COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY AND THEORY OF CONSERVATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CON 5092 HISTORY AND THEORY OF CONSERVATION COMPULSORY 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AYŞEGÜL ALTINÖRS ÇIRAK

Offered to

M.Sc. Urban Conservation Planning (Non-Thesis)
M.Sc. Urban Conservation Planning

Course Objective

A history of architectural heritage conservation expands knowledge about the
conservation of ancient monuments, works of art, culture and historic buildings.
Historical conservation includes the development of the concepts from Antiquity and the
Renaissance to the present day. In this course the evolutions of historical values from
traditional to modern society and the challenges of the present built environment will
be discussed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will be able to tell will be able to tell the story of conservation of historical areas from Western point of view (Knowledge),
2   will be able to explain the different approaches on the conservation of historical areas in the process (Comprehension),
3   will be able to interpret urban conservation and restoration techniques (Application),
4   will be able to criticize urban conservation and restoration applications in Turkey technically and politically (Analysis),
5   will be able to construct the conservation of "knowledge" in historical areas as a philosophical (Synthesis).

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 14th Century: Petrark and Cola di Rienzo / Leon Battista Alberti
2 15th Century: Leon Battista Alberti / Pope Fifth Nicolaus and 16th Century: Fifth Sixtus
3 17th Century: Carnage in the name of beauty (14th Louis Period) and 18th Century: Republic and Demolition
4 19th Century: Bonapart Period and 19th Century: Camillo Sitte
5 The historical conservation approach of the modernity project
6 19th Century: Restoration: Viollet-le-Duc
7 19th Century: Reaction about over restoration: Ruskin, Morris, Webb
8 19th restoration movements in Italy
9 20th Century: Atina Conference (1931) / Carta del Restauro (1931)
10 20th Century: Venice Charter (1964)
11 Developments of the conservation approaches after Second Worl War
12 Conservation and postmodernity
13 Presentation of the assignments and discussion
14 Presentation of the assignments and discussion

Recomended or Required Reading

Ahunbay, Zeynep (1996): Tarihi Çevre Koruma ve Restorasyon, Yem Yayınları, Istanbul.
Binan, Can (1999): Mimari Koruma Alanında Venedik Tüzüğünden Günümüze Düşünsel
Gelişmenin Uluslar arası Evrim Süreci, YTÜ Basım-Yayın Merkezi Matbaası, Istanbul.
Erder, Cevat (2007): Tarihi Çevre Bilinci, ODTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi Yayını, Ankara.
Jukka, Jokilehto (1999): History of Architectural Conservation, Butterworth-Heinemann,
Oxford.
Kuban, Doğan (2000): Tarihi Çevre Korumanın Mimarlık Boyutu: Kuram ve Uygulama, Yem
Yayın, Yapı Endüstri Merkezi Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures. Students will learn topics by attending and
listening the lectures which supported by visual presentations. Students are expected
to make the readings.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Telling (Knowledge, explaining (Comprehension), interpreting (Application), Criticizing (Analysis) and constructing (Synthesis) will be measured by Assignment and Presentation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

This course will be given through lectures and discussions over reading list.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

aysegul.altinors@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday: 10.30-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparing assignments 1 50 50
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 116

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51