Course syllabus
Kulturhistoriska byggnader, teori
Cultural Heritage Buildings, Theory
ABVN11, 7,5 credits, A (Second Cycle)
Valid for: 2023/24
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering, LTH
Decided by: PLED A
Date of Decision: 2023-03-28
General Information
Elective Compulsory for: MARK2
Elective for: A4
Language of instruction: The course will be given in English on demand
Aim
The aim of the course is that each student shall acquire
competence in rebuilding and/or adding to buildings, or in building
new ones, in an already existing, sensitive built-up area. He or
she shall also be able to discuss and analyze qualities in renewal;
to become competent in preserving and renewing a culture-historical
built-up area throuhghout the whole process.
Learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must
- understand and apply central concepts in communicating and
discussing developmental and design ideas in the restoration and
renewal of culture-historical buildings
- understand and analyze functional and technical conditions, and
the culture-historical values, of such buildings as a basis for
planning their renewal
Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must
- be able to make impact studies of proposals for change that
take account of culture-historical, technical and functional
values
- ought to be skilled in thinking critically; in independently
resolving problems and in arguing convincingly
- be able to investigate and understand the functional, technical
and aesthetical qualities of culture-historical buildings or
built-up areas
Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must
- be able to apply the Swedish authorities demands for care when
altering and/or renewing a building or an entire built-up
environment
- in taking a holistic view of a building and the process of
changing it, take into account health, environmental, climatic,
safety and access considerations
An architect’s restoration work requires careful preliminary
study and great detail in planning, and in its designs it should
avoid superficial trends and tendencies.
Contents
The course addresses buildings of culture-historic value. The
course gives knowledge and understanding of design having to do
with encounters between new and old architecture. The course also
focuses on the function, design, material, administration and
renewal of buildings, contemporary requirements for functions,
technical equipment, design and access by physically-handicapped
persons. It also examines relevant Swedish legislation, and Swedish
demands for care in rebuilding, as well as rebuilding
processes.
The course includes: preliminary investigations; modern methods
of surveying and estimating damage; capacity analysis and
culture-historical evaluation; reference studies; impact analyses
and proposals for remedies; descriptions of buildings, current
Swedish legislation on changes to existing buildings; and
international codex' and organizations are studied.
Examination details
Grading scale: UG - (U,G) - (Fail, Pass)
Assessment: During the course, constant reference is made to individuals’ levels of knowledge: each gives a preliminary account of his or her work-in-process on a paper that is assessed. At the end of the course, each gives in words a final account of this project that the other students assess critically. Successfully to complete the course, a student must attend not less than eighty per cent of the lectures and study visits; actively take part in preliminary and final assessments; and gain approval for his or her paper.
The examiner, in consultation with Disability Support Services, may deviate from the regular form of examination in order to provide a permanently disabled student with a form of examination equivalent to that of a student without a disability.
Admission
Admission requirements:
- ATHA10 The Theory and History of Architecture II (Year 2) or ATHA25 The Theory and History of Architecture IV (Year 2)
- ATHF01 The Theory and History of Architecture V
- AADA20 Digital Tools 5
- ASBF05 The Fundamentals of Urban Design
- AAHF01 Sustainable Technology in the Built Environment
- AAHF10 Sustainable Architectural Design
- ATHF01 The Theory and History of Architecture V
- ATHF05 The Theory and History of Architecture VI
- VBEA05 The Construction Process, Basic Course
- AADA25 Digital Tools 6
- AAHF35 Documentation and Communication
- AAHF20 Architecture - In Time and Space or AAHF26 Architecture - In Urban Contexts or AAHF30 Architecture - In the Contemporary
The number of participants is limited to: 30
Selection: Completed university credits within the program. Within programmes where the course is given as a mandatory or elective mandatory course students are guaranteed admission. There after priority is given to students enrolled in programmes that include the course in the curriculum.
The course overlaps following course/s: ABVN10
Reading list
- Bedoire, F. : Restaurering under hundra år, ur Kulturvärden 2005:2. Statens Fastighetsverk, 2005, ISBN: ISSN:1104-845X. Pdf: www.sfv.se2006-09-13.
- Jokilehto, J.: History of Architectural Conservation. 2002, ISBN: 07596 5511 9.
- Stubbs, J. H. : Architectural Conservation in Europe and the Americas. J Wiley & Son Inc, , 2011, ISBN: 978-0-470-60385-7.
- Denslagen, W: Architectural restoration in Western Europe, controversy and continuity. Architectura & Natura Press, 1994, ISBN: 90-71570-22-3.
- FEILDEN, Bernard, M: Conservation of Historic Buildings. Architectural Press, Elsevier, 2003, ISBN: 0-7506-5863-0.
- Fitch, J. M: Curatorial management of the Built World, Historic Preservation. University press of Virginia, 1998.
- Hein & Houck: Construction Challenges of Adaptive Reuse of Historical Buildings in Europe. Elsevier, 2012.
- Keiding, Harlang, Siza: Transformation. Arkitektens Forlag, 2011.
- Kåring, G: När medeltidens sol gått ned, debatten om byggnadsvård i England, Frankrike och Tyskland 1815-1914. Kungl. Vitterhets-, historie- och antikvitetsakad., 1992, ISBN: 91-7402-235-0.
- Pålsson. Skarin, I: A finance Model for the Built Cultural Heritage, Proposals for Improvements of Future Heritage Economics. Faculty of Engineering, Lund University, 2011, ISBN: 9789177401032.
- Unnerbäck, A: Kulturhistorisk värdering av bebyggelse. Riksantikvarieämbetets förl., 2002, ISBN: 91-7209-251-3.
- Worthing, D, Bond, S: Managing the built heritage, The role of cultural significance. Elsevier, 2008.
Contact and other information
Course coordinator: Erik Tonning Jensen, erik_tonning.jensen@abm.lth.se
Further information: This course is a theoretical deepening and compulsoury to "Cultural Heritage Buildings, -project" 15hp, but is also open to other qualified students.