Architectural Conservation Studies

Overview

What you will study

The eight-volume series covering different aspects of technical restoration, architectural elements and material usage for heritage buildings will be used as the course structure. The Architectural Conservation Studies course offered by Singapore University of Technology and Design will contain best practices and technical expertise on restoration works, and detailed information on locally used materials, construction methods and restoration techniques.

Learning objectives:

Theoretical and Practical 

• Evaluate the historical and social contexts of our building environment and identify the interaction between the conservator, scientist, curator and society at large

• Systematic understanding of technical knowledge, critical awareness of current problems, and/or new insights informed by conservation theory and practice

• Demonstrate knowledge of materials and techniques in architectural conservation and an ability to extrapolate from the inter-relationship of historic and scientific evidence, aesthetics, functionality and social values, the appropriate selection of conservation processes

• Evidence of how to use materials and techniques effectively and fluently in the successful realisation of conservation processes

Professional 

• Develop fluency in the construction of coherent arguments that allow the students to articulate ideas clearly to a range of expert and non-expert audiences, formally and informally, through a variety of media using appropriate terminology and conventions

• Consolidate and further develop the students' understanding of professional standards and codes of conduct and the application of judgement and ethics in professional practice