Postgraduate Course: Building Analysis - ACO6003 (ARCH11116)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative course content
Building analysis; documentary sources; principles and techniques of building recording
Aims of course
1 To introduce students to the techniques of recording, analysis, and supporting research.
2 To create an awareness of appropriate standards in recording and analysis
Mode of delivery
This module combines considerable on-site instruction with supporting lectures and seminars. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | Pre-requisites
None
Co-requisites
None
Prohibited combinations
None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Display ability in relevant historical research
2. Demonstrate awareness of the variety of recording methods, and competence in applying them to survey and analysis of historic buildings.
3. Display organisational, verbal and presentational skills specific to Building Analysis. |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
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Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
R.K.Morriss, The archaeology of buildings (Stroud, 2000) R Dallas (ed), Measured Survey and Building Recording (Edinburgh, 2003: Historic Scotland TCRE Guide for Practitioners 4) ICOMOS, Guide to Recording Historic Buildings (London, 1990) Graham Douglas and Ian Gray, 'Notes on surveying techniques', in Anne Riches and Geoffrey Stell (eds.) Materials and traditions in Scottish building; essays in memory of Sonia Hackett (Edinburgh, 1992). Hazel Conway and Rowan Roenisch, Understanding architecture (London, 1994). |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 10 hours
Directed study 40 hours
Self-directed study 150 hours
Total 200 hours |
| Keywords | ANALYSIS, RECORDING, SOURCES |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mrs Ruxandra-Iulia Stoica
Tel: (0131 6)51 5746
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Course secretary | Mr Allan Knox
Tel: (0131 6)51 5735
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