RMB 2.2 - Reuse Theory: Theory and Practice

Recommended Prerequisites

N/A

Teaching Methods

The teaching-learning model adopted involves three components: theoretical, experimental and instrumental
components complemented by study visits and lectures with invited experts. 1 Midterm presentation and 1 final
presentation
Case Studies (group work)
A final paper including presentation and discussion

Learning Outcomes

Deepen the knowledge and the architectural theory context in the global framework of the reusing Modern
Movement architecture in order to:
Understand the main issues and challenges posed by modern heritage.
Identify the potentialities of rehabilitation of modern heritage to meet the current challenges of urban regeneration.
Improve skills related to rehabilitation actions.
Overcome processes related with rehabilitation actions.
Know reference cases: from adaptive reuse to integral restoration.
Develop students' ability to understand and research the main issues regarding modern heritage rehabilitation. The
analytical effort is to identify techniques of rehabilitation of Modern Movement architecture.
Develop the ability to analyse and coordinate heritage conservation with its adaptation to contemporary demands.
Production of a Scientific Paper. Development of the critical ability of the students as a form of research.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Introduction to concepts relating heritage and reuse:
- Fundamental concepts
- Heritage and the safeguard cycle
- Documentation and preservation
- Restoration, rehabilitation and adaptive reuse operations 2. Modern city and urban regeneration:
- Challenges of urban regeneration
- Functions, use and management of assets
- Compatibility of pre-existing elements with current interventions - The heritage in the modern city 3. Rehabilitation
and reuse:
- The concept of reuse and the demands of contemporary comfort - Introduction to case studies
- Architectural rehabilitation and compliance with safety and energy efficiency parameters - Seismic safety and
security in urban rehabilitation 4. Restoration:
- World heritage: recognition, classification and restoration
- Future challenges of a global listing
- The restoration of the Villa Tugendhat de Mies Van der Rohe as case study

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 50.0%
Research work: 50.0%

Bibliography

ABRAMSON, D., Obsolescence. An Architectural History, Chicago and London, University of Chicago Press, 2016

CARUGHI, U., VISONE, M., Time Frames:Conservation Policies for Twentieth-Century Architectural Heritage,
London, Routledge, 2017.
GRAF, F., Histoire matérielle du bâti et projet de sauvegarde. Devenir de l'architecture moderne et contemporaine,
Lausanne, Presses Polytechniques Universitaires Romandes, 2014.
MACDONALD, S.; OSTERGREN, G., Conserving Twentieth Century Built Heritage: A Bibliography, Los Angeles, The
Getty Conservation Institute, 2011.
TOSTÕES, A.(2018), “Modern Built Heritage Conservation Policies: How to Keep Authenticity and Emotion in the
Age of Digital Culture”, Built Heritage, n.2, vol.2, TonTongji, Tongji University, p.17-34.
TOSTÕES, A., "Le Défi de la réutilisation de l’architecture du Mouvement Moderne face aux contraintes
normatives", in GRIGNOLO, R. (ed.), Law and Conservation of 20 th Century Architecture, Mendrisio,Silvana
Editoriale/Mendrisio AP 2014