Concept
The Faculty of Architecture, Architectural Engineering and Urban Planning (in French: Faculté d'architecture, d'ingénierie architecturale, d'urbanisme), often called LOCI, is the 14th faculty of the University of Louvain, Belgium. It became an independent faculty in 2009, with the merger of three institutes founded between 1867 and 1882, and is active in Brussels (Saint-Gilles), Tournai and Louvain-la-Neuve. LOCI is a component of UCLouvain's Science and Technology Sector (SST). Its headquarters and the dean's office are located in Louvain-la-Neuve, in buildings shared with the Louvain School of Engineering, though the majority of its students, staff, teaching and activity take place on the UCLouvain Brussels Saint-Gilles and UCLouvain Tournai campuses. Its abbreviated name refers to Latin word for given places, loci. Within the faculty, four different so-called Commissions de programme organise and supervise the teaching curricula: one commission for the bachelor's degrees in architecture (BARC), one for the bachelor in architectural civil engineering (BIAR), and same for the master's degrees (MARC and MIAR). In addition to these commissions which can be considered as undergraduate and graduate departments, the School of urbanism and territorial planning (URBA) coordinates teaching and research in urban planning. LOCI organizes studies in architectural civil engineering in Louvain-la-Neuve, and architecture in Tournai and Brussels. Studies in architectural civil engineering are organized jointly with the Louvain School of Engineering. Together, the Louvain School of Engineering and LOCI hold 40% of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation's engineering students, making it the country's largest engineering school, by far. Bachelor in architecture (Brussels and Tournai) Bachelor in engineering science, orientation architectural civil engineer (Louvain-la-Neuve) Master : architectural civil engineer (Louvain-la-Neuve) Master in architecture (Brussels and Tournai) Specialized master's degree in urban and territorial planning (Louvain-la-Neuve) Doctorate in engineering sciences and technology Doctorate in construction engineering and urban planning At the research level, the faculty takes part in the Doctoral Commission of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Construction and Urban Planning (CDI).
