The aim of this course is to provide the students the knowledge on contemporary thoughts and discussions on conservation and restoration in the world, in Turkey and in Istanbul, contemporary researches and practices on single monuments, historic building groups and historic sites (urban, rural and archaeological sites), recent developments in the conservation techniques and methods, traditional structural systems, materials and problems, contemporary studies on urban morphology and typology, contemporary urban history studies, contemporary tools, techniques and methods on historic building survey, restoration and conservation, new building in historic sites, industrial archaeology, site management, sustainability in conservation, conservation problems and conservation practices in modern architectural heritage, new approaches and examples in interpretation of cultural heritage.
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Special Requisite(s)
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Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Office Hour(s)
Teaching Methods and Techniques
Lecture, Homeworks, Presentation
Principle Sources
Broto, C. (2000), Rehabilitated Buildings, Barcelona.
Ashurst, J. (2006), Conservation of Ruins (Butterworth-Heinemann Series in Conservation and Museology), Butterworth-Heinemann
Denslagen, W. (1994)Architectural Restoration in Western Europe: Controversy and Continuity, Amsterdam.
Ersen, A.; Güleç, A.; Alkan, N. (danışmanlar) (2008), KUDEB Yönetmeliği ve Evrensel Koruma İlkeleri Çerçevesinde Bakım-Onarım İzinleri, Kriterleri-Önerileri, İBB KUDEB Restorasyon ve Konservasyon Laboratuvarı Yayınları:1
Feilden, B., (2003), Conservation of Historic Buildings, Third Edition (Conservation of Historic Buildings), Architectural Press, 3rd edition
Forsyth, M. (2007), Structures & Construction in Historic Building Conservation (Historic Building Conservation), Wiley-Blackwell
Forsyth, M. (2007), Understanding Historic Building Conservation (v. 1), Wiley-Blackwell; 1st edition
Forsyth, M. (2008), Materials & Skills for Historic Building Conservation (v. 3), Wiley-Blackwell
Greer, N.R. (1998), Architecture Transformed: New Life for Old Buildings, Glouster.
Jokilehto, J. (2002), History of Architectural Conservation (Conservation and Museology), Butterworth-Heinemann; 1st edition
Kuban, D (2000)., Tarihi Çevre Korumanın Mimarlık Boyutu, İstanbul.
Warren, J. (ed.) (1998), Context: New Buildings in Historic Settings, Oxford.
Other Sources
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Contemporary researches and practices on monuments, historic building groups and historic sites (urban, rural and archaeological sites)
Lecture/ Discussion
2. Week
Recent developments in the conservation techniques and methods
Lecture/ Discussion, Distribution of Term Papers
3. Week
Contemporary practices in urban transformation
Lecture/ Discussion
4. Week
Traditional structural systems
Lecture/ Discussion
5. Week
Recent developments in traditional building materials and conservation problems
Lecture/ Discussion
6. Week
Contemporary studies on urban morphology and typology, urban history
Lecture/ Discussion
7. Week
Contemporary tools and techniques in historic building survey
Lecture/ Discussion
8. Week
Contemporary tools, techniques and methods in historic building restoration and conservation
Lecture/ Discussion
9. Week
New building in historic sites
Lecture/ Discussion
10. Week
Industrial Archaeology
Lecture/ Discussion
11. Week
Site Management
Lecture/ Discussion
12. Week
Sustainability in conservation
Lecture/ Discussion, Submission of Term Papers
13. Week
Conservation problems and conservation practices in modern architectural heritage
Lecture/ Discussion, Presentations
14. Week
New approaches and examples in interpretation of cultural heritage
Lecture/ Discussion, Presentations
15. Week
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
40
Attendance
1
10
Final Exam
1
50
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 have and advanced knowledge regarding conservation of cultural properties.
LO-2
To have an advanced knowledge about national and international contemporary conservation principles and theoritical base of the field of conservation.
LO-3
To have the ability to discuss and apply the current approaches in the field of conservation.
LO-4
To have the ability of problem solving by using the current approaches in the field of conservation.
LO-5
To have the ability to make critical evaluation of current approaches regarding the field of conservation.
