Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
4IAD 242BUILDING SURVEYING TECHNIQUES3+0+03528.07.2026

 
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Interior Architecture and Environmental Design (English)
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Compulsory
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course With this course, it is aimed to introduce basic information about historic building survey and surveying techniques; to gain the awareness on historic buildings while analyzing, examining and interpreting their values, conservation phases while focusing on building survey, conservation concepts and approaches, the conservation practice in Turkey and international arena; and to make practices in this regard.
Course Content The content of the course consists of preliminary research, the place of documentation and photography in building survey, conventional and advanced measurement methods, drawing techniques, as well as basic approaches in recognizing, interpreting and examining the historical structure, values to be preserved and evaluation criteria, preliminary work before restoration, surveying , preparation of restitution and restoration projects, factors causing deterioration in cultural assets, restoration techniques, reuse potentials of historical buildings, different approaches in interior arrangements and conservation practice in Turkey constitute the content of the course. A historical building is examined and its building survey within a complete drawing set is finalized with the final project.
Course Methods and Techniques Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer, Practice, Fieldwork, Project.
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Asist Prof.Dr. Hüma Tülce Uman
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources • Ahunbay, Z. Tarihi Çevre Koruma ve Restorasyon, İstanbul, YEM Yayınevi, 1996. • Çamlıbel, N. Mimarlar için Ölçme Bilgisi: Rölöve Ölçmeleri, İstanbul, 1999. • Uluengin, M. B. Rölöve, İstanbul, 2002. • Watt, D. ve Swallow, P., Surveying Historic Buildings, Donhead Publishing, Trowbridge 1996. • Ahunbay, Z., Tarihi Çevre Koruma ve Restorasyon, I·stanbul, 1996, s.60-88. • Ahunbay, Z., Kültür Mirasıı Koruma İlke ve Teknikleri, I·stanbul, 2019 Anon, Preserving and Restoring Monuments and Historic Buildings, UNESCO, Paris, 1972 Handbook of research on emerging technologies for architectural and archaeological heritage, Hershey, Pennsylvania: IGI Global, [2017] • Stefano Brusaporci, (ed.), Handbook of research on emerging digital tools for architectural surveying, modeling, and representation, Hershey, Pennsylvania: IGI Global, [2015] Swallow, P.-.., Measurement and recording of historic buildings, Shaftesbury : Donhead, 2004 • Oxley, Richard, Survey and repair of traditional buildings
Course Notes • Ahunbay, Z. Tarihi Çevre Koruma ve Restorasyon, İstanbul, YEM Yayınevi, 1996.
• Çamlıbel, N. Mimarlar için Ölçme Bilgisi: Rölöve Ölçmeleri, İstanbul, 1999.
• Uluengin, M. B. Rölöve, İstanbul, 2002.
• Watt, D. ve Swallow, P., Surveying Historic Buildings, Donhead Publishing, Trowbridge 1996.
• Ahunbay, Z., Tarihi Çevre Koruma ve Restorasyon, I·stanbul, 1996, s.60-88.
• Ahunbay, Z., Kültür Mirasıı Koruma İlke ve Teknikleri, I·stanbul, 2019 Anon, Preserving and Restoring Monuments and Historic Buildings, UNESCO, Paris, 1972 Handbook of research on emerging technologies for architectural and archaeological heritage, Hershey, Pennsylvania: IGI Global, [2017]
• Stefano Brusaporci, (ed.), Handbook of research on emerging digital tools for architectural surveying, modeling, and representation, Hershey, Pennsylvania: IGI Global, [2015] Swallow, P.-.., Measurement and recording of historic buildings, Shaftesbury : Donhead, 2004
• Oxley, Richard, Survey and repair of traditional buildings : a sustainable approach Shaftesbury, Dorset : Donhead, 2003
• Uluengin, B. (2002). “Rölöve”, YEM Yayın, İstanbul.
• Altınoluk, Ü. (1998), “ Binaların Yeniden Kullanımı” , YEM Yayın, İstanbul.
• Madran, E. ve Özgönül, N. (2005), “Kültürel ve Doğal Değerlerin Korunması,” Mimarlar Odası, Ankara.
• Jukka Jokilehto. A History of Architectural Conservation. Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann, 1999.
• Werner Schmid and François LeBlanc.Recording, Documentation, and Information Management for the Conservation of Heritage Places. Los Angeles: The Getty Conservation Institute, 2007.

Course Category
Field %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 30
Practice 3 % 30
Final examination 1 % 40
Total
5
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 3 42
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 3 42
Mid-terms 1 16 16
Practice 3 10 30
Final examination 1 22 22
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 5,06666666666667 152

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Learn conservation values and criteria
2 Record and analyse heritage sites and historic settlements
3 Understand how social, historical, political and/or economic factors affect the heritage conservation
4 Understand the phases of conservation project and its techniques
5 Learn and apply building survey techniques
6 To make measured drawings by using research, sketch, measurement and photographs

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Introduction to the course Presentation of the course outline, methods, objectives and requirements. Urban Environment, Architecture and Conservation
2 The Theoretical Basis of Conservation, Conservation Values, Basic Approaches in Examining the Historic Building
3 Conservation Concepts and Approaches: Consolidation, Integration, Adaptive Reuse, Addition, Reconstruction, Repair, Removal
4 Conservation Concepts and Approaches: Consolidation, Integration, Adaptive Reuse, Addition, Reconstruction, Repair, Removal Student Presentations 1- Conservation concepts
5 Student Presentations 1- Conservation concepts
6 Legal and Ethical Framework: National and International Documents, Charters and Organizations
7 Midterm
8 Preliminary Research before Conservation Project: Historical Research, Technical Research, Legal Research Introduction to the Phases of Conservation Project: Building Survey, Restitution, Restoration Introduction to Building Survey: History, Building Survey Field Work, Building Survey Drawings
9 Field Work in Ankara: Sketches & Scaled Drawings
10 FINAL PROJECT: Field Work Examining, measuring, photographing and surveying the selected building and its surroundings
11 FINAL PROJECT: Building Analysis Poster Scaled Drawing Set: Plan, Section, Elevation and Detail Drawings
12 FINAL PROJECT: Scaled Drawing Set: Plan, Section, Elevation and Detail Drawings
13 FINAL PROJECT: Scaled Drawing Set: Plan, Section, Elevation and Detail Drawings
14 Holiday
15 FINAL PROJECT: Scaled Drawing Set: Plan, Section, Elevation and Detail Drawings General conclusion and overview of the course
16 Final Exam

 
Sustainable Development Goals
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10
All 3 2 1
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6

  Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant

  
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