DA plan de cours H-97

École d'architecture Plan de cours Université Laval Automne 2010 ARC 3500 – Atelier 5 – section C Hébergement saisonnier pour étudiants – École internationale d’été de Percé Responsable : Myriam Blais Collaborateur : Gilles Rocheleau, responsable de formation pratique Auxiliaire d’enseignement : Mathieu Boucher-Côté, étudiant de la M.Arch + M.Sc Cours préalables : ARC 2002 + ARC 2005 + ARC 2006 6 crédits Limited budgets impose a design focus on building technology which is pragmatic rather than ideological. These projects are constructed of light timber framing due to the affordability of materials and labour, and compatibility with the climate of this region. In this regard, I have become interested in construction as a verb – a verb that describes a cultural process. This reflects an interest in primary construction rather than high craft as an end in itself and an enjoyment in building assembly. These projects employ a low-tech or “folk-tech” approach to construction. They are, for the most part, within the vernacular material culture of the place that they sit. Brian MacKay-Lyons (1998; 15) Consistency in grammar is therefore the property – solely – of the well developed artist-architect. If he has no language, so no grammar of his own, he must adopt one; he will speak some language or other whether he chooses or not. Frank Lloyd Wright. The natural house (1954; 182-183) Henriquez’s narrative approach to design […] is a strategy ...