Postgraduate Course: Conservation of Modern Architecture (AREA11015)
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 |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | PLEASE NOTE: THIS COURSE IS OWNED AND ADMINISTRATED BY ECA
This is a lecture-based module with supporting seminars and visits.
History of modern architecture, technology of the Modern Movement; problems in conserving the recent past; principles of modernist design.
Key Aims:
1. To review arguments concerning the
conservation of the recent past.
2. To consider the challenges posed by the
architecture and technology of Modern
Movement buildings.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | 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: None |
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| First Class |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of this module, students will be able to:
1. Display an awareness of the history, language
and technology of modernist and late
20th-century architecture, and an ability to apply
that knowledge in reports and evaluations
2. Display an awareness of conservation issues
relating to modern architecture.
3. Display organisational, verbal and
presentational skills appropriate to project
preparation on modern architecture conservation
issues.
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Assessment Information
Project: Individual Listing Proposal
Project: Group Design Proposal
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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| Transferable skills |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Keywords | Modernism; internationalism: new technology; functionalism; DoCoMoMo; concrete |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Miles Glendinning
Tel: (0131) 221 6168
Email: m.glendinning@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Karen Bradley
Tel: 0131 221 6085
Email: k.bradley@ed.ac.uk |
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