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Arab International University
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Faculty of Architecture
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Course Profile
Restoration and Rehabilitation
Course ID n° 089447 – Summer course 2011
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‫ﺍﻟﺻﻳﻔﻲ‬ ‫ﺍﻟﻔﺻﻝ‬2011
Coordinator
Dr. Abderrazzaq MOAZ
Quality Assurance and Accreditation Project (QAAP)
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2011

Course Profile
Summer Course 2011
1 COURSE DETAILS
Course Code 089447
Coordinating Unit Faculty of Architecture
Teaching Period Summer semester Year: 2011 Mode: Internal
Level Undergraduate
Location(s) Ghabagheb Campus
Units Theoretical and practical
Contact Up to 8 hours per week
Prerequisites
Co requisites Not applicable
Incompatible Not applicable
Assumed Knowledge Level 4 B. Arch. Core courses
Restrictions Restricted to Level 4, priority to level 5 and graduation students
Quota/ Restriction 40 students
Course Description • This course aims at providing students with theoretical and historical base of
conservation.
• The importance of Cultural Heritage (local, national and international), and the way
of how to preserve it.
• Management and rehabilitation of Cultural Heritage Sites.
• Assurance of providing students with essential knowledge of survey and
architectural documentation.
• Improving research skills in historical, architectural and structural study on Cultural
Heritage.
• Providing knowledge about traditional building materials used in Syria (stone, brick,
wood ...).
• Capacity of understanding and analysing the phenomenon of deterioration and
decay of structures and building materials.
• Learning the ways of intervention into the framework of conservation process taking
into consideration conservation charters, principals and documents (ex. Nara
Document on Authenticity), in respecting the rules of achieving and conservation
standards.
• Studying the application of these rules on a historical building throughout a
conservation project as well as site rehabilitation, reuse or upgrade.
2 COURSE STAFF
Coordinator(s) Dr. Abderrazzaq MOAZ
Location Faculty of Architecture, S 20
Telephone (work)
E-mail a-moaz@aeu.ac.sy
Availability By appointment
Lecturer(s) Dr. Abderrazzaq MOAZ
Tutors Arch. Aisha DARWISH

Course Profile
Summer Course 2011
3 COURSE TIMETABLE
Week 1
Sa. 09 July 2011 L: Introduction to architectural Conservation
S: Presentation of Course Profile
Tues. 12 July 2011 L: Cultural Heritage and the notion of Authenticity (The World Heritage
Convention 1972)
S: Presentations by students, and essays discussion
Week 2
Sat. 16 July 2011 L: 1. Nara Document on Authenticity 1994
2. Management of Cultural Heritage Sites – managing conservation
- Survey and analysis
- Making and evaluating proposals
- Project implementation
- Managing historic properties: maintenance planning, risk assessment and
preparedness, and access management
Tues. 19 July 2011 L: Theoretical framework and conservation principles
- Values and definitions: values-based approach
- Principles, philosophy and guidance: Ethics of conservations and principles
Week 3
Sat. 23 July 2011 L: Causes of heritage decay
Tues. 26 July 2011 L: Legislation, Policies and guidance 1
- Decision making in conservation: International level (UNESCO, ICOMOS &
ICCROM), national level (DGAM), and local level
- Statutory protection: sites and monuments
Week 4
Sat. 30 July 2011 L: Legislation, Policies and guidance 2
- Athens Charter for Restoration of Historic Monuments 1931
- Venice Charter 1964
Quiz 1
Tues. 02 August 2011 L: Conservation of Monuments – Strategy and examples
- Strategies of interventions
Week 5
Sat. 06 August 2011 L: Conservation in the Built Environment
Tues. 09 August 2011 L: Charter for Conservation of Historic Towns and Urban Areas (Washington
Charter) – Reflection on local case studies (Damascus)

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Week 6
Sat. 13 August 2011 L: Charter for Conservation of Historic Towns and Urban Areas (Washington
Charter) – Reflection on local case studies (Aleppo)
Quiz 2
Tues. 16 August 2011 L: Site documentation
Attendance You are expected to attend all lectures and seminars, and to actively participate in
the presentations and discussions. The University’s policies on minimum attendance
requirements and ban from final assessment will be strictly enforced.
Lectures Lectures take place in S20 on Saturdays and Tuesdays
09:40 – 11:30 & 11:30 – 13:20
4 ASSESSMENT
Assessment Summary There are two quizzes and a final examination; assessment lies on these two
quizzes, the final exam, the assignment (consisting of short essays and
presentations, and the final essay), attendance and participation.
You are required to undertake and demonstrate evidence of satisfactory
performance in the assessment tasks explained below.
Assessment Task Weight Due date
Quiz 1 10% Sat. 30 July 2011
Quiz 2 10% Sat. 13 August 2011
Final exam 40%
Short essays and presentation 20% Saturdays & Tuesdays
Final essay: as following: 20%
Proposal 300 words (plan + references)
First draft 800 words
Final essay (printed + CD)
03%
05%
12%
Sat. 30 July 2011
Sat. 06 August 2011
Sat. 13 August 2011
Assessment Details You are required to present one short essay per week, one short presentation per
semester (it could replace one of the short weekly essays), and finally, the final
essay. That is 7 in total.
1. The five short essays are required to be hand written
2. The short presentation should be in digital format
3. The final essay (printed + CD)
Each short essay (and even the short presentation) would focus on an idea
explained in the lectures. An essay should not exceed one A4 page. The short
presentation will be presented and discussed in the studio section.
Regarding the final essay, your task is to search, with the help of your tutor, for at
least one published article or chapter, which deals with your selected topic, and to
write an essay.

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References • JOKILEHTO Jukka, A History of Architectural Conservation, Butterworth-
Heinemann, Oxford, 1999.
• ORBAŞLI Aylin, Architectural Conservation, Blackwell Science, Oxford, 2008.
• CRAMER Johannes and BREITLING Stefan, Architecture in existing fabric,
Birkhäuser, Basel Boston Berlin, 2007.
•،‫ﻳﻭﻛﻳﻠﻳﺗﻭ‬ .‫ﻱ‬ ‫ﻭ‬ ‫ﻓﻳﻠﺩﻥ‬ .‫ﻡ‬ ،‫ﺑﺭﻧﺎﺭﺩ‬ .‫ﻡ‬‫ﺍﻟﻌﺎﻟﻣﻲ‬ ‫ﺍﻟﺛﻘﺎﻓﻲ‬ ‫ﺍﻟﺗﺭﺍﺙ‬ ‫ﻣﻭﺍﻗﻊ‬ ‫ﻹﺩﺍﺭﺓ‬ ‫ﺍﻟﺗﻭﺟﻳﻬﻳﺔ‬ ‫ﺍﻟﻣﺑﺎﺩﺉ‬،
ICCROM،1998.
•‫ﺍﻟﺗﺭﺍﺙ‬ ‫ﻣﻭﺍﻗﻊ‬ ‫ﺇﺩﺍﺭﺓ‬ ‫ﻭ‬ ‫ﺑﺣﻣﺎﻳﺔ‬ ‫ﺍﻟﺷﺑﺎﺏ‬ ‫ﺗﻌﺭﻳﻑ‬–‫ﻓﻲ‬ ‫ﺍﻟﺛﺎﻧﻭﻳﺔ‬ ‫ﺍﻟﻣﺩﺍﺭﺱ‬ ‫ﻟﻣﻌﻠﻣﻲ‬ ‫ﻋﻣﻠﻲ‬ ‫ﺩﻟﻳﻝ‬
،‫ﻳﻭﻧﻳﺳﻛﻭ-ﺇﻳﻛﺭﻭﻡ‬ ،‫ﺍﻟﻌﺭﺑﻳﺔ‬ ‫ﺍﻟﻣﻧﻁﻘﺔ‬2003.
Proposed topics • Conservation as a profession. Reference(s):
- ORBAŞLI Aylin, Architectural Conservation, Blackwell Science, Oxford, 2008.
• Conservation of ruins. Reference(s):
- ASHURST John, Conservation of Ruins, Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford,
2007.
• Decision making in conservation. Reference(s):
- CRAMER Johannes and BREITLING Stefan, Architecture in existing fabric,
• Heritage values. . Reference(s):
- WORTHING Derek and BOND Stephen, Managing Built Heritage, Blackwell
Publishing, Oxford, 2008.
،‫ﻳﻭﻛﻳﻠﻳﺗﻭ‬ .‫ﻱ‬ ‫ﻭ‬ ‫ﻓﻳﻠﺩﻥ‬ .‫ﻡ‬ ،‫ﺑﺭﻧﺎﺭﺩ‬ .‫ﻡ‬ -‫ﺍﻟﻌﺎﻟﻣﻲ‬ ‫ﺍﻟﺛﻘﺎﻓﻲ‬ ‫ﺍﻟﺗﺭﺍﺙ‬ ‫ﻣﻭﺍﻗﻊ‬ ‫ﻹﺩﺍﺭﺓ‬ ‫ﺍﻟﺗﻭﺟﻳﻬﻳﺔ‬ ‫ﺍﻟﻣﺑﺎﺩﺉ‬،
ICCROM،1998.
• History of conservation. . Reference(s):
- JOKILEHTO Jukka, A History of Architectural Conservation, Butterworth-
Heinemann, Oxford, 1999.
• Statutory protection. Reference(s):
• Managing conservation. Reference(s):
- WORTHING Derek and BOND Stephen, Managing Built Heritage, Blackwell
Publishing, Oxford, 2008.
ICCROM،1998.
• Heritage decay. Reference(s):
• Conservation and materials. Reference(s):
• Architecture in existing fabric. Reference(s):
• Authenticity. Reference(s):
ICCROM،1998.

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Summer Course 2011
Submissions Submission details are as follows:
• Essays of one page, about one specific point from each lecture, must be submitted
weekly after the class (hand written). The references must be mentioned, and using
or appropriating someone else’ s ideas and work without proper mentioning the
references in the foot notes is a very serious act of academic misconduct, which
imposes severe penalties.
• Proposal: Hard copy only. Sat. 30 July 2011
• First draft: Hard copy only. 06 August 2011
• Final essay (printed + CD). Sat. 13 August 2011
• Quiz 1: Sat. 30 July 2011
• Quiz 2: Sat. 13 August 2011
On the hand-in days, you are expected to bring your work complete and ready for
collection, submissions will be collected on the hand-in time as indicated above and
any submission not received within 15 minutes from the hand-in time will be
deemed late. Please refer to the Faculty’s Student Handbook 2011 for policy on late
submission. The policy will be strictly enforced.
Course Grading Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the
following grading scales:
95 – 100 A
90 – 94 A-
85 – 89 B+
80 – 84 B
75 – 79 B-
70 – 74 C+
60 – 69 C
56 – 59 C-
53 – 55 D+
50 – 52 D
Less than 50 F
Plagiarism and other Forms
of Cheating
Plagiarism is the act of using or appropriating someone else’s ideas and work
without proper acknowledgment and claiming to be yours. This is a very serious act
of academic misconduct. The Faculty imposes severe penalties on acts of
plagiarism and other forms of cheating.

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