CP-425 Graduation Project – Architectural Variants

The Faculty of Architecture / Architectural Conservation and Restoration
3rd Year, sem 2, 2023-2024 | Compulsory Course | Hours/Week: 12P | ECTS Credits: 2
Fișa disciplinei:
FA-C CP-425 Proiect de finalizare a studiilor studiu de fundamentare - variante arhitecturale.pdf
Department:
History & Theory of Architecture and Heritage Conservation
Course Leaders:
lect.dr.arh. Liliana Cazacu
șef lucr.dr.arh. Cristina Constantin
Learning outcomes:
The general objective of the discipline
The project aims at the assimilation of research, regulatory and intervention methods in the case of buildings with heritage value, by correctly identifying, protecting and enhancing the cultural values ​​of the studied building in relation to the heritage context and the current principles of the protection of immovable cultural heritage.
Specific objectives
Upon successful completion of the activities within the discipline, students will be able to:
- systematically go through and summarize the available historical documentation;
- to create an interpreted photo documentary;
- to make/update the geometric survey of the entire built fund of the studied building;
- to carry out a survey of materials and degradations with the indication of the causes and proposed solutions;
- to identify and evaluate culturally, historically and architecturally valuable elements;
- to map the construction and transformation phases (based on historical data and mural stratigraphy); - to create an architectural bibliographic documentation (references for the architectural program) and a specialized documentation (references regarding conservation-restoration interventions);
- to establish an intervention concept: restrictions and permissiveness regarding conservation, restoration, etc. as well as the limits within which elements can be modified or removed/added;
- to draw up the historical-architectural study to substantiate the intervention aiming at the correct identification, protection and enhancement of the cultural values ​​of the studied building in relation to the patrimonial context and the current principles of the protection of immovable cultural heritage.;
- to define an intervention scenario that takes into account the identification and involvement of the heritage community, the sustainability of the intervention, accessibility for physical and intellectual limitations or disabilities;
- to develop an intervention project at the technical project level based on the urban regulations in force, the conclusions from the Substantiation Historical Study and the intervention regulations established in the previous phase;
- to write an intervention report to argue the decisions and technical solutions within the project;
- to use at an advanced level means and tools for communicating ideas and projects orally, in writing, graphically and/or volumetrically;
- demonstrate the ability to develop architectural projects that guarantee sustainable development from a social, cultural, economic and environmental point of view;
Content:
The project is designed as a simulation of research and design works (conservation-restoration and insertion by expanding/replacing the existing built structures) and includes their essential phases for the intervention on a building classified as a historical monument.
Each student will work on a self chosen property that is validated by the supervising team. It is recommended to choose a building with an area of ​​approx. 150-300 sq.m. with historical and architectural value. The student, depending on the solution, can propose changes to the chosen construction without altering the identified values ​​or/and the addition of new parts (their surface will not exceed the existing one) which will contribute to increasing the qualities of the building, but also of the adjacent area. Each student must demonstrate the deepening of specialized notions (architecture, conservation and restoration) specific to the third year of studies in an institution with an academic profile.
The project will include several phases, each marked as a distinct discipline in the curriculum. Of these, phase 2 focuses on:
1. Analysis and interpretation of information contained in: a) historical documentation; b) specific architectural analysis of the building, on-site documentation; c) the bibliography about the constructions of the era; d) measured drawings;
2. Identification of historically and architecturally valuable elements;

Phase 2 Architectural Variants, 3 weeks
a) direct documentation of the heritage building: - sketches and notes; - interpreted photographic documentary;
b) completion of bibliographic documentation; - documenting the history of the heritage building;
c) architectural analysis: - updated, processed and interpreted measured drawings; - damage analysis; - mapping the construction and transformation phases; - cultural values;
d) the synthesis of the study and the establishment of the types of intervention: - plans at the working draft level, marking the initial conclusions of the study - values ​​and problems; - plan with proposals for use - functional schemes;
Teaching Method:
creative problem solving method (data collection, problem formulation, idea discovery, solution determination, solution realization)
experiential and interdisciplinary learning methods
individual proofing, board proofing, theoretical lectures, site visits, case studies
individual research activities
bibliographic study
observation
heuristic conversation
explication
the demonstration
the exercise
mentoring
Assessment:
On going evaluation
Final evaluation
Bibliography:
BRANDI, Cesare, Restoration Theory, Meridiane Publishing House, Bucharest, 1996.
CARBONARA, Givanni, Atlante del Restauro, UTET, Turin, 2004.
RATOIU, Lucian Cristian, Restoration of historical monuments. Concepts, theories, practices, ACS Publishing House, Bucharest, 2021.
SZABÓ, Bálint, Illustrated dictionary of historical load-bearing structures, Utilitas Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2004.
EwaGlos – European illustrated glossary of conservation terms for wall paintings and architectural surfaces, English definitions with translations into Bulgarian, Croatian, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Spanish and Turkish, Ed. Angela Weyer, Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg , 2015. (http://openarchive.icomos.org/1706/1/2015ewag.pdf)
Legislation in force regarding the stages and preparation of the conservation-restoration project; Articles, publications related to the field of restoration (BCMI, RMI, etc.) (http://www.revistamonumenteloristorice.ro/)
Historical studies, documentation and approved conservation-restoration projects, for monuments or historical ensembles, published or located in the D.I.T.A.C.P. archive. UAUIM, of the National Heritage Institute and the Heritage Directorates of the M.C.C.
Other bibliographic sources adapted to the subject chosen by the student.