Based on an evolving and radical understanding of research, experimentation and transdisciplinarity
Based on an evolving and radical understanding of research, experimentation and transdisciplinarity
Architects, critics, artists, thinkers, philosophers, film-makers, scientists, engineers and manufacturers work together to share knowledge and discoveries. Without stylistic prejudice or ideology, a diversity of cultures, knowledge and practices makes it possible to develop ideas and projects in order to imagine all that is possible.
Teaching is structured around contemporary questions from new fields of critical thinking.
The five thematics are treated in a transversal and non-hierarchical manner in order to reinforce the autonomy and personal implication of students who construct their own research programs linked to specific preoccupations.
The neurosciences relate to the study of the human nervous system. They are at the intersection of biology, medicine, psychology, chemistry, computer science, and mathematics. The link to architecture manifests itself in the relation between the body and space. This theme focuses on their interrelations in order to question and to propose new ways of life.
The new tools at our disposal today in the fields of information, communication, and fabrication which transform modes of life and places of habitation renew possibilities for mobility, relations, and exchanges in space. This theme focuses on the interrelations in the spaces generated by these new technologies in order to question and propose new places.
The emergence of new media has transformed the traditional vision of the links between art and architecture. New means of conception and representation inform and modify our perception of space. This theme focuses on the new visual cultures generated by these new media in order to question and propose new spaces.
The observation and the analysis of critical situations and the study of ways that permit individuals to adapt to their social environments generate a renewal of thinking and action for the city. This theme focuses on the diverse approaches – sociological, anthropological, ethnological, etc. – to these situations in order to question and propose new environments.
Recent studies in geography, material, and energy have generated new fields of exploration for the human environment. This theme focuses on the interrelation between territories, their resources