectural education evolve between 1965 and 1975, in the face of the many criticisms and reflections to which it was subjected? The training at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris was considered to be too focused on form and not attentive enough to construction practice, inhabitants, sites, climatic and environmental aspects. Recent research, however, has nuanced these judgements. This book focuses on the methods of pedagogy. It considers both the experiences already present before 1968, and their development in the educational units built from the end of the 1960s onwards, up to the moment when these educational units were renamed Schools of Architecture in 1986.

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