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MIM 515 - Conservations Concepts

Graduate Education Institute · Architecture · Master

ECTS: 7.5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Zeliha Büşra ERYİĞİT ŞENEL

Course Objective

To establish the conceptual bases of conservation consciousness / To understand the conservation - evaluation process / To establish conservation - use balance and logic / To understand scale and depth in conservation.

Course Content

The meaning of protection concept / The values required protection / The evolution of protection concept from the first applications to the Renaissance / XIX. The evolution of the concept of conservation until the end of the century / XIX. The evolution of the concept of conservation from the 1900s to the 1964 Venice congress / Evolution of the concept of day-to-day conservation from 1964 / Evolution of historical understanding in Turkey / The evolution of the concept of historical value conservation in Turkey / International organization on conservation / Critical approaches.

Required Resources

Course notes.

Recommended Resources

Course notes.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Understanding the meaning of the concept of conservation and the evolution of conservation understanding from the first applications to the day-to-day
  2. Understanding scale and depth in protection, developing critical approaches
  3. To learn about international and national organizations and legal framework for conservation

Core Area Distribution

(58) Architecture and Building%100

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerPresentation

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)15345
Out of Class Study Period15230
Midterm13535
Quiz000
Assignment13030
Practice000
Final15050

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Meaning of protection concept / values required protectionreadings
2Definition, classification and protection actions to be appliedreadings
3The evolution of the concept of conservation from the first applications to the renaissancereadings
4XIX. Evolution of the concept of conservation until the end of the centuryreadings
5XIX. The evolution of the concept of conservation from the 1900s to the 1964 Venice Congressreadings
6Developments in the field of day-to-day protection from 1964readings
7The Evolution of the Historical Value Conception in Turkey (Ottoman Period)readings
8midtermmidterm
9The Evolution of the Historical Value Conception in Turkey (Republican Period)readings
10International Organization for Conservationreadings
11Council of Europe symposium series results - Approaches of A-B-C-D-E symposiums - Discussionreadings
12Organizing in single structure and urban sit protection in Turkey, followed methodsreadings
13Organizing in single structure and urban sit protection in Turkey, followed methodsreadings
14Student presentationsreadings
15Student presentationsreadings
16Final examFinal exam