COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONSERVATION OF HISTORICAL ENVIRONMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARC 5167 CONSERVATION OF HISTORICAL ENVIRONMENT COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ESTER ETI AKYÜZ LEVI

Offered to

Restoration
Restoration

Course Objective

The course aims to give basic knowledge about conservation, evaluation and restoration of historical environment.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to explain the basic concepts about historical environment, protection and restoration.
2   Ability to comment upon the protection issues regarding historical environment.
3   Ability to criticize the protection history of the country and to envision the approaches towards the solutions of the problems of protecting the historical values.
4   Ability to interrelate and compare archeological sites and monuments as elements of historical environment.
5   Ability to interpret protection laws and decisions on principles.
6   Ability to evaluate the work of art within the frame of system of values regarding the detection of the work of art to be protected.
7   Making research about historical environment and ability to communicate this in visual, written and oral form.
8   Ability to make diductions from findings about historical environment.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the course, aim, method and contents of the course.
2 Historical Environment and Concept of Conservation. 2.1. Environment and Concept of Historical environment. 2.2. Concept of conservation. 2.2.1. Historical development of the phenomenon of Conservation.
3 Aim of conservation.
4 Reasons for conservation of historical environment. 4.1. Basic approaches in conservation. 4.2. Elements of Historical Environment. 4.2.1. Monuments 4.2.2. Sites Assignment of take-home subjects.
5 Technical visit concerning historical urban fabric in Izmir.
6 System of values of specifying the works to be conserved.
7 Concept of Restoration 7.1. Restoration methods
8 International rules and regulations as recommendations about Conservation-Restoration.
9 The discussion of certain issues in terms of the restoration approach in the light of international regulations (environment, unity of style, assumption, technical equipment, annexes and etc.)
10 Mid-term exam International organizations about Conservation Restoration.
11 View of the Phenomena of Conservation and Restoration in Turkey Conservation laws and regulations in the Ottoman Empire. (Asar-ı Atika nizamnameleri (regulations))
12 Conservation laws and resolutions in Turkey 12.1. The conservation laws No. 1710, 2863 and 3386 12.1.1. Amendments by the resolutions enacted in 1995 and 1996. 12.1.2. The law No. 5226 and the following resolutions; studying the regulations and the amendments made.
13 The innovations brought by the developments on the agenda of conservation and their reflections on the restoration practices. Collection of take-homes.
14 Samples for the Restoration Practices. Discussion of problems about conservation in Turkey and recommendation of solutions. General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

* AHUNBAY, Zeynep, Tarihi Çevre Koruma ve Restorasyon, Istanbul, 1996.
* AKYÜZ LEVI, Eti, "Tarihi Çevre Korumacılığı ve Turizm", Mimarlık, 286(4 / 1999), pp.55-56.
* AKYÜZ, Eti, "Ikinci Grup Uygulamalar", Art Dekor, 34 (January 1996), pp. 76-78.
* AKYÜZ LEVI, Eti, "Izmir'in Tarihi Çevre Dokusu ve Koruma Sorunları", Mimarlık Batı Akdeniz, 9 (October 1998), pp. 8-13.
* AKYÜZ LEVI Eti, GENÇ Umut, "Izmir'de Tarihi Banka Yapıları", YAPI Dergisi, sayı (Ocak 2016), s. 54-61.
* AKYÜZ LEVI Eti, "Conservation Courses in Undergraduate Architecture Education in Turkey", Conservation of Cultural Heritage in Turkey, Ege Yayınları, Istanbul, 2016, s. 241-253.
* ALTINOLUK, Ülkü, Binaların Yeniden Kullanımı, Istanbul, 1998.
* BOITO, Camillo, Korumak mı, Restore Etmek mi , Istanbul, Janus Yayıncılık, 2018.
* ERDER, Cevat, Tarihi Çevre Bilinci, Ankara, 1975.
* ERDER, Cevat, Tarihi Çevre Kaygısı, Ankara, 1971.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format.
Visual materials will be used intensively and technical excursions will be made during the course.
Students' active participation in the course is expected.
* Literature research and archive research
* Fieldwork (on-the-spot observations and examinations)

- Conveying through oral and visual presentations.
- On-site observation, examination, discussion within the scope of technical trip.
- Development of the ideas which have been suggested through the discussion medium in the classroom & interpretations
- Discussion of publications.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +FIN *0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +RST *0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm %25 (LO1, LO3, LO4, LO5)
Assignment and class participation % 25 (LO2, LO3, LO5)
Final % 50 (LO3, LO6, LO7, LO8)

The knowledge dimension (LO1) of the learning outcomes, their comprehension dimension (LO2), their practice dimension ( LO3), their analysis dimension (LO4), their evaluation dimension (LO5, LO6), their synthesis dimension (LO7, LO8) is measured. The evaluation of participation in the course, will be determined with attendance by the student, his/her active participation in the discussion medium during the course and his/her qualitative contribution in this context.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Eti Akyüz Levi
e-mail: eti.akyuz@gmail.com; eti.levi@deu.edu.tr ;
tel.: 0090232-3018460

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Technical trip 1 3 3
Preparation for midterm exam 1 11 11
Other(please indicate) - Reading 12 2 24
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Preparing individual assignments 1 15 15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparing final individual assignments 1 30 30
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 152

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61
LO.71
LO.81

CONTACT INFORMATION
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