COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: STUDIO OF CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
ARCH 411	B	6	2	2	0	3	5

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Frida Pashako
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	NA
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Compulsory
Classroom and Meeting Time:	A 130
Course Description:	Conservation concepts in site scale, single building, building groups and conservation methods in urban scale. Conservation and restoration applications in Albania. Areal work and restoration projects in practice.
Course Objectives:	The discipline of restoration of monuments is based in architecture, intended in its many-faceted meanings, so contemporary open towards the field of history and towards specific operational techniques. The restoration project embraces humanism, science and technology. The aim of the course is to transfer a right conception of restoration and a consolidate approach of the architectural heritage. The restoration of architectural, archeological, environmental and landscape is divided in 3 steps. These 3 steps are considered a triad: Survey, Analysis (historical-critical) and Restoration Project. Every element of triad justifies and completes itself by the antecedent and the consequent. The main goal of this course is to provide the students with the necessary tools and methodology for operating correctly in the historical context. The first part of the course is focus on the immaterial restoration of the buildings: history, data and collective memory. The second part aims to transfer to the student the knowledge for the physical restoration of the historical buildings.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Introduction
2	Typologies and methods of intervention on monuments and historical context
3	General understanding of Project of Restoration-Understanding the spirit of the place in Himara (Genius Loci)
4	Analysis of Materials
5	Site trip
6	Analysis of Deterioration
7	Structural Survey
8	Himara Traditional Dwelling elements: Courtyards & Facades
9	Himara Traditional Dwelling elements: Walls
10	Himara Traditional Dwelling elements: Doors, Gates & Windows
11	Himara Traditional Dwelling elements: Roofs
12	Himara Traditional Dwelling elements: Verandas & Interiors
13	Critics on the project of restoration
14	Final Jury- presentation of the restoration project

Prerequisite(s):
Textbook:
Other References:
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage:
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Survey, Analysis (historical-critical) and Restoration Project
2	The main goal of this course is to provide the students with the necessary tools and methodology for operating correctly in the historical context
3	The first part of the course is focus on the immaterial restoration of the buildings: history, data and collective memory.
4	The second part aims to transfer to the student the knowledge for the physical restoration of the historical buildings.

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Integrated second cycle study program in Architecture (5 years) Program

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Homework	3	20
Final Exam	1	30
Attendance		10
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	4	64
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	16	3	48
Mid-terms			0
Assignments	3	2.5	7.5
Final examination	1	5.5	5.5
Other			0
Total Work Load:			125
Total Work Load/25(h):			5
ECTS Credit of the Course:			5