COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONSERVATION OF HISTORICAL BUILDINGS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARC 5145 CONSERVATION OF HISTORICAL BUILDINGS COMPULSORY 2 2 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR MÜJGAN KARATOSUN

Offered to

Restoration
Restoration

Course Objective

In a program that seeks to train restorer architects; the aim of the course is to provide students the information concerning the conservation process of historical buildings.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Analizing historic structure materials.
2   Intervening historical building materials
3   Making decision of the appropriate material use in the restoration of historic buildings
4   Designing restoration project in respect of historic structure (buildings also).
5   Detecting problems and solutions of historic structures (buildings also).

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Stone material types, their structural characterists and usage in buildings
2 Causes of stone building deteriorations, damage assessment methods and conservation techniques
3 Causes of stone building deteriorations, damage assessment methods and conservation techniques
4 Wood material types, their structural characterists and usage in buildings
5 Causes of wood building deteriorations, damage assessment methods and conservation techniques
6 Causes of wood building deteriorations, damage assessment methods and conservation techniques
7 Midterm
8 Earth material types, their structural characterises and usage in buildings
9 Causes of earth material based building deteriorations, damage assessment methods and conservation techniques
10 Adornement types, traditional conjuctions, mortar and plaster structural characterises and their cause of deteriorations.
11 Adornements, traditional conjuctions, mortars and plasters conservation technics.
12 Adornements, traditional conjuctions, mortars and plasters conservation technics.
13 Examining the case implementations .
14 Examining the case implementations .

Recomended or Required Reading

Supplementary Book(s):

Ashurst J. & Dimes F. G., Conservation of Building and Decorative Stone, 1990
Ashurt N., Cleaning Historic Buildings (Cleaning Materials and Processes)
Croci G., The Conservation and Structural Restoration of Architectural Heritage, 1998
Feilden B. M., The Conservation of Historical Buildings, 2001
Weaver M. E. & Matero. M.E., Conserving Buildings, 1997

References:

Levi, A. E., Karatosun, M., Köşklük, N., Izmir Kenti Bakımlı Cepheler Projesi- Alsancak 1448 ve 1449 Sokaklar Cephe Renovasyonu , Ege Mimarlık, 51, 17-19, 2004

Karatosun M.ve Levi A.E., Kuşadası Kent Kimliğinde Sokak Çeşmeleri: Koruma Sorunları ve Öneriler Geçmişten Geleceğe Kuşadası Sempozyumu-II, Kuşadası, 261-268, 2010

Levi, A. E., Kayın, E., Akkurt, B. H., Karatosun, B. M., Kıray T. M., Köşklük N., Bornova-Edwards (Murad) Köşkü Restorasyon Çalışmaları , Ege Mimarlık, 60, 14-19, 2007

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, reading and discussion, seminar.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm 40% (LO1, LO4, LO5)
Final Exam 60% (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mujgan.bahtiyar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture 13 2 26
Weekly preparation before/after course 5 2 10
Presentation 1 25 25
Preparation for midterm 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Homework 1 30 30
Final Exam 1 15 15
Midterm 1 15 15
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 166

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.1111
LO.211
LO.311
LO.411
LO.51

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