Postgraduate Course: Area Conservation (Urban Design) ACO6001 (ARCH11117)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative course content
Concepts and legislation with regard to Area Conservation. Area Charters and ethical principles. Character Appraisals, methodologies, and townscape analysis. Economic frameworks for area conservation
Aims of course
1 To consider the historic built environment as a totality rather than an agglomeration of specific buildings
2 To analyse the impact of the general built environment on historic buildings and sites
3 To place conservation within wider social, economic and political concerns.
Mode of delivery
This is a project-based module in association with a local authority, e.g. North Lanarkshire Council. The practical work is supported by a series of lectures, seminars, and visits. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Pre-requisites
None
Co-requisites
None
Prohibited combinations
None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: 150 |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
Week 2, Thursday, 10:00 - 13:00, Zone: Other. Architecture Lecture Room J03, Main Building, ECA |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Appreciate the multi-layered nature of the environment and the complex interaction of factors in Area Conservation
2. Characterise an area with reference to its historical development, physical fabric, economic context and function as a community
3. Display organisational, verbal and presentational skills specific to Area Conservation group report. |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
Not entered |
Special Arrangements
| ARB criteria demonstrated in this module Cultural Context 2.3.1.1, 2.3.1.2, 2.3.1.3, 2.3.2.1 Communication 2.4.2.1, 2.4.2.2, 2.4.2.3 Management Practice & Law 2.5.2.2, 2.5.2.4 |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
G.J. Ashworth (1991) Heritage Planning: Conservation as the Management of Urban Change. Groningen: Geo Press P.J. Larkham (1996) Conservation and the City, London: Routledge Philippe Panerai (2004), Urban Forms: the Death and Life of the Urban Block. London Architectural Press R. Pickard (ed) (2001) Management of Historic Centres, London/New York: Spon Gerrit Schwalbach (2009), Urban Analysis. Basel, Boston, Berlin: Birkhauser |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 30 hours
Directed study 3 hours
Self-directed study 67 hours
Total 100 hours |
| Keywords | CHARACTER APPRAISAL, CONSERVATION AREA, TOWNSCAPE, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mrs Ruxandra-Iulia Stoica
Tel:
Email: Ruxandra.Stoica@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Christopher Miller
Tel: 0131 221 6150
Email: c.miller@ed.ac.uk |
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