L'esthétique des villes et sa perception : réflexion à partir d'exemples : Paris-Bruxelles-Liège, etc
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Abstract EN:
The architect and the town planner conceive the urban territory starting from ablank sheet of paper on which they draw lines that are determined by precise dimensions. As long as we do not use their language, all theories on town aesthetics will remain dead letter. Therefore, in this dissertation, we will suggest concrete measures that are directly applicable. Aesthetics is wath which gives a sense of pleasure and admiration. We know the opinion of the specialists, but we do not know the feelings of the man in the street. Do the urban territory and its architecture give him a sense of pleasure and admiration? that is what we will try to find out in this dissertation. Therefore, we interviewed a large number of people who live in the town centres of paris, brussels and liege on the one hand and we based ourselves on composite photographs on the other hand. We will be able to distinguish the urban examples that please the most and to know the deeper reasons which lead people to pronounce their particular judgement. Furthermore, for each example, we will compare the results of the surveys and the measurements of the different concrete elements. From this analysis, we will draw a number of lessons on what the urban territory and its architecture, its volumetry, its dimensions, its rhytms, its materials, its decoration, its colouring, its luminosity, the vegetation, the pedestrian and car traffic, the atmosphere, etc. Should and should not be.
Abstract FR:
L'architecte et l'urbaniste concoivent l'espace urbain au depart d'une feuille blanche sur laquelle ils tracent des lignes definies par les dimensions precises. Tant que l'on n'emploiera pas leur langage, toute theorie esthetique urbaine restera lettre morte. Ainsi, dans ce travail, nous proposerons des mesures concretes directement applicables. L'esthetique est ce qui procure un sentiment de plaisir et d'admiration. Nous connaissons l'avis des specialistes mais nous savons bien peu ce que ressent l'homme de la rue. L'espace urbain son architecture lui procurent-ils un sentiment de plaisir et d'admiration. C'est ce que nous allons essayer de decouvrir dans ce travail. Ainsi, a paris, bruxelles et liege, nous avons interroge un grand nombre de personnes au sein d'espaces urbains, d'une part et sur la base de montages photographiques, d'autre part. Nous pourrons discerner les exemples urbains qui plaisent davantage et connaitre les raisons profondes qui amenent les gens a formuler tel ou tel jugement. Ensuite, pour chaque exemple, nous comparerons les resultats des sondages et les mesures des differents elements concrets. De cette analyse, nous tirons un certain nombre de lecons sur ce que devrait etre ou ne pas etre l'espace urbain et son architecture, sa volumetrie, ses dimensions, ses rythmes, ses materiaux, sa decoration, ses coloris, sa luminosite, la vegetation, les circulations pietonnes et automobiles, l'ambiance, etc.