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IT-14 | Practical Exercises (Study Trip)

Compulsory Course | Hours/Week: 2L | ECTS Credits: 1

Titular:

asist.dr.arh. Horia Radu Moldovan

Teaching Staff:

drd. arh. Radu Ponta, drd. arh. Irina Tulbure, drd. arh. Miruna Stroe, drd. arh. Toader Popescu, drd. arh. Irina Bancescu

Learning outcomes:

Understanding the relationship between contemporary architectural creation and the natural and historic built environment throughout specific concepts discussed in the History, Theory and Heritage Conservation lectures.
The first objective of the trip is to get from the students a sample of architectural and urban survey and analysis, focuses on some particular aspects of the phenomenon of natural and built heritage of the visited settlements. These issues generally develop around the relationship between new and old, the contemporary creation and enhancement of the cultural heritage.
The second objective is to document in situ the restoration project coordinated by the Department.

Content:

Study trip involves a guided tour including visits to architectural ensembles of Wallachia (Cozia Monastery, Targoviste - Dealu monastery, Stelea monastery, Royal Court, Curtea de Arges - the Episcopal Complex, Royal Court, Campulung - Negru Voda Monastery) and southern Transylvania (the fortified churches of Dealu Frumos, Hosman, Merghindeal, the summer residence of Baron von Brukenthal from Avrig and Cârţa Cistercian monastery).

Teaching Method:

Guided tour of historic monuments

Assessment:

Photographic documentary and architectural research, as part of the statement of the solution required in the restoration project.

Bibliography:

Documentary material - made by trip organizers
Curinschi-Vorona, Gheorghe, History of Architecture in Romania, Bucharest, 1981
Curinschi-Vorona, Gheorghe, Architecture, urban design, restoration, Bucgarest, 1996
Drăguţ, Vasile, Gothic art in Romania, Bucharest, 1981
Fabini, Hermann, Fortified Churches’ Universe in Transylvania, Sibiu, 2009
Ionescu, Grigore, History of Architecture in Romania over the centuries, Bucharest, 1982
Sebestyen, Gheorghe, A page in the history of Romanian architecture - Renaissance, Bucharest, 1986
Vătăşianu, Virgil, History of medieval art in the Romanian Counties, Bucharest, 1959.