Postgraduate Course: Urban Conservation (ARCH11196)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course will explore concepts and methodologies for integrated urban conservation considering ethical principles, relevant international charters, legislation and economic frameworks.
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| Course description |
Urban Conservation in Europe
Urban Conservation Principles
Methodology I, Site Analysis
Methodology II, Typology + Particularity
Problems and Opportunities
International Charters for Historic Settlements
Management and Finance: simulation exercise
Invited lectures
Project-specific lectures and seminars
Aims:
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 architectural conservation within wider social and political concerns
Mode of delivery:
The first semester is lecture and seminar focused, whilst the second semester is project-based, in association with a local authority. This course combines lectures and project seminars with supporting site-visits to relevant case-studies.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2019/20, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 23 |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
Fieldwork Hours 16,
External Visit Hours 22,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 12,
Formative Assessment Hours 3,
Summative Assessment Hours 3,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
100 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Group report and analytical maps assessing an area's historical development, character, problems and opportunities, and conservation recommendations.
Learning outcomes are equally weighted.
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| Feedback |
Formative oral feedback is given throughout the course during project seminars and at the Interim Project Presentations.
After submission of coursework, written feedback and grades are given corresponding to each learning outcome.
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand the historical development of an area in its geographical, social and economic context.
- Gain knowledge of urban conservation methodologies for characterising an area with reference to its historical development, physical fabric and function as a community.
- Develop skills for the critical appraisal of the complex interaction of these factors and consequences for urban conservation decisions.
- Develop an understanding of the requirements of urban conservation management in general, and the strength of the social and economic components in particular.
- Display organisational, verbal and presentation skills specific to urban conservation.
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Reading List
G.J. Ashworth. Heritage Planning: Conservation as the Management of Urban Change. Groningen: Geo Press, 1991.
P.J. Larkham. Conservation and the City. London: Routledge, 1996.
Philippe Panerai. Urban Forms: the Death and Life of the Urban Block. London Architectural Press, 2004.
R. Pickard (ed). Management of Historic Centres. London/New York: Spon, 2001.
Gerrit Schwalbach. Urban Analysis. Basel, Boston, Berlin: Birkhause, 2009
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Interdisciplinary team-work skills, organisational and presentation skills. |
| Special Arrangements |
The course has several half-day and day-long site-visits scheduled on Fridays. The project usually involves a week-long fieldtrip. |
| Keywords | conservation areas,historic settlements,integrated urban conservation,urban heritage |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Ruxandra-Iulia Stoica
Tel: (0131 6)51 5746
Email: Ruxandra.Stoica@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Rosie Hall
Tel: 0131 651 5802
Email: r.hall@ed.ac.uk |
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