Architectural Conservation in East Asia

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2016:

170 hours

Admission into a course at the Melbourne School of Design.

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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This subject offers a comparative approach to architectural conservation in East Asia from an international perspective. The subject emphasises the mutually dependent relationships between conservation of historical buildings and preservation of traditional techniques and knowledge. Discussions will take place in eight investigative areas:

• Venice Charter, Burra Charter and Laws/principles for the Protection of Cultural Properties in East Asia;
• cultural traditions and values;
• administration and legislation;
• education and training;
• deterioration in material and structure;
• materials and techniques in preservation;
• restoration and authenticity;
• management of conservation projects.

On completion of this subject, students should be able to:

• Understand the principles and practices of conservation;
• Undertake analysis of a specific historical condition;
• Understand conservation legislation, building materials, structures, techniques, authenticity of restoration and management of conservation/preservation projects.

Assignments in this subject are comprised of one annotated bibliography, Documentation and modelling of a historic building, conservation analyse and design, total equivalent to 5000 words:

Annotated bibliography (equivalent to 1000 words) due week 3, 20%;

Documentation and modelling of a historic building (equivalent to1500words) due week 6, 30%;

conservation analyse (equivalent to 1000 words), due week 9, 20%;
conservation design (equivalent to 1500 words), due week 12 30%.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

• Historical analysis
• Case study
• Documentation