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Conservation Care in Brownfields

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0129/01
Abbreviation PPBF
Course title Conservation Care in Brownfields
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. arch. Aleš Student, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to heritage preservation (basic terms, cultural monument, national cultural monument, UNESCO monument, technical monument, protected area…).
2. International cultural heritage documents (meaning and content).
3. Brief history of monument care.
4. Legal framework of monument care in the Czech Republic and its system.
5. Legal framework for the preservation of monuments in some European countries(Germany, England,…)
6. Conception of protection of technical monuments in the Czech Republic and EU countries.
7. Value criteria of technical monuments and conservation of their typological features.
8. Typology and its development of mining structures and metallurgical structures.
9. Typology and its development of other heavy industry constructions.
10. Typology and its development of light industry.
11. Typology and its development of agricultural buildings.
12. Examples of restoration of historical technical, industrial and agricultural areas and objects in the Czech Republic (concept, importance, impacts, ..)
13. Examples of restoration of historical technical, industrial and agricultural areas and objects in Europe and in the world (concept, importance, impacts, ..)

Literature

COSSNS, N. The BP Book of Industrial Archaelogy. Oxford: David & Charles, 1993.
COOPER T. How to read Industrial Britain. Ebury Press, London 2011.
CONLINM.V., JOLLIFFE L. Mining Heritage and Tourism: A GlobalSynthesis. Routledge 2010.
MATĚJ, M. AT AL. Cultural monuments of the Ostrava – Karviná Coalfield. National Heritage Institute Ostrava branch. 2008.

Advised literature

Conservation of Historic Brick Structures. Taylor & Francis Ltd; 1998, ISBN 1873394349 
Industrial Heritage - Ecology & Economy: XIV International TICCIH Congress. Sächsisches Industriemuseum, 2011.
JAMES DOUET (ED.) Industrial Heritage Re-tooled. The TICCIH Guide to Industrial Conservation. Lancaster, 2012.
PALMER M., NEAVERSON, P. Industrial Archeology - Principles and Practice. London, 2000.