ARCH0027-1 : Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Built Heritage

Study Programmes 2016-2017

ARCH0027-1

Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Built Heritage

Duration :

30h Th

Number of credits :

Master in history of art and archaeology : archeometrics (120 ECTS)		5

Lecturer :

Pierre Paquet

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents :

The monumental heritage: definitions, identification, inventorisation - Documentary sources - preliminary Studies - Evolution of the notion of protection and the concept of restoration - Preservation and development of the archaeological remains - Philosophy of the integrated preservation; the international charters - The legal protection of monuments, sites and excavations in Walloon Region - The notion of authenticity - Integration of the contemporary architecture in the ancients monuments - Examination and analysis criticizes of files of restoration.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit :

Supply the keys of access to the management of the heritage and particularly those of the restoration of monuments

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Knowledge of the history(story) of the architecture

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

The course contains a session of visit of construction sites of restoration in use and the meeting with the professionals: architects restorers and companies

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

1nd half-year, every other Monday (calendar fixed in the beginning of course of one common agreement with the students)