COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE RENOVATION THEORY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARC 5161 THE RENOVATION THEORY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HÜMEYRA BIROL

Offered to

Restoration
Restoration

Course Objective

This course aims to discuss the transformation and renovation of the historic environments and the historical buildings. In order to understand the concept, the ideas and discourses that constitutes the renovation of the historic environments will be discussed while main factors, physical/ social/ cultural/ economical inputs, actors, laws and regulations are to be undertaken. Besides, different approaches on the renovation theory are to be discussed through different interventions and implementations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Defining the renovation interventions and the relevant concepts
2   2. Explaining the renovation theory
3   3. Defining the factors that involve the renovation interventions
4   4. Defining the literature, laws, regulations that shape the renovation interventions
5   5. Questioning the renovation interventions through different implementations and methods
6   6. Associating the inputs that shape the interventions.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction General information about the aims and methods of the course; Handing out the papers on the relevant literature
2 Renovation Discipline and the Concepts old historical historicism- change- transformation-
3 Evaluation of the Renovation Theory: 3.1.Industrial revolution & the constitution of the concept of Renovation 3.2.The modernist movement 3.3. The period of 1960-1970 3.4. The period of 1980-1990 3.5. 21st century
4 The Renovation Interventions: Causes/Effects/ Issues/ Possibilities: 4.1.Socio-economical factors 4.2. Socio-cultural change 4.3. Changes in the ownership 4.4. Physical and economical obsolescence 4.4. The social identity and the state of belonging
5 Regulations and Actors: 5.1.International discourses and documents 5.2.National regulations 5.3. National and international organizations 5.4. The role of the central and local authorities 5.5. Nongovernmental organizations and user participation
6 Determining the research topics
7 Renovation Interventions (in urban scale): 7.1. Consolidation 7.2. Physical rehabilitation 7.3. Gentrification 7.4. Integration 7.5. The transformation reformation of the spatial identity
8 Renovation Interventions (in building scale) 8.1. Consolidation 8.2. Elimination/ Cleaning 8.3. Integration 8.4. Extension/ Contemporary Additions 8.5. Reconstruction
9 Individual and/or Group Studies
10 Individual and/or Group Studies
11 Individual and/or Group Studies
12 Individual and/or Group Studies
13 The presentations of students and discussions
14 The presentations of students and discussions

Recomended or Required Reading

-Altınoluk,Ülkü. Binaların Yeniden Kullanımı , YEM, 2001
-Cohen, Nahoum. Urban Planning Conservation and Preservation , McGraw-Hill,2001 New York
-Ellez,Fatima, Kent Merkezlerinde Yenileme , Yayınlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi, DEÜ, 1985
-Gittell, Ross. Renewing Cities Princeton Uni.Pr., 1992. Princeton
-Jokiletho, Jukka. A History of Architectural Conservation, Bath Press, 1999.
-Kocabaş, Arzu. Kentsel Dönüşüm (/Yenileş(tir)me) Literatür Yayıncılık, 2006.
-Özaslan,N & Özkut,D. Mimari Korumada Güncel Yaklaşımlar , Anadolu Üni yayını, 2010.
-Özden, P.Pınar. Kentsel Yenileme , Imge Kitabevi, 2008.
-Rodwell, Dennis. Conservation & Sustainability in Historic Cities , Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Smith, Melanie K. (ed.) Tourism, culture and regeneration , Cambridge,MA, 2007.
Tiesdell,Steven. Revitalizing Historic Urban Quarters , Oxford: Architectural, 1998.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be taught in a lecture, individual/ group researches and study format.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRS PRESENTATION
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRS * 0.40 + PAR * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PRS * 0.40 + PAR * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Homework/ Presentation % 40
Class Participation % 10
Final Paper % 50
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Resit Exam % 50

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students are expected to make readings related to the courses. The papers related to the courses are to be given by the instructor.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

email: humeyra.akkurt@deu.edu.tr
tel: 0090 232 301 84 58

Office Hours

Office hours will be announced if needed.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 8 2 16
Case study 4 2 8
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 3 30
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Final Assignment 1 1 1
Midterm 2 2 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 99

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.145
LO.245
LO.34
LO.4444445
LO.5544444
LO.6444445