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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Edinburgh College of Art : Architecture and Landscape Architecture

Postgraduate Course: Conservation of Modern Architecture (AREA11015)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits10
Home subject areaArchitecture and Landscape Architecture Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis 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.


Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 8, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 2, External Visit Hours 8, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 4, Formative Assessment Hours 3, Summative Assessment Hours 3, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 70 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information
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.


Assessment Information
Project: Individual Listing Proposal
Project: Group Design Proposal
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsModernism; internationalism: new technology; functionalism; DoCoMoMo; concrete
Contacts
Course organiserDr Miles Glendinning
Tel: (0131 6)51 5789
Email: m.glendinning@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Lyndsay Hopes
Tel: (0131 6)51 5735
Email: Lyndsay.Hopes@ed.ac.uk
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