The Faculty of Interior Architecture / Interior Architecture
2011-2012
CP-32 | Theory of the Historical Monument
Optional course, 1st semester | Hours/Week: 2C | ECTS Credits: 2
Department: History & Theory of Architecture and Heritage Conservation
- Titulari:
- conf.dr.arh. Kázmér Kovács
- arh. Irina Popescu-Criveanu
- Teaching Staff:
- arh. Irina Popescu-Criveanu
conf.dr.arh. Sergiu Nistor
arh. Mariana Celac
lector arh. Ștefan Bâlici - Learning outcomes:
- To discuss again some concepts that define the theory and practices connected to built heritage and their distribution in the larger context of the architectural profession;
To approach the appearance and spreading of the notion of historical monument as part of the European and world phenomenon;
To investigate the relations between monument conservation and the building of new ones;
To analyze the condition of built environment in the system of contemporary settlements;
To approach some general theoretical matters of architecture highlighted by the theory and practice of built heritage. - Content:
- INTRODUCTION: THE CULT OF THE BUILT HERITAGE : Contemporary world trends in heritage practice – Alois Riegl, Françoise Choay, Sigmund Freud
BEGINNINGS OF THE HISTORICAL MONUMENT: Discovery of the historical monument – Italian Renaissance; The paradoxes of early days; the first institutions of built heritage
ANTIQUARIANS, VANDALS, AND AVANT-GARDE. Bookish conservation; ideological demolitions; post-industrial conservation
THE ROMANIAN CASE: THE BOARD OF HISTORICAL MONUMENTS; The “Romanian Viollet”: Leconte de Nouy; DMASI
Evaluation criteria – Values and their representation: values, figures and functions. Structural contradictions; the issue of decision making
HERITAGE OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE: Discovery of the village; neo-vernacular architecture and the open-air museum; essential contradictions
URBAN HERITAGE: Heritage protection zones and urban zoning; the issue of revitalization of historical centers; the utility mains
TRADING THE HERITAGE – HIGHLIGHTING: Contemporary fate of the built heritage; the dilemmas of conservation; perverse effects of cultural tourism
RESTORATION: The matter of authenticity ; interventionists and non-interventionists; some post-war practice
THE MATTER OF EDUCATION: Architects versus restorers; the problem of urban heritage; “Daedalus-like” approach to buiilding
SOCIO-CULTURAL APPROACH: The danger of turning heritage into museum exhibit; the problem of functional integration; Infra-ordinary fabric
ECONOMIC APPROACH: Cheap and beautiful; rehabilitation strategies; the “façade-ism”
THE AESTHETIC LEVEL: Industrial design; landscape architecture in relation to aesthetics; aesthetics of the everyday
THE TIME OF THE HISTORICAL MONUMENT: Cesare Brandi’s triad; the privileged relation of historical monuments to time - Teaching Method:
- Lectures, discussions
- Assessment:
- Paper on a topic freely chosen by the students from the themes discussed in the classroom, or a case study
- Bibliography:
- BRANDI, C. - Teoria restaurări, Bucureşti, 1996;
BURCKHARDT, J. - Die Kultur der Renaissance in Italien, Leipzig, 1928;
CHOAY, F. - Alegoria patrimoniului, Bucureşti, 1998;
CHOAY, F. - «Şapte propoziţii despre conceptul de autenticitate şi folosirea acestuia în practicile patrimoniului istoric», in Alegoria patrimoniului, Bucureşti, 1998;
CHOAY, F. - «Despre demolare», in Virtualia 07, www.virtualia.org;
CURINSCHI VORONA, Ghe. - Arhitectură, urbanism, restaurare, Bucureşti, 1997;
GIOVANNONI, G. - L'Urbanisme face aux villes anciennes, Paris, 1998;
PÉREC, G. -L‘infra-ordinaire, Paris, 1989;
RIEGL, A. - Le culte moderne des monuments, Paris, 1984;
VOICULESCU, S. - Selectarea monumentelor de arhitectură, Bucureşti, 1997
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