This course is addressed to architects engaged in conservation of historical structures. For the purposes of the course, conservation is assumed to encompass preservation of the building in its existing state, repair and restoration necessary for continuation of its existing use and adaptation or conversion for new uses.
In this course, widely used in Anatolia, although the emphasis is on materials and structural systems made in relation used by civilizations in the Aegean and the Mediterranean Basin.
Prerequisite(s)
Corequisite(s)
Special Requisite(s)
Instructor(s)
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Office Hour(s)
Teaching Methods and Techniques
Lecture, discussion
Principle Sources
Beckmann, P., Bowles, R., (2004) Structural Aspects of Building Conservation, Elsevier.
Other Sources
Forsyth, M., (2008) Materials and Skills for Historic Building Conservation, Wiley-Blackwell.
Feilden,B., (2003) Conservation of Historic Buildings, Elsevier, Architectural Press.
Ünay, A.İ.,(2002) Tarihi Yapıların Deprem Dayanımı, ODTÜ, Mimarlık Fakültesi Basım.
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
The historical process of structure
Oral presentation
2. Week
Structural behaviour, materials, classification
Oral presentation
3. Week
Aim and philosophy of structural appraisal
Oral presentation
4. Week
Assessment of masonry structures. General strength properties and causes of damage
Oral presentation
5. Week
Repair and strengthening techniques for masonry structures
Oral presentation
6. Week
Repair and strengthening techniques for masonry structures, examples
Oral presentation
7. Week
Assessment of timber structures.General strength properties and causes of damage
Oral presentation
8. Week
Repair and strengthening techniques for timber structures, examples
Oral presentation
9. Week
MID-TERM EXAM
10. Week
Assessment of iron and steel structures.General strength properties and causes of damage
Oral presentation
11. Week
Assessment of concrete and reinforced concrete structures.General strength properties and causes of damage
Oral presentation
12. Week
Foundation problems of traditional structures
Oral presentation
13. Week
Case Study: Anatolian traditional structures
Case study, Project
14. Week
Case Study:Agean and Mediterranean basin traditional structures
Case study, Project
15. Week
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
30
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
30
Final Exam
1
40
Program Outcomes
PO-1
To have advenced level knowledge and realization about two different scale monument and site conservation.
PO-2
To have advenced level knowledge and realization about basic issues of conservation which are restoration theories, international modern conservation principles, national and international legal and organizational regulations and recording cultural heritage.
PO-3
To have advenced level of knowledge and realization about design principles of new addition to the historic building and infill building in historic settlement, measured drawing, restitution and restoration projects of historic building.
PO-4
To be informed and own critical awareness for utilizing from national and international examples of conservation of historical sites that are rapidly disappearing, preparing analytical surveys, preparing morphology and typology study and evaluating the data reunited from these studies.
PO-5
To gain cognitive and practice knowledge for proficiency in practice about monument and site conservation.
PO-6
To apply and integrate the knowledge, conception and problem solving ability about monument and site conservation with the knowledges from architectural history, city planning, urban design, archeology, civil engineering and such discipline areas and to apply within interdisciplinary, multi-disciplinary and upper-disciplinary contexts.
PO-7
To develop new data and methods on monument and site conservation and to have ability for merging the gained knowledge with the knowledge from the other discipline areas.
PO-8
To have ability for performing research, survey and critical evaluation on academic knowledge and design process, using approprate technics and producing unique outcomes.
PO-9
To have ability for carrying out individual study on monument and site conservation.
PO-10
To have ability for making a decision in analysis stage about monument and site conservation area, to lead projects/academic studies, to produce a work in a group by taking individual responsibility and to have ability for leading and changing complex processes.
PO-11
To have ability for transfering the gained knowledge by oral, written and visual techics in a foreign language, by using modern computer aided programs and techniques.
PO-12
To have ability for preparing a unique academic/scientific study, presenting and discussing in a dialectical frame.
PO-13
To have ability for taking strategic decisions about monument and site conservation projects and concerning ethic values while producing unique solutions.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
To gain knowledge about the traditional structural systems, techniques and materials of historical buildings.
LO-2
To gain knowledge of the types and causes of structural deterioration, structural distortions related to the techniques and methods for the detection.
LO-3
To gain cognitive and practical knowledge for reducing and improving the structural problems of the systems.
LO-4
To gain the ability for applying acquired knowledge of the traditional structural systems in other disciplines.
LO-5
To gain the competence to make a scientific study of the obtained information during the course.
