CONS507 PLANNING AND DESIGN IN URBAN CONSERVATION
| Course Code: | 8560507 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 8 (4.00 - 8.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 16.0 |
| Department: | Graduate Program in Conservation of Cultural Heritage |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. AYŞEM BERRİN ÇAKMAKLI |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, the students are expected to develop a project reflecting an awareness and experience in the following topics:
- Defining general characteristics and conservation problems of a historic site with special emphasis on the selected example,
- Defining and evaluating the features and values of buildings to be protected,
- Defining current legal, administrative, and financial means and developing proposals for their use in practice,
- Applying the knowledge gathered throughout the theoretical courses and evaluating the collected data on the selected site or town to gain expertise in “Conservation Master Plans” and “Historic Site Conservation Management and Planning” in general.
Course Content
Provide the students a systematic and contemporary approach to urban conservation that can be used in defining the general characteristics and conservation problems of historic sites considering the current legal, administrative, financial and managerial means. Research, survey, analysis, evaluation and preparation of conservation master plan proposals for a historic site by use of Geographic Information Systems. Detailed study of the natural, architectural, visual and certain socio-economic characteristics as well as historical development of the historic site.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, the student will be able to:
Knowledge:
- carry out a survey and define characteristics of a historic site; evaluate its values, problems, and potentials and develop decisions for its conservation considering the studied site and its environment as a whole together with its natural and man-made elements and inhabitants and various stakeholders
Skills
- prepare a conservation master plan considering international norms and national legislative framework
- prepare a conservation management plan draft considering the international and national financial framework
- prepare (individually/as a group) a generator preliminary project proposed within the conservation master plan
Attitudes
- develop maturity in managing teamwork, demonstrating individual responsibility and commitment to collective achievement
- develop professional expertise in urban conservation plans with utmost care for heritage sites and inhabitants
- demonstrate evidence of professional ethics to resist and challenge real-life procedures of practice
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Develops and deepens local and international knowledge in the field of cultural heritage conservation at an expert level based on undergraduate qualifications in various disciplines related to the conservation of the built environment. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Understands the interactions between the disciplines related to cultural heritage and conservation. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Produces comprehensive projects by utilizing theoretical and practical knowledge related to cultural heritage and conservation (by preparing the outcomes of documentation, evaluation/interpretation, and project design processes at building and site scales in different formats). | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Uses information and communication technologies (gis, laser scanning, etc.) Along with current and advanced tools required for documentation, information management, and decision-making processes. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Produces original knowledge for the conservation of cultural heritage, solves problems by systematically evaluating information from a holistic perspective, and develops conservation decisions. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Structures and conducts academic research in the field of cultural heritage conservation in a systematic and critical manner. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Acts independently (impartially) in learning and practice settings related to cultural heritage conservation; takes responsibility; independently defines, coordinates, and manages work requiring complex and original strategic approaches in both learning and practice settings. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Utilizes theoretical and practical knowledge in cultural heritage conservation processes with an interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary/transdisciplinary approach. | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Shares the findings and results of the studies carried out in the field of cultural heritage and conservation, and the knowledge and methods underlying them, with expert and non-expert groups in an open and systematic manner (in both Turkish and English). | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Shares the results of a research or project on cultural heritage conservation in national and/or international settings (in both Turkish and English). | ✔ | |||
| 11 | Considers social, scientific and cultural norms in the stages of collecting, interpreting, implementing and announcing data related to the field of cultural heritage conservation; observes ethical values; pioneers for change. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution