ECTS
ECTS Course Catalogue
Course details
Course code: IAS20395f17Semester: 2017/2018 summer
Name: Fortress landscape – Protection of the Cultural Heritage in ArchitecturL
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: Principles of landscape design, objects design of the landscape architecture, engineering graphics
Course content: After the course the student has a knowledge in the field of protection of the cultural heritage in the landscape, basics of the monuments conservation, and protection of historic sites according to the contemporary needs of sustainable development of the historical fortifications. Historical outline of the fortifications on the area of Poland from early middle ages to the WW2 period. Fundamental defensive elements and defence tactics – its role on the shaping of the historical structures in different historical periods. Military heritage architecture on the examples from all around the world. Types of large-scale area protection of the former-military heritage sites in case of historical greenery. Functions of the heritage monuments protection offices. Order of the research design in the restoration and revitalization of the historical fortifications. Fortress greenery – historical functions and contemporary ways of use.
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: Systematic work . Passingindividual and group design concept of the of the site (2-3 presentation boards/posters) PowerPoint presentation
Comment: Two obligatory site visits.