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4003 Special Topics in Building Restoration 6
6th Semester AR
ECTS : 3
Language : el, en
Learning Outcomes : The course trains students to create new, strategic roles for built heritage that promote sustainable and inclusive communities. With a particular focus on adapting to the current changes in the building stock of Greek cities, climate change and the need for adaptability and promoting social justice, the course incorporates interdisciplinary approaches such as humanistic, scientific and technological approaches necessary for students to shape the future of the architectural profession and the related field of restoration: including the reuse of buildings, the design of pre-replacement technologies, the development of new buildings, and the development of new technologies. The course frames restoration both as an experimental form of creative expression and as an important form of collective action guided by philosophical, ethical and critical understanding of theories and principles, supported by evidence of its benefits to society and enabled by emerging technologies and policy tools. Restoration is approached as a social, material and environmental process, as a way of thinking and acting through historic buildings and spaces to improve the built environment and people s quality of life. Upon successful completion of the course, students will have developed a critical perspective on historic structures and their values. They have understood the importance of preserving historic structures and have developed methodological design tools (programmatic restoration, adaptive reuse, addition). This enables them to manage complex technical or professional activities or work plans, taking responsibility for decision-making in complex working environments. The learning outcomes are summarized in the knowledge acquired through the assimilation of information delivered in the form of lectures and general and specific literature, the development of skills through the application of knowledge and the use of acquired know-how and its application to a realistic, working example and finally the acquisition of competences through the development of responsibility and autonomy and as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
The course is organized on the relationship between interpretation and intervention in historic buildings and sites through theory-workshop, supported by literature review and guest lectures. Interpretation includes the introduction to the history of preservation
(archaeological, medieval, modern), critical assessment of building values, and case studies review (Restoration, Addition, New Design, Experimental Preservation) through an interdisciplinary approach (Architecture, Preservation, Archaeology, Landscape, Art History,
Anthropology, Site Management). Then, a historic site is selected and addressed by field research, photographic and drawing documentation. Students form teams and work in one of three directions (restoration, new addition, and/or experimental design). At the end of the course, all interventions are presented and form an overall proposal of restoration
and new design.The course aims to the study the complexity of the interpretation-intervention interrelationship, the study of interdisciplinary approaches to restoration, the study of sustainable restoration techniques, the exploration of the relationship between traditional and new materials within the context of the circular economy, the study of the architectural elements recycle, the exploration of experimental methods of restoration, and the study of changing the dominant and hegemonic narrative of history and integrating the community.
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