S7-UE2 : 2ND CYCLE MASTER
S07-TRA-2-1 : Research Seminar
Responsible for : Noura Arab
Objectives
The three semesters of the TRANSFORM seminar aim at the following research literacy skills:
- To have an accurate representation of the scientific research activity. According to the initiation that will have been introduced in the bachelor's degree, in the master's degree, the student will have a better knowledge of the methodologies of research, its objects, the conditions of its production, its fields of application, in all their variety. In terms of skills, the student must be able to situate his or her research activity in different epistemological currents, to characterize the different meanings of the term "research".
- Carry out a state of the art. To carry out a state of the art consists in identifying the existing works, knowledge and methods that shed light on a given problem, and to evaluate their coherence, contradictions and complementarities. The student must therefore be able to conduct an analysis of his reference material according to explicit criteria. Thus, the capacities of synthesis, analysis and evaluation are inseparable. They allow for the appropriation of previous work so as to be able to integrate it into their own approach.
- To practice a scientific approach. We consider here that logical argumentation is the basis of any scientific approach, whatever the field concerned, from philosophy to quantum mechanics. The capacity for argumentation is constantly solicited in everyday life, and the aim of the research courses is to specify and assume the conditions of validity of the argumentation. The student must thus be able to state his or her probationary regime, to identify the descriptors and parameters of the phenomenon studied, and to mobilize the appropriate tools.
- Communicate scientific results. The student must be able to adapt the form of communication to the scientific nature of the content. This involves highlighting the validity of the approach, the novelty, the scope and the limits of the results obtained. This skill cannot be developed without the two previous ones, which include in particular the ability to synthesize and the quality of the argumentation. Finally, the specific content requires writing that makes the thought explicit, using precise and unambiguous terms.
- Knowing the research environment/integrating a research dynamic. This competence consists in being able to practice the research activity in a context dedicated to it. This competence includes being able to integrate into a research project with its constraints of objectives, resources, deadlines and actors. It also involves understanding the organization of research teams and the variety of associated tasks, from responding to calls for proposals to development strategies.
- To have an accurate representation of the scientific research activity. According to the initiation that will have been introduced in the bachelor's degree, in the master's degree, the student will have a better knowledge of the methodologies of research, its objects, the conditions of its production, its fields of application, in all their variety. In terms of skills, the student must be able to situate his or her research activity in different epistemological currents, to characterize the different meanings of the term "research".
- Carry out a state of the art. To carry out a state of the art consists in identifying the existing works, knowledge and methods that shed light on a given problem, and to evaluate their coherence, contradictions and complementarities. The student must therefore be able to conduct an analysis of his reference material according to explicit criteria. Thus, the capacities of synthesis, analysis and evaluation are inseparable. They allow for the appropriation of previous work so as to be able to integrate it into their own approach.
- To practice a scientific approach. We consider here that logical argumentation is the basis of any scientific approach, whatever the field concerned, from philosophy to quantum mechanics. The capacity for argumentation is constantly solicited in everyday life, and the aim of the research courses is to specify and assume the conditions of validity of the argumentation. The student must thus be able to state his or her probationary regime, to identify the descriptors and parameters of the phenomenon studied, and to mobilize the appropriate tools.
- Communicate scientific results. The student must be able to adapt the form of communication to the scientific nature of the content. This involves highlighting the validity of the approach, the novelty, the scope and the limits of the results obtained. This skill cannot be developed without the two previous ones, which include in particular the ability to synthesize and the quality of the argumentation. Finally, the specific content requires writing that makes the thought explicit, using precise and unambiguous terms.
- Knowing the research environment/integrating a research dynamic. This competence consists in being able to practice the research activity in a context dedicated to it. This competence includes being able to integrate into a research project with its constraints of objectives, resources, deadlines and actors. It also involves understanding the organization of research teams and the variety of associated tasks, from responding to calls for proposals to development strategies.
Content
While pursuing this pedagogical objective, the seminar is intended to be a place for the production of cumulative knowledge, specific to the field of study, and periodically giving rise to a good level scientific publication. More precisely, each student in M1 is expected to contribute to a regional inventory (of techniques, buildings, urban forms, etc.) to be redefined periodically, and problematized. This first production will be concretized from the student's point of view by the rendering of a document articulating a standardized descriptive sheet for one or several specimens with their analysis in the form of case studies.
The theme chosen for the years 2022-2024 is the characterization of Normandy's buildings in terms of their suitability for future climates. Environmental concerns have already led committed architects to implement the principles of eco-design, whose objective is to minimize the impact of buildings on the environment throughout their life cycle: combining a bio-climatic approach with the choice of ecological materials, little transformed, little transported, renewable or reused, which minimize greenhouse gas emissions.
Despite these efforts, habits and profitability have limited the renewal of practices, and it is clear that climate change is already perceptible. Assessments by local IPCC climatologists predict with near certainty an increase in the number and magnitude of droughts, floods, and heat waves. While interventions to reduce the risks associated with the first two are mainly technical, architecture as a whole is more involved in reducing the impacts of heat waves on well-being, health, and the economy.
Architects are therefore asked to provide society with a better knowledge of the potential of local architecture to cope with the increasing frequency and intensity of heat waves, region by region, micro-climate by micro-climate. In this objective it is necessary:
* to characterize the local buildings in terms of summer thermal comfort
* to identify urban heat islands and, more globally, areas of aggravated risk
* to propose intervention strategies by type of building and situation
* to evaluate the gains and the feasibility of a proactive policy in terms of building adaptation.
In semester 7, the pedagogical principle consists in :
* Provide theoretical elements on the various tools and methods of research;
* Build with the students the appropriate methodology to carry out the inventory;
* Apply the approach to identify and describe the urban forms and buildings of the Metropolis;
* Nourish the inventory and its analysis through bibliography
The theme chosen for the years 2022-2024 is the characterization of Normandy's buildings in terms of their suitability for future climates. Environmental concerns have already led committed architects to implement the principles of eco-design, whose objective is to minimize the impact of buildings on the environment throughout their life cycle: combining a bio-climatic approach with the choice of ecological materials, little transformed, little transported, renewable or reused, which minimize greenhouse gas emissions.
Despite these efforts, habits and profitability have limited the renewal of practices, and it is clear that climate change is already perceptible. Assessments by local IPCC climatologists predict with near certainty an increase in the number and magnitude of droughts, floods, and heat waves. While interventions to reduce the risks associated with the first two are mainly technical, architecture as a whole is more involved in reducing the impacts of heat waves on well-being, health, and the economy.
Architects are therefore asked to provide society with a better knowledge of the potential of local architecture to cope with the increasing frequency and intensity of heat waves, region by region, micro-climate by micro-climate. In this objective it is necessary:
* to characterize the local buildings in terms of summer thermal comfort
* to identify urban heat islands and, more globally, areas of aggravated risk
* to propose intervention strategies by type of building and situation
* to evaluate the gains and the feasibility of a proactive policy in terms of building adaptation.
In semester 7, the pedagogical principle consists in :
* Provide theoretical elements on the various tools and methods of research;
* Build with the students the appropriate methodology to carry out the inventory;
* Apply the approach to identify and describe the urban forms and buildings of the Metropolis;
* Nourish the inventory and its analysis through bibliography
Evaluation method
Continuous assessment: 30
- attendance and commitment
- weekly reports
Final report : 70
- oral presentation : 20
- written report : 50
- attendance and commitment
- weekly reports
Final report : 70
- oral presentation : 20
- written report : 50
Work required
The evaluation will focus on the following production:
* "Urban form" inventory sheet completed by teams of 3
* One or two "building" inventory sheets per student depending on the specific difficulties.
Each form (urban form as well as building) is structured in three parts: general description; thematic description "summer thermal" - diagnosis; written synthesis of the different values attributed to the urban form or to the building, as a preliminary analysis for a climate change adaptation project. The different conflicts of values will be highlighted. The whole process must articulate observations and bibliographical contributions.
* Compilation of individual weekly reports
* "Urban form" inventory sheet completed by teams of 3
* One or two "building" inventory sheets per student depending on the specific difficulties.
Each form (urban form as well as building) is structured in three parts: general description; thematic description "summer thermal" - diagnosis; written synthesis of the different values attributed to the urban form or to the building, as a preliminary analysis for a climate change adaptation project. The different conflicts of values will be highlighted. The whole process must articulate observations and bibliographical contributions.
* Compilation of individual weekly reports
Hours
Lectures : 0.00
Tutorial : 21.00
ECTS credit
6.00
Coefficients
6.00
S07-TRA-2-2 : Factory 1: Analytical approach to existing buildings
Responsible for : Luc PerrotBruno ProthStéphane Rioland
Objectives
Immersion, knowledge and approach of a delicate neighborhood.
Familiarization with the methods of observation, the need to prepare an interview and to know what one comes to "do" there.
Restitution of the work before the population of the district.
Urban or architectural proposals with regard to the field survey shared with the hosts.
Familiarization with the methods of observation, the need to prepare an interview and to know what one comes to "do" there.
Restitution of the work before the population of the district.
Urban or architectural proposals with regard to the field survey shared with the hosts.
Content
A qualitative survey of residents in partnership with the Metropolis of Rouen (heritage unit) in one of the 6 neighborhoods (Canteleu, Grammont, Darnétal, Petit-Quevilly, Saint Etienne-du-Rouvray) concerned by the New National Urban Renewal Program (NPNRU). In 2022 Canteleu, easily accessible by the T3. The main theme of this proximity survey is comfort, in its climatic, spatial and domestic forms. The notion of comfort is taken as being at the same time a reality, a construction and a sensation of the human species building a "biotope".
Before going into the field, students will have to familiarize themselves with the different ways of thinking about ethnographic observation of public space and the need to create an interview grid to best conduct the latter. Sessions will be devoted to the study of texts (sociological (Wacquant), literary (Calvino), theatrical (Koltès) and to the setting up of role-playing games, at the end of which the positions, attitudes and postures of the various participants will be discussed, questioning our place as foreigners in relation to the natives.
Before going into the field, students will have to familiarize themselves with the different ways of thinking about ethnographic observation of public space and the need to create an interview grid to best conduct the latter. Sessions will be devoted to the study of texts (sociological (Wacquant), literary (Calvino), theatrical (Koltès) and to the setting up of role-playing games, at the end of which the positions, attitudes and postures of the various participants will be discussed, questioning our place as foreigners in relation to the natives.
Evaluation method
A plastic realization, an assembly, a scenography by binomial could be the object of an exhibition/installation on the places of the field survey in the presence of the inhabitants.
A reading aloud by the students of the reality and the representations of the notion of comfort collected from the residents of the district which would feed the interactive proposal between students and residents.
the interactive proposal between students and inhabitants
A reading aloud by the students of the reality and the representations of the notion of comfort collected from the residents of the district which would feed the interactive proposal between students and residents.
the interactive proposal between students and inhabitants
Work required
An individual summary sheet where the student imagines interventions in terms of equipment, events, requalification or rehabilitation of the existing site in relation to the data collected by the survey. These ideas can be compared to the work done in the seminar.
Hours
Lectures : 0.00
Tutorials : 29.00
ECTS credit
2.00
Coefficients
2.00