Syllabus academic year 2009/2010
(Created 2009-08-11.)
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE AND CIVIL ENGINEERINGABV610

Higher education credits: 6. Grading scale: UG. Level: G1 (First level). Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish. Compulsory for: IBYA1. Course coordinator: Kerstin Barup, kerstin.barup@byggark.lth.se, Bebyggelsevård. Assessment: Successfully to complete the course, a student must attend not less than eighty per cent of the lectures and study visits. At the end of the course, each gives in words, drawings and images a final account of a project. He or she must also carry out the Afu (workplace studies) sucessfully.

Aim
The purpose of the course is to mediate a basic knowledge of the history of European and Nordic architecture from Antiquity until modern times, with particular emphasis on interplay between form and tectonics. Its aim is also to illuminate buildings’ particularities and materials, and the skills of artisans exhibited by them, as well as their maintenance, preservation and renewal. The workplace training aims to mediate knowledge of the skills needed and performed on a building site.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

Contents
The course addresses the development of the history of architecture by focusing on examples of its generally acknowledged masterpieces. They are considered initially with regard to their form, style and techniques; their material and contributions to them by artisans are studied by considering their various details. The maintenance and renewal of the stock of buildings is considered, as well as the technical principles applied in modern maintenance and restoration.

The weight of emphasis of the course lies on the development of European architecture, and the manner of building in southern Sweden and Denmark. The course considers buildings of a public character, those exhibiting the work of well-known leading architects and also popular buildings.

The development of building technology and its influence on architectural form is given particular attention.

Conservation is presented by considering the heritage of buildings and its preservation and renewal. The basics of making cultural-historical evaluations are studied, together with the particular techniques used in older buildings. Principles for restoration and renewal are studied through scrutinizing examples.

A planned excursion to one or more interesting architectural sites is preceded by relevant seminar discussions.

The workplace practical consists of one week study visit in smaller groups which will be followed-up by a seminar.

Literature
Ahlstrand, J-T: Arkitekturtermer. Studentlitteratur 1976. Andra uppl. ISBN: 91-44-02852-0
Boverket BBR BFS 1993:5 med ändringar (2006-09-13)
Dunér, K & Hall, T (red.): Den svenska staden - planering och gestaltning - från medeltid till industrialism. 1997. ISBN: 91-522-1797-3
Edman, V: En svensk restaureringstradition; Tre arkitekter gestaltar 1900-talets historiesyn. Byggförlaget, 1999. ISBN: 91-7988-186-6
Hantverket i gamla hus. Byggförlaget 1998. ISBN: 91-7988-154-8
Kulturvärden 2005:2 Tema: Restaurering under hundra år. Statens fastighetsverk. ISSN: 1140-845X
Waern, R: Guide till Sveriges arkitektur – Byggnadskonst under 1000 år. Arkitektur förlag AB 2001. ISBN: 91-86-05055-9