The aim of examples of historical sites conservation course is to discuss historic environment and site concepts and the development of these concepts; international approaches, charters, results of the conferences relevant with the subject; characteristics of urban integrity that require urban conservation; traditional characteristics of historical environments in Anatolia; regional differences of historical environments across Anatolia; Istanbul and its urban integrity; characteristics and differences that require to be protected; morphological and typological characteristics of historic environments that require to be protected; examination of these characteristics on different examples; discussion of approaches in selected examples of settlements that had an urban conservation plan; examination of urban conservation in some selected examples from Europe, Asia and the United States; discussion on urban / rural examples in The World Heritage List, of the concepts of outstanding universal value, authenticity and integrity which are a prerequisite to take part in the list.
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Okyay, İ. (2001) Fransa’da Kentsel Sit Alanlarının Korunması, Malraux Yasası, YEM Yayın, İstanbul.
Akın, N., "İstanbul'un Tarihi Çevrelerinde Kimlik Değişimi ve Yitirilen Çevresel Kalite", Mimari ve Kentsel Çevrede Kalite Arayışları Sempozyumu, İstanbul, 1995, s.150-153.
Akın, N., Balkanlarda Osmanlı Dönemi Konutları, İstanbul, 2001.
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Denslagen, W., Architectural Restoration Western Europe, Amsterdam, 1994.
Erder, C. (2007) Tarihi Çevre Bilinci, ODTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi Basım İşliği, Ankara.
Fatih Belediyesi, Avrupa Birliği, UNESCO Dünya Mirası Merkezi, Fransız Anadolu Araştırmaları Merkezi, Balat ve Fener Semtlerinin Rehabilitasyonu, İstanbul, 1998.
Giovannoni, G., l'Urbanisme Face aux Villes Anciennes, Paris, 1998.
Kuban, D., Türkiye'de Kentsel Koruma, Kent Tarihleri ve Koruma Yöntemleri, İstanbul, 2001.
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Kuban, D. (2000) Tarihi Çevre Korumanın Mimarlık Boyutu, Kuram ve Uygulama, YEM Yayın, İstanbul.
Madran, E., Özgönül, N. (2005) Kültürel ve Doğal Değerlerin Korunması, Mimarlar Odası, Ankara.
Morris, A.E.J. (1979, 1994) History of Urban Form Before the Industrial Revolutions, Pearson Education Limited, England.
Page, M.&R.Mason, Giving Preservation a History. Histories of Historic Preservation in the United States, New York, 2004.
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Other Sources
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Introduction of the course, conservation process, related general definitions.
Lecture, Discussion
2. Week
The concepts related with historical site conservation; concept of site, definitions, criteria, concept of cultural landscape
Lecture, Discussion
3. Week
History of Urban Form I- Early Settlements
Lecture, Discussion
4. Week
History of Urban Form II - Planning in Classical Period, Conservation of Archaeological Sites
Lecture, Discussion
5. Week
History of Urban Form III - City of Middle Ages
Lecture, Discussion
6. Week
History of Urban Form IV - Renaissance City
Lecture, Discussion
7. Week
History of Urban Form V - Islamic City, Example of Tunis in Tunisia
Lecture, Discussion
8. Week
History of Urban Form VI - Post Industrial Urban Theories
Lecture, Discussion
9. Week
Trip to Fener-Balat Historic Site in Istanbul
Site Trip
10. Week
Place of Typology and Morphology in Conservation: ANKARA (Morphology) ve ANTAKYA (Typology)
Lecture, Discussion
11. Week
Urban Conservation Examples from Turkey: SAFRANBOLU, BEYPAZARI, CUMALIKIZIK
Lecture, Discussion
12. Week
Examples from the world: FRANCE, ITALY
Lecture, Discussion
13. Week
Examples from the world: UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES
Lecture, Discussion
14. Week
Student Presentations
Presentations, Discussion
15. Week
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
40
Attendance
1
10
Final Exam
1
40
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 have advanced level knowledge and understanding about Historic Site Conservation
LO-2
To have advanced level knowledge and understanding about restoration theories on Historic Site Conservation, national and international legal regulations and international contemporary presentation principles
LO-3
To integrate and apply the aquired knowledge about Historic Site Conservation with the informations from other related disciplines
LO-4
To have a critical awareness to evaluate the information obtained through national and international examples of Historic Site Conservation
LO-5
To evaluate, present and discuss a chosen example of Historic Sites, which needs to be conserved, in both theoretical and practical extent
