COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SUSTAINABILITY IN ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARC 5170 SUSTAINABILITY IN ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION 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

Course Objective

This course focuses on the concept of sustainability, an interdisciplinary field of study that contains both architecture and conservation disciplines. In order to understand the concept, the approaches of the concept of sustainability within architectural conservation; the correlation between conservation and sustainable development and the parameters of sustainability that shapes the conservation interventions are to be discussed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Defining the concept of sustainability
2   Associating the fields of sustainability and architectural conservation
3   Defining the factors that shaped the correlation between architectural conservation and sustainability
4   Defining correlation between conservation and sustainable development
5   Questioning the sustainable interventions within the field of architectural conservation

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction 1.1. General information about the aims and methods of the course 1.2. Handing out the papers on the relevant literature
2 Conceptual framework: Conservation; Cultural Asset/Heritage; Context
3 Constitution and Evaluation of the Concept of Sustainability Sustainable Development
4 Sustainability in Architectural Conservation: Aims; Problems; Actors Laws and Regulations Prior fields of action
5 The Correlation between Architectural Conservation and Socio-Cultural Development; Continuity of the Cultural Diversity, Strengthening the Links Between Environment and Society
6 The Correlation between Architectural Conservation and Socio-Cultural Development; Concept of Identity Meaning of Place
7 Determining the research topics
8 The Correlation between Architectural Conservation and Socio-Cultural & Environmental Development; Continuity of the Local Production Culture and the Crafts
9 The Correlation between Architectural Conservation and Economic & Environmental Development; Reuse of the Historic Buildings
10 The Correlation between Architectural Conservation and Social, Economic & Environmental Development; Urban Rehabilitation; Rehabilitation of Historic Places and Districts; The effects of Tourism
11 Individual or Group Studies
12 Individual or Group Studies
13 Student Presentations and discussions
14 Student Presentations and discussions

Recomended or Required Reading

-Birol Akkurt,H. 2010. Mimari Korumada Sürdürülebilirlik , içinde Mimari Korumada Güncel Konular. Özaslan,N & Özkut,D. (Ed.), Eskişehir: Anadolu Üni. Yayını.
-Ciravoğlu,A. 2006. Sürdürülebilirlik Düşüncesi- Mimarlık Etkileşimine Alternatif Bir Bakış: Yer in Çevre Bilincine Etkisi. Yayınlanmamış Doktora Tezi, Yıldız Teknik Üni. F.B.E.
-Feilden, B. 2003. Conservation of Historic Buildings. London: Architectural Press.
-Gissen, D. 2002. Big & Gren: Towards Sustainable Architecture in 21st Century. New York: Pinceton Architectural Pres.
-Lynch, K. 1960. The Image of the City. Cambridge: The MIT Press.
-Neill, W.J.V. 2004. Urban Planning and Cultural Identity. London: Routledge Publishing.
-Rodwell,D. 2007. Conservation and Sustainability in Historic Cities. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
-Sev,A. 2009. Sürdürülebilir Mimarlık. Istanbul: YEM Yayın.
-Küçük,M. &Güneş,G. 2013. Sivil Toplum Kuruluşları ve Çevresel Sürdürülebilirlik . Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler Dergisi, Cilt:5, No:2, s.298-311

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

Instead of the final exam, the students are expected to prepare an academic paper which subjects their individual/group studies within the theoretical framework of the lecture.

Assessment Criteria

Homework/ Presentation % 40
Active Participation % 10
Final Exam % 50
--
Resit Exam

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

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

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

humeyra.akkurt@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 10 2 20
Group session 2 2 4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 3 30
Preparation for final exam (research paper) 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Midterm- Presentations 2 2 4
Final- Research paper 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.11111
LO.211111
LO.311111
LO.4111111
LO.5111111