Department:

History & Theory of Architecture and Heritage Conservation

Course Leader:

Irina Popescu-Criveanu

Learning outcomes:

Understanding the thematic area of urban planning and specifically of the interconnections between urbanistic and conservation doctrines; obtaining a necessary reference level in urban planning for a professional in heritage conservation area.

Content:

Theoretical basis of urban planning as a modern discipline
Linked heritage concepts in evolution
Industrial revolution as a breaking point in cities’ evolution
Urban types as a reflection of historical development
Local understanding of specificity
The question of heritage within the post-industrial city
Urban heritage as major urban planning issue of contemporary times

Teaching Method:

Lectures, readings, presentations, exercises.

Assessment:

Exam.

Bibliography:

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Choay, F., L’allégorie du patrimoine, Paris: Seuil, « La couleur des idées », 1992 (1996). Ed. rom.: Alegoria patrimoniului, trad. K. Kovács, București: Simetria, 1998.
Choay, F., L’urbanisme, utopies et réalités. Une anthologie, Paris: Seuil, 1965 (1979). Ed. rom.: Urbanismul: utopii și realități, trad. K. Kovács, București: Paideia & Simetria, 2002.
Hall, P., Cities of Tomorrow, An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design in the Twentieth Century, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 1988. Ed. rom. Orașele de mâine: o istorie intelectuală a urbanismului în secolul XX, București: Ed. All, 1999
Laurian, R., Urbanismul, București: Ed. Tehnică, 1965.
Sfințescu, C., Urbanistica generală, Bucovina I.E. Torouțiu, București, 4 vol., 1933-1934.
Sitte, C., Der Städte-Bau nach seinen Künstlerischen Grundsätzen, Carl Graeser, Wien, 1889. Ed. rom.: Arta construirii orașelor. Urbanismul după principiile sale artistice, trad. H. Derer, R. Eftenie, București: Ed. Tehnică, 1992.