CP-5 Heritage Protection (conservation notions)

Department:

History & Theory of Architecture and Heritage Conservation

Course Leader:

prof.dr.arh. Sergiu Nistor

Learning outcomes:

Awareness about the principles of scientific conservation.
Awareness aboutr the fundamentals of Romanian laws in historic buildings preservation
Awareness in the use of the main instruments of investigation the historic buildings.

Content:

The birth and the evolution of the cathegory of historic monument
Monument vs Historic Monument
Conservation doctrines - XIXth century
Conservation doctrines - XXth century
The Venice Charter - presentation and comments
The Venice Charter - presentation and comments
Legislation for the protection of historic buildings: international and domestic
Causes of decay
Typology of conservation interventions
Typology of conservation interventions - examples and comments
Survey techniques
Romanian conservation examples

Teaching Method:

Conference

Assessment:

Written and oral exam

Bibliography:

CHOAY, Francoise - L’allegorie du patrimoine, Paris: Seuil, 1996;
CUNNINGTON, Pamela - Care of Old Houses, Londra: A&C Black, 1991;
CURINSCHI-VORONA, Gheorghe - Restaurarea monumentelor istorice, Bucuresti: Ed. Tehnica, 1968;
CURINSCHI-VORONA, Gheorghe - Arhitectura. Urbanism. Restaurare., București: Ed. Tehnica, 1996;
FITCH, James Marston - Historic Preservation, Curatorial Management of the Built World, University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville 1992;
FEILDEN, Bernard M. - Conservation of Historic Buildings, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1994;
PEARCE, David - Conservation Today, Routledge, London, 1989.