Représenter l’expérience spatiale. Description et analyse d’une expérimentation graphique

Abstract

Currently in the teaching of landscape architecture, there is growing interest in perceptual and experiential issues. The European Landscape Convention – the established reference among actors in the field of the landscape - integrates the issue of perception in the very definition of the landscape. Teachers dealing with spatial design are thus led to develop various methodologies to tackle questions such as, how is space experienced ? How can students be made more aware of their own spatial experiences ? How can words (for naming and narrating) or graphic representations be used in this learning process ? What teaching methods (experimental protocols) should be proposed to students ? How can the work of students be analysed to further develop these methods and the theoretical framework on which they are based ? This article will explore these issues through the analysis of a teaching experiment conducted for several years in the context of a master course in landscape architecture by Ann Bergsjö (Swedish University of Agronomy in Alnarp) and inspired by the research of Catherine Szanto (Paris-La Villette School of Architecture).

Keywords

• teaching landscape project design
• perception of space
• spatial awareness
• sensory score