Postgraduate Course: Conservation of Modern Architecture (AREA11015)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | 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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| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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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 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Project: Individual Listing Proposal
Project: Group Design Proposal
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| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
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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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Modernism; internationalism: new technology; functionalism; DoCoMoMo; concrete |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Miles Glendinning
Tel: (0131 6)51 5789
Email: m.glendinning@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Jennifer Watson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5735
Email: Jennifer.A.Watson@ed.ac.uk |
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