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Arab International University

الجامعة العربية الدولية

Faculty of Architecture كلية الهندسة المعمارية

Course Profile Restoration and Rehabilitation Course ID n° 089447 – Summer course 2011

توصيف مقرر الترميم و إعادة التأهيل

2011الفصل الصيفي

Coordinator Dr. Abderrazzaq MOAZ

Quality Assurance and Accreditation Project (QAAP) مشروع ضمان الجودة و االعتماد

2011

Arab International University Faculty of Architecture

Course Profile Restoration and Rehabilitation

Summer Course 2011

1 COURSE DETAILS Course Code 089447 Coordinating Unit

Faculty of Architecture

Teaching Period Summer semester Year: 2011 Mode: Internal Level Undergraduate Location(s) Ghabagheb Campus Units Theoretical and practical Contact

Up to 8 hours per week

Prerequisites Co requisites Not applicable Incompatible Not applicable Assumed Knowledge Level 4 B. Arch. Core courses Restrictions Restricted to Level 4, priority to level 5 and graduation students Quota/ Restriction

40 students

Course Description • This course aims at providing students with theoretical and historical base of conservation.

• The importance of Cultural Heritage (local, national and international), and the way of how to preserve it.

• Management and rehabilitation of Cultural Heritage Sites. • Assurance of providing students with essential knowledge of survey and

architectural documentation. • Improving research skills in historical, architectural and structural study on Cultural

Heritage. • Providing knowledge about traditional building materials used in Syria (stone, brick,

wood ...). • Capacity of understanding and analysing the phenomenon of deterioration and

decay of structures and building materials. • Learning the ways of intervention into the framework of conservation process taking

into consideration conservation charters, principals and documents (ex. Nara Document on Authenticity), in respecting the rules of achieving and conservation standards.

• Studying the application of these rules on a historical building throughout a conservation project as well as site rehabilitation, reuse or upgrade.

2 COURSE STAFF Coordinator(s) Dr. Abderrazzaq MOAZ Location Faculty of Architecture, S 20 Telephone (work) E-mail [email protected] Availability By appointment Lecturer(s) Dr. Abderrazzaq MOAZ Tutors Arch. Aisha DARWISH



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3 COURSE TIMETABLE Week 1 Sa. 09 July 2011 L: Introduction to architectural Conservation

S: Presentation of Course Profile

Tues. 12 July 2011 L: Cultural Heritage and the notion of Authenticity (The World Heritage Convention 1972)

S: Presentations by students, and essays discussion Week 2

Sat. 16 July 2011 L: 1. Nara Document on Authenticity 1994 2. Management of Cultural Heritage Sites – managing conservation

- Survey and analysis - Making and evaluating proposals - Project implementation - Managing historic properties: maintenance planning, risk assessment and

preparedness, and access management S: Presentations by students, and essays discussion

Tues. 19 July 2011 L: Theoretical framework and conservation principles - Values and definitions: values-based approach - Principles, philosophy and guidance: Ethics of conservations and principles


Sat. 23 July 2011 L: Causes of heritage decay S: Presentations by students, and essays discussion

Tues. 26 July 2011 L: Legislation, Policies and guidance 1 - Decision making in conservation: International level (UNESCO, ICOMOS &

ICCROM), national level (DGAM), and local level - Statutory protection: sites and monuments


Sat. 30 July 2011 L: Legislation, Policies and guidance 2 - Athens Charter for Restoration of Historic Monuments 1931 - Venice Charter 1964

Quiz 1

Tues. 02 August 2011 L: Conservation of Monuments – Strategy and examples - Strategies of interventions


Sat. 06 August 2011 L: Conservation in the Built Environment S: Presentations by students, and essays discussion

Tues. 09 August 2011 L: Charter for Conservation of Historic Towns and Urban Areas (Washington Charter) – Reflection on local case studies (Damascus)

S: Presentations by students, and essays discussion



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Week 6 Sat. 13 August 2011 L: Charter for Conservation of Historic Towns and Urban Areas (Washington

Charter) – Reflection on local case studies (Aleppo) Quiz 2

Tues. 16 August 2011 L: Site documentation S: Presentations by students, and essays discussion

Attendance You are expected to attend all lectures and seminars, and to actively participate in the presentations and discussions. The University’s policies on minimum attendance requirements and ban from final assessment will be strictly enforced.

Lectures Lectures take place in S20 on Saturdays and Tuesdays 09:40 – 11:30 & 11:30 – 13:20

4 ASSESSMENT Assessment Summary There are two quizzes and a final examination; assessment lies on these two

quizzes, the final exam, the assignment (consisting of short essays and presentations, and the final essay), attendance and participation.

You are required to undertake and demonstrate evidence of satisfactory performance in the assessment tasks explained below.

Assessment Task Weight Due date

Quiz 1 10% Sat. 30 July 2011 Quiz 2 10% Sat. 13 August 2011 Final exam 40% Short essays and presentation 20% Saturdays & Tuesdays Final essay: as following: 20% Proposal 300 words (plan + references)

First draft 800 words Final essay (printed + CD)

03% 05% 12%

Sat. 30 July 2011 Sat. 06 August 2011 Sat. 13 August 2011

Assessment Details You are required to present one short essay per week, one short presentation per semester (it could replace one of the short weekly essays), and finally, the final essay. That is 7 in total.

1. The five short essays are required to be hand written 2. The short presentation should be in digital format 3. The final essay (printed + CD)

Each short essay (and even the short presentation) would focus on an idea explained in the lectures. An essay should not exceed one A4 page. The short presentation will be presented and discussed in the studio section. Regarding the final essay, your task is to search, with the help of your tutor, for at least one published article or chapter, which deals with your selected topic, and to write an essay.



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References • JOKILEHTO Jukka, A History of Architectural Conservation, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 1999.

• ORBAŞLI Aylin, Architectural Conservation, Blackwell Science, Oxford, 2008. • CRAMER Johannes and BREITLING Stefan, Architecture in existing fabric,

Birkhäuser, Basel Boston Berlin, 2007. ، المبادئ التوجيهية إلدارة مواقع التراث الثقافي العالميم. برنارد، م. فيلدن و ي. يوكيليتو، •

ICCROM ،1998. دليل عملي لمعلمي المدارس الثانوية في –تعريف الشباب بحماية و إدارة مواقع التراث •

.2003المنطقة العربية، يونيسكو-إيكروم،

Proposed topics • Conservation as a profession. Reference(s): - ORBAŞLI Aylin, Architectural Conservation, Blackwell Science, Oxford, 2008.

• Conservation of ruins. Reference(s): - ASHURST John, Conservation of Ruins, Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford,

2007. • Decision making in conservation. Reference(s):

- ORBAŞLI Aylin, Architectural Conservation, Blackwell Science, Oxford, 2008. - CRAMER Johannes and BREITLING Stefan, Architecture in existing fabric,

Birkhäuser, Basel Boston Berlin, 2007. • Heritage values. . Reference(s):

- ORBAŞLI Aylin, Architectural Conservation, Blackwell Science, Oxford, 2008. - WORTHING Derek and BOND Stephen, Managing Built Heritage, Blackwell

Publishing, Oxford, 2008. ، المبادئ التوجيهية إلدارة مواقع التراث الثقافي العالمي- م. برنارد، م. فيلدن و ي. يوكيليتو،

ICCROM ،1998. • History of conservation. . Reference(s):

- JOKILEHTO Jukka, A History of Architectural Conservation, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 1999.

• Statutory protection. Reference(s): - ORBAŞLI Aylin, Architectural Conservation, Blackwell Science, Oxford, 2008.

• Managing conservation. Reference(s): - ORBAŞLI Aylin, Architectural Conservation, Blackwell Science, Oxford, 2008. - WORTHING Derek and BOND Stephen, Managing Built Heritage, Blackwell

Publishing, Oxford, 2008. ، المبادئ التوجيهية إلدارة مواقع التراث الثقافي العالمي- م. برنارد، م. فيلدن و ي. يوكيليتو،

ICCROM ،1998. • Heritage decay. Reference(s):

- ORBAŞLI Aylin, Architectural Conservation, Blackwell Science, Oxford, 2008. • Conservation and materials. Reference(s):

- ORBAŞLI Aylin, Architectural Conservation, Blackwell Science, Oxford, 2008. • Architecture in existing fabric. Reference(s):


Birkhäuser, Basel Boston Berlin, 2007. • Authenticity. Reference(s):


Birkhäuser, Basel Boston Berlin, 2007. ، المبادئ التوجيهية إلدارة مواقع التراث الثقافي العالمي- م. برنارد، م. فيلدن و ي. يوكيليتو،

ICCROM ،1998.



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Submissions Submission details are as follows: • Essays of one page, about one specific point from each lecture, must be submitted

weekly after the class (hand written). The references must be mentioned, and using or appropriating someone else’ s ideas and work without proper mentioning the references in the foot notes is a very serious act of academic misconduct, which imposes severe penalties.

• Proposal: Hard copy only. Sat. 30 July 2011 • First draft: Hard copy only. 06 August 2011 • Final essay (printed + CD). Sat. 13 August 2011 • Quiz 1: Sat. 30 July 2011 • Quiz 2: Sat. 13 August 2011 On the hand-in days, you are expected to bring your work complete and ready for collection, submissions will be collected on the hand-in time as indicated above and any submission not received within 15 minutes from the hand-in time will be deemed late. Please refer to the Faculty’s Student Handbook 2011 for policy on late submission. The policy will be strictly enforced.

Course Grading Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following grading scales:

95 – 100 A 90 – 94 A- 85 – 89 B+ 80 – 84 B 75 – 79 B- 70 – 74 C+ 60 – 69 C 56 – 59 C- 53 – 55 D+ 50 – 52 D Less than 50 F

Plagiarism and other Forms of Cheating

Plagiarism is the act of using or appropriating someone else’s ideas and work without proper acknowledgment and claiming to be yours. This is a very serious act of academic misconduct. The Faculty imposes severe penalties on acts of plagiarism and other forms of cheating.

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