CP-38 History and Theory of Conservation

The Faculty of Architecture / Architectural Conservation and Restoration
3rd Year, sem 1, 2024-2025 | Compulsory Course | Hours/Week: 2C | ECTS Credits: 2
Fișa disciplinei:
FA-C CP-38 Istoria si teoria conservarii.pdf
Department:
History & Theory of Architecture and Heritage Conservation
Course Leader:
lect. Gabriel Panasiu
Learning outcomes:
1. Understanding the idea of ​​preserving cultural heritage in the context of historical evolution;
2. Understanding of doctrines related to conservation;
3. Assimilation of knowledge regarding the evaluation of built heritage;
4. Approaching the rehabilitation of historical monuments through the lens of restoration concepts.
Content:
1. Introduction to conservation history and theory, terminology;
2. The emergence and development of conservation notions from prehistory to 1789;
3. The first modern ideologies of conservation, 1789-1914;
4. Conservation between 1914 and 1945;
5. Conservation directions between 1945 and 1989;
6. Contemporary problems of conservation of built heritage.
Teaching Method:
Conferences
Assessment:
Written exam
Bibliography:
- BRANDI, Cesare, Teoria restaurării, Editura Meridiane, București 1996;
- CHOAY, Francoise - Alegoria patrimoniului, Editura Simetria, București, 1998;
- CURINSCHI-VORONA, Gheorghe - Arhitectura. Urbanism. Restaurare, Ed. Tehnică, București 1996;
- JOKILEHTO, Jukka, A History of Architectural Conservation, Routlege, New York, 2011 sau a doua ediție revizuita 2017;
- GLENDINNING, Miles, The Conservation Movement, Routlege, 2013;
- RIEGL, Alois, Cultul modern al monumentelor, esența și geneza sa, Ed. Impress, București, 1999;
- RUSKIN, John, Cele saprte lampi ale arhitecturii, Ed. Universitara "Ion Mincu", Bucuresti, 2015;
- NISTOR, Segiu, Protectia patrimoniului - note de curs, U.A.U.I.M. Bucuresti, 2020 ( https://www.uauim.ro/fp/disc/64/Curs%20protectia%20patrimoniului%202022-2023_site_coperta.pdf ).

Additional bibliography:

1. CURINSCHI-VORONA, Gheorghe, Centrele istorice ale orașelor, Ed. Tehnica, Bucuresti, 1967;
3. CURINSCHI-VORONA, Gheorghe, Restaurarea monumentelor istorice, Ed. Tehnica, Bucuresti, 1968;
4. CURINSCHI-VORONA, Gheorghe, Arhitectura. Urbanism. Restaurare, Ed. Tehnica, Bucuresti 1996;
5. NISTOR, Sergiu, Protecția patrimoniului cultural în România, Culegere de acte normative, București, Ed. Universitară Ion Mincu, 2002;
6. FEILDEN, Bernard M., Conservation of Historic Buildings, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1994;