MATERIAL PROBLEMS IN HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND TECHNIQUES FOR CONSERVATION
Course Code
Semester
Course Name
LE/RC/LA
Course Type
Language of Instruction
ECTS
MIMY0316
MATERIAL PROBLEMS IN HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND TECHNIQUES FOR CONSERVATION
3/0/0
DE
Turkish
5
Course Goals
The aim of this course is to provide the students the general knowledge on historic building materials, the methods used in diagnosis and documentation of historic building materials due to their types and location, theoretical knowledge on techniques and methods in material conservation, to teach the students how to do the general analyses for identification of materials and their problems in laboratory and to introduce material conservation techniques by practices, to provide the students the knowledge and skills to interpret and evaluate the methods of material diagnosis and conservation methods and to continue and complete an independent research on the subject.
Ashurst, J., 2006, Conservation of Ruins (Butterworth-Heinemann Series in Conservation and Museology), Butterworth-Heinemann
Ashurst, J.; Ashurst, N., 1988, Practical Building Conservation, English Heritage Technical Handbook (v.1-5), Gower Publishing Ltd
Dimes, F.G.; Ashurst, J., 1998, Conservation of Building and Decorative Stone (Butterworth-Heinemann Series in Conservation and Museology), Butterworth-Heinemann; 2nd edition
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
Jokilehto, J., 2002, History of Architectural Conservation (Conservation and Museology), Butterworth-Heinemann; 1st edition
Torraca, G., 1988, Porous Materials Building: Materials Science for Architectural Conservation, ICCROM; 3rd. ed edition
Weaver, M., 1997, Conserving Buildings: Guide to Techniques and Materials, Revised Edition (Paperback), Wiley; 1st edition
Other Sources
-
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Introduction to the course
Lecture
2. Week
Use of materials in historic buildings, characteristics and sources of historic building materials
Lecture, Laboratory
3. Week
The process of sample collection from a historical building and introduction to lab analyses: porosity, durability, mortar ingredients analyses
Lecture, Laboratory
4. Week
The reasons for deterioration of historic building materials and structural systems: climatic causes, earthquakes, biological and microbiological causes, pests and other organisms, causes of decay of human origin, internal structure of materials
Lecture, Laboratory, Distribution of term papers
5. Week
Responsibilities of conservation architect: diagnosis, report writing, research, analysis and recording, preventive maintenance, fire and safety, rehabilitation of historic buildings
Lecture, Laboratory
6. Week
Building and material conservation techniques: removal of excess water and moisture, repointing, plaster conservation, roof and chimney repairs, diagnosis and treatment of problem sources around the building
Lecture, Laboratory
7. Week
Building and material conservation techniques: carpentry and blacksmithing works
Lecture, Laboratory
8. Week
Technical trip to successful material conservation practices in historic buildings
Technical trip, Submission of trip reports
9. Week
Midterm Examinaton
Midterm Examinaton, Laboratory
10. Week
Stone morphology and classification, deterioration and conservation of stone
Lecture, Laboratory
11. Week
Stone conservation techniques, cleaning and consolidation of stone masonry buildings
Lecture, Laboratory
12. Week
Characteristics and classification of timber, deterioration and conservation of timber
Lecture, Laboratory
13. Week
Historical mortars and plasters, their deterioration and conservation techniques
Lecture, Laboratory
14. Week
Use of brick in historic buildings, deterioration and conservation techniques of fire bricks and mud-bricks, use of metals in historic buildings, deterioration of metals, maintenance and conservation techniques
Lecture, Laboratory, Submission of term papers
15. Week
Final Examinaton
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
15
Quizzes
6
30
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
15
Project(s)
6
0
Attendance / Participation
1
5
Technical Trip
1
5
Final Exam
1
30
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Having knowledge to produce critical and original work in the fields of architectural theory, design methods and design philosophy. (KNOWLEDGE)
PO-2
Having knowledge to produce critical and original work in the fields of social and cultural geography and on the concepts of space and time. (KNOWLEDGE)
PO-3
Having knowledge to produce critical and original work in the field of built environment and human/society relationship within the framework of human-environment-behaviour. (KNOWLEDGE)
PO-4
Ability to direct the experience gained from architectural design and other knowledge areas to new fields and generate strategies. (ABILITY)
PO-5
Ability to conduct research, examination, interpretation; to use adequate techniques and produce original results in the field of academic knowledge and design process. (ABILITY)
PO-6
Ability to use the theoretical and practical knowledge of architectural design referring to undergraduate competence. (ABILITY)
PO-7
Competence for analyzing and interpreting architectural products within the framework of architectural concepts. (COMPETENCE)
PO-8
Competence for relating architectural design, architectural theory and building construction with social sciences and humanities such as psychology, philosophy and political economy. (COMPETENCE)
PO-9
Competence for presenting a work - made individually or in a group- systematically, in a foreign language, using the required computer programs, verbal, written and visual. (COMPETENCE)
PO-10
To gain knowledge and understand the socio-economical and spatial components and processes which are both the subjects and the outcomes of an urban design project.
PO-11
To gain knowledge and critical awareness about the relations in between urban design and the other disciplines like architecture, urban planning, economy and sociology; and the opportunuties and threats that will arise by these relations.
PO-12
Ability to realize an urban design project or a research on urban design in a multidisciplinary process, using both the theoretical and practical knowledge infrastructure, developing new methods and techniques.
PO-13
Ability to direct socio-economical and spatial components and processes in the urban design process.
PO-14
To gain competency on conducting an indivudial research or project on urban design.
PO-15
To gain competency on working as a group member and to work out the complicated processes that will occur during the urban design.
PO-16
To gain competancy to produce an original academical/scientific research, to present and to discuss in a dialectical framework.
PO-17
To gain competency on strategical decision making as a component of the urban design project and to produce original solutions considering ethical values.
PO-18
Understanding time management and control, cost planning and control, risk management, approaches, models and techniques to improve organizational / management effectiveness in project and construction management.
PO-19
Understanding classic and contemporary management theories and human relationship in management to improve management effectiveness in beginning, design and construction processes of a project.
PO-20
Ability to direct the experience gained from construction management and technology to new fields and ability to generate strategies.
PO-21
Ability to transfer and apply knowledge according to construction management and technology to the beginning of project, design and construction processes.
PO-22
Competence for analyzing, interpreting and establish relations within the framework of construction management and technology with the project and construction process.
PO-23
Competence for making strategic decisions of architectural design projects, in the field of construction management and technology, and generating original solutions.
PO-24
Understanding the basic principles of structural systems, development and appropriate application of contemporary structural systems.
PO-25
Understanding managerial tasks of architect and approaches, models and techniques to improve effectiveness in project and construction management.
PO-26
Understanding the relationship between sub systems which forms entire building and building technology, to ensure effective and correct use of a complex building from the beginning of design process to the usage, and ability to be able to criticize them.
PO-27
Ability to transfer and apply knowledge according to architectural engineering, to the beginning of design and construction processes of a project.
PO-28
Competence for producing a comprehensive architectural project from the beginning of schematic design to detailed system development phase (structural and environmental systems, safety and fire protection, partition systems, building envelop, building service systems).
PO-29
Competence for making strategic decisions of architectural design projects, in the field of architectural engineering, and generating original solutions.
PO-30
To have advenced level knowledge and realization about two different scale monument and site conservation.
PO-31
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-32
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-33
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-34
To gain cognitive and practice knowledge for proficiency in practice about monument and site conservation.
PO-35
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-36
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-37
To have ability for performing research, survey and critical evaluation on academic knowledge and design process, using approprate technics and producing unique outcomes.
PO-38
To have ability for carrying out individual study on monument and site conservation.
PO-39
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-40
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 know the properties of material used in conservation of historical buildings and to have the knowldge about corruption process of materials mostly like stone, bricks, wood, and metals.
LO-2
The methodology used in documenting the problems regarding the types or the usage place of material. To have the theoretical knowledge about methodology regarding material conservation.
LO-3
To have the theoretical knowledge about, Strengthening, renovation, rebuilding, cleaning and transporting methods under the light of Venice Act.
LO-4
To realize the analysis of materials and their problems of historical buildings in the laboratory environment.
LO-5
To have the ability to manege an independent study within the knowledge that has been gained in the course.
