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Course code: IAS20197f16Semester: 2016/2017 summer
Name: Historical fortification in Landscape
Major: Landscape Architecture
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 6
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 45 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. arch. Jerzy Potyrała, dr inż. Łukasz Pardela
Language of instruction: Polish / English
The course in English will be available if a minimum of 6 students sign up for a group. If less than 6 students sign up for the group, the course will be available in Polish with the possibility of individual support in English. Contact person: dr inż. Łukasz Pardela
Learning outcomes: Student has extended knowledge of specific complex issues related to cultural landscape protection Student has detailed knowledge of selected issues concerning the management of natural and cultural environment and methods and techniques of study and analyses thereof. Skills Student is able to assess the value of natural and cultural landscape, select methods of the protection of landscape assets and propose actions therein in the processes of landscape management, programming, planning and design is Student is able to exploit the knowledge of specific detailed problems concerning the contemporary trends and issues in landscape architecture
Competences: Student has sense of responsibility in rational and effective management of landscape resources
Prerequisites: Preceding subjects: rinciples of landscape design, objects design of the landscape architecture, engineering graphics, civil engineering.
Course content: Fortress architecture in the landscape in Europe. About the need for protection of military architecture, large and small-scale assumptions, often very expressive in the landscape. The sequence of research - design works in the architectural activities related to regeneration and revitalization. Historical elements of the defense and defense systems – types of works of the fortress architecture, a glossary of terms. Outline of the development of European fortifications from the early Middle Ages to the seventeenth century. Outline of the development of European fortifications from the eighteenth century to the time of World War II. Eighteenth and nineteenth century defensive architecture in the landscape of Lower Silesia. The terms of conservation and restoration of monuments. Fortress green - historical features and contemporary issues in concerning the greenery in the area of fortresses. Examples of fortifications historic objects from Europe, which were undergone restoration - the modern features of them. Street furniture associated with support for tourism within the fortress. Lasting ruin, its role in the landscape - panorama, landscaping interior. Territorial protection of monuments.
Recommended literature: 1. PKN ICOMOS Conservation Officer's Handbook: International Standards in Cultural Heritage Protection: 2015 edition 2. Rolf, R. (2004), A Dictionary on Modern Fortification. An illustrated lexicon on European Fortification in the period 1800-1945, Wyd. PARK, Middelburg 3. Thayer, A.H., 1918. Camouflage, The Scientific Monthly. VII, p. 481– 494. • Thayer, Gerald H. Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom: An Exposition of the Laws of Disguise Through Color and Pattern; Being a Summary of Abbott H. Thayer’s Disclosures (New York, 1909), 151. 4. Heritage Protection Guide. Historic England (on-line), 2016. - Complementary/optional: 1. Potteigner, M., Purinton J., 1998. Landscape Narratives: Design Practices for Telling Stories, Wiley Publishing. 2. Tump, J., D., 2014. On designing experienceable stories in the Unknown Landscapes of the First World War; Western Front, 2014-2018, MSc thesis Landscape Architecture, Wageningen University
Assessment methods: Passing individual and group design concept of the of the site (2-3 presentation boards/posters)
Comment: Lectures 1. Introduction lectures. Fortification and landscape transformation 2. Historical elements of the defense and defense systems – types of works of the fortress architecture, a glossary of terms. 3. Fortress Srebrna Gora and Fortress Klodzko – lecture and excursion. 4. Fortress Srebrna Gora and Fortress Klodzko – lecture and excursion. 5. Fortress Srebrna Gora and Fortress Klodzko – lecture and excursion. 6. Fortress Wrocław (XIX/XX cent.) – lecture and excursion. 7. Fortress Wrocław (XIX/XX cent.) – lecture and excursion. 8. Military camouflage in landscape architecture. 9. Fortress green - historical features and contemporary issues in concerning the greenery in the area of fortresses. 10. The terms of conservation and restoration of monuments. Narrative landscapes. 11. Inundated landscape and fortification. 12. Examples of fortifications historic objects from Europe, which were undergone restoration - the modern features of them. 13. Examples of fortifications historic objects from Europe, which were undergone restoration - the modern features of them. 14. Lectures review. 15. Final lecture. Classes 1. Introduction to course 2. Terrain Works – Basic terrain description 3. Terrain Works – Secondo basic terrain description 4. Design studio – Analysis of documents (legislation) 5. Design studio – Brief Scenario Design 6. Design studio – Brief Scenario Design 7. Design studio – Detailed Scenario Design 8. Mid-semestre presentations 9. Design studio – Detailed Design 10. Design studio – Detailed Design 11. Design studio – Street furniture design 12. Design studio – Street furniture design 13. Final presentations 14. Final presentations 15. Final presentations