Heritage and Landscape. Management, Analysis, Project

Code:

50147C5

Acronym:

PPGAP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Architecture and Urbanism

Instance: 2021/2022 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Arquitectura (A)
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master Degree in Architecture

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIARQ	8	MIARQ	4	-	3	-	81
			5

Teaching language

Portuguese and english

Objectives

-Rasing awareness to the importance of the multidisciplinary character of heritage studies.
-Promoting a cross-cutting approach to the concepts of heritage and landscape in contemporary society.
-Acquiring knowledge about methodologies, theories and practices of intervention in built heritage and landscape;
-Critically analyzing the international charters conventions, the Portuguese legislation and its implementation.
-Deepening knowledge on management, rehabilitation, conservation, restoration and maintenance of heritage, considering its historical evolution and contemporary examples.
-Developing competences in the field of architecture and landscape design, involving the relationship between research and its theoretical framework with project conception.
-Acquiring knowledge about the history of landscape design and the management of cultural landscapes.
-Acquiring knowledge about the methodologies and principles of intervention in landscape heritage.
-Defining and interpreting the fundamental concepts of risk analysis and management.
-Developing competences related to the identification of risk areas.
- Organizing risk assessment frameworks applied to case studies

Learning outcomes and competences

The subjects are complemented by information on history, theories and international and national practices of safeguarding and intervention in built heritage and landscape. The content approach presupposes the acquisition of critical competences on theory, as well as national and international legislation and guidance documents. It is intended that the student develop analysis and project methodologies, acquire knowledge about rehabilitation, conservation, restoration and maintenance strategies. It is also expected to train students in the exploration of tools like management plans, risk analysis and maintenance plans.

-Awareness of the importance of the multidisciplinary character of heritage studies.
-Acquiring knowledge about methodologies, theories and intervention practices in what is built and landscape;
-Deepening knowledge on rehabilitation, conservation, restoration and maintenance of heritage, considering its historical evolution and contemporary examples
-Critical understanding of international charters and conventions, Portuguese legislation and its applications.
-Acquiring knowledge about the history of landscape design and cultural landscape management
-Deepening of competences in the field of architecture and landscape design, involving the relationship between research and its theoretical foundation with projection design.
-Capacitation of the student to recognize and apply the different models of heritage management, as well as to plan and intervene in the field of integrated management (risk analysis, management plans and maintenance plans).
-Developing competences related to the identification of risk areas in specific situations
-Exploration of new tools, technologies and pedagogical practices (video, photography, drawing tools, risk analysis, virtual exhibition).
-Developing communication competences to disseminate and promote knowledge of heritage and landscape in the educational, professional and social spheres.
-Development of theoretical and practical competences for the pursuit of postgraduate studies and future professional integration.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Heritage and landscape are today inseparable and vital subjects in contemporary society as a support of identity and factors of sustainable socio-cultural and territorial development. This curricular unit proposes to foster interdisciplinary work areas - between Architecture, Art History, Landscape Architecture and Civil Engineering - essential for an understanding of the concept of heritage in its contemporary and extended sense – built and natural, material and immaterial.

This training unit proposes a critical approach to the concepts of heritage and cultural landscape, including the historical and theoretical framework, methodological and project tools, as well as safeguarding and management tools. In this way, it is intended to deepen knowledge on the history and theories of intervention in built heritage in a broad sense with the purpose of establishing a contemporary practice and management of intervention in built heritage and landscape, integrating the comprehension of its multiple stratigraphies.

The curricular unit is structured in the following syllabus:

Architectural and Urban Heritage
-Heritage: evolution of the concept and contemporary meanings.
-Theories of intervention in built heritage: historical perspective and current debate.
-Methodologies and tools of analysis, diagnosis and intervention in built heritage.
- Intervention practices: rehabilitation, conservation and maintenance. National and international examples.

Cultural Landscape
- Cultural landscapes - The Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage and the guidelines for inclusion on the World Heritage List (1972); the Florence Charter on the Safeguarding of Historic Gardens (1981).
-Interpretation and presentation of cultural landscapes. Examples of conservation and rehabilitation.
- Management and safeguarding plans.

Heritage Management
- Cultural heritage management.
-Organizations, charters, recommendations and legislation. National and international context.
-Communication, education and dissemination of heritage.

Analysis and Risk Management
-Analysis and risk management in built heritage. Directives for the preparation of a risk management plan.
- Prevention as a tool of risk management in built heritage.
- Recommendations for inspection, diagnosis and structural intervention.

Based on the study of a specific area of the city of Porto, this curricular unit proposes, in interdisciplinary groups,  the elaboration of contents of a Management Plan for heritage safeguarding and valorization  that, by the application of knowledge, will allow to test student’s capabilities, namely: historical and urbanistic framework; survey, analysis, interpretation; identification of heritage and landscape values; management and risk assessment; program, project and intervention proposal; synthesis, communication and dissemination.

Mandatory literature

Antón Capitel; Metamorfosis de monumentos y teorías de la restauración. ISBN: 978-84-206-5360-0
Alois Riegl; El culto moderno de los monumentos. ISBN: 84-7774-001-1
Françoise Choay; A alegoria do património. ISBN: 972-44-1037-4
Ignacio Gozález-Varas; Conservación de bienes culturales. ISBN: 978-84-376-1721-3
Flávio Lopes; Património arquitectónico e arqueológico. ISBN: 972-24-1307-4
Vasco Manuel Araújo Peixoto de Freitas; Manual de apoio ao projecto de reabilitação de edifícios antigos. ISBN: 978-972-99918-7-5
Ignacio de Solà-Morales; Intervenciones. ISBN: 84-252-2043-2
Teresa Portela Marques; Da recriação à conservação: Os Jardins Históricos na História da Salvaguarda Patrimonial, in A Paisagem da Democracia, Atas Congresso 30 Anos Associação Portuguesa dos Arquitectos Paisagistas, APAP, 2006
Carlos Alberto Ferreira de Almeida; Património: o seu entendimento e a sua gestão, Etnos, 1998
Alexandre Alves Costa, Paulo Pereira et. al; JA 213 | A la recherche du temps perdu, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 2003
Mitchell, N., Rossler, M. & Tricaud, P-M. (eds.); World Heritage Cultural Landscapes. A Handbook for Conservation and Management. World Heritage papers 26, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, 2009
ICCROM, UNESCO, IUCN ICOMOS; Managing Disaster Risks for World Heritage, UNESCO, 2010
AA. VV.; Cultural Landscapes: the Challenges of Conservation. World Heritage papers 7, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, 2003
AA. VV. ; Managing Historic Cities. World Heritage papers 27, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, 2010
FERREIRA, Teresa Cunha, PÓVOAS, Rui Fernandes e FERNANDES, Francisco Barata; Fórum do Porto: Património, Cidade, Arquitectura, CEAU, 2018
UNESCO; Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape, UNESCO, 2011

Complementary Bibliography

Watkins, J. & Wright, T.; The management & maintenance of historic parks, gardens & landscapes: the English Heritage handbook, English Heritage, 2007
Jukka Jokilehto; A history of architectural conservation. ISBN: 07506 3793 5
Jorge Custódio (Coord.); 100 anos de património: memória e identidade. Portugal 1910-2010, IGESPAR, 2011
Boshler, L., Chmutina, K.; Disaster Risk Reduction for the Built Environment, John Wiley & Sons, 2017
Ana Pereira Roders; Re-architecture, TU Delft, 2007

Teaching methods and learning activities

The exposition of syllabus in classes is based on the presentation of audiovisual material, the analysis of sources and case studies in the classroom context, in field work, approaches that aim to consolidate the acquired knowledge and foster critical exercise. Tutorial orientation sessions are intended to accompany work and to deepen the syllabus.

This training unit also develops with the occasional participation of guests, practical exercises, confrontation with examples or debate, encouraging interaction with the work developed. These initiatives aim to provide students with contact with real and external issues to the University, bringing together various disciplinary fields, institutions and actors.

It is also noted the exploration of new technologies and pedagogical practices (video, photography, interdisciplinary work).

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	35,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	65,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	26,00
Frequência das aulas	27,00
Trabalho de campo	10,00
Trabalho de investigação	18,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

75% attendance. Presentation and deliver assignments on previously specified dates.

Calculation formula of final grade

Distributed assessment without final exam. The evaluation assumes for a minimum of 75% of classes and results from the weighted average of attendance and class participation (35%) and practical work (65%). The practical work will be developed in groups and will consist of the elaboration of a Management Plan for safeguarding and valorization of a study area in the City of Porto selected by the teachers, according to the pre-established guidelines.