Genie civil-Departement- architecture-formations -master

Approved courses within the department

The courses offered by the Department of Architecture are:Architecture stream

Bachelor’s degree: architecture
Master’s degree: architecture.

MASTER’S IN ARCHITECTURE COURSE THEMATICS

THEMATIC 1: HOUSING AND URBAN POLICIES :

This thematic focuses on housing in its broadest sense as well as its specific features. The subject touches on both the theoretical notions of the inhabited, appropriation, mutation, etc. and their concrete manifestations through a very broad scalar approach, ranging from housing strictly speaking to residential space to urban or rural housing.

It focuses on the major issues at stake in the management, development and future of the Algerian city and its residential areas. It offers an approach to the urban phenomenon at its various levels:

From housing to urban space,
From small towns to metropolises
City centres, neighbourhoods and suburban areas
From rural to urban

This ‘Housing’ thematic also implies living in one’s home as an extension of oneself; it means owning and controlling a space, and fulfilling all the functions of living in it. Above all, it’s about taking a critical look at the production of habitat and housing, while ensuring that domestic space is set within social, economic, cultural and environmental contexts.

Objectives

To raise awareness of the concept of ‘living’, and of the different ways and models of living.
Acquisition of knowledge and mastery of the design of domestic space and the environment.

THEMATIC 2: URBAN ARCHITECTURE

This thematic provides an opportunity to make learners aware of this in-between area (architecture and urban planning) which requires mastery and assimilation. Thus, learning about urban composition, urban figures, morphology, public spaces and urban landscapes requires in-depth knowledge (social, economic and environmental) and appropriate artistic or creative skills.
This ‘Urban Architecture’ theme deals with the close relationship between architecture and the urban context, and will enable learners to acquire skills and knowledge about the processes involved in making the city and its image.

Objectives

Raising awareness of the complexity of the urban environment (social, economic, cultural and environmental).
Introduction to the design of public spaces.
Introduction to fields related to architecture.

THEMATIC 3: ARCHITECTURE, ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY

The aim of this thematic is to provide a framework for raising awareness and introducing learners to the contribution of scientific and technical knowledge to architectural practice. The architect’s mission is not just to integrate an object into a social, cultural or natural environment, but also into a technological environment. Energy and ecological issues require highly specialised approaches to the design of space and the integration of technologies. Architecture is also called upon to be ‘efficient’ because it is so much a part of everyday life and its consumption patterns.
This thematic provides an opportunity to experiment with the use of technology in the design process and in the act of building, with a view to achieving functional, economic and environmental performance.

Objectives

Initiation and construction of a coherent body of knowledge (epistemology) on the subject (vocabulary, concepts, notions, current events, issues, etc.).
Introduction to and mastery of the appropriate conceptual, methodological and logistical tools for establishing diagnoses in relation to the subject (through practice, exploration, analysis, handling equipment, etc.).
Raise students’ awareness of the threat of global warming, and of technological advances and their contribution to the building industry.
Acquisition of information relating to the use of new technologies in the building industry.
Introduction to the introduction of ‘intelligence’ in the building industry.

THEMATIC 4: ARCHITECTURAL AND URBAN BUILT HERITAGE

The ‘Heritage’ thematic introduces students to an understanding of the dialogue that needs to be established between the existing heritage context and the buildings planned as part of an architectural project. The aim is to bring students closer to ordinary and monumental traditional construction – to familiarise them with the history of urban culture, to strengthen their critical analysis skills and, above all, to exercise their ability to plan. The teaching and reflective work required should enable students to assume their role as project managers in full awareness of their responsibility and competence, in the light of Algerian heritage regulations and contemporary social demand for the reappropriation of heritage.

Objectives

Learn about the issues specific to the historical and cultural context,
Become familiar with the instruments for safeguarding and protecting heritage.
Structure an urban and architectural intervention based on the recovery and reinterpretation of the significant values of the heritage context.
Acquire the academic skills needed to master architectural work in the context of the rehabilitation, renewal and sustainability of architectural heritage and old buildings.
Developed and deepened the theoretical bases relating to the production of knowledge about the process of rehabilitating old buildings, their heritage and their management.