Heritage and Landscape

Duration

36h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Nathalie De Harlez De Deulin

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course is composed of  two parts wich developments may evolve from one year to another, integrating special themes related to events (Conference or study day..) 

Part One: built cultural heritage
1.1. Preserving heritage: definition - inventories - concept of authenticity - value of usage - integrated conservation.

1.2. Evolution of the concept of conservation and the concept of restoration: stylistic restoration - philological restoration - critical restoration - restoration "à l'identique".

1.3. International charters and conventions:
- the Charter of Venice, 1964
- UNESCO Convention on World Heritage, 1972
- Resolution 76/28 of the Council of Europe, 1976
- Nara Document on authenticity, 1994

1.4. Architectural creation and heritage

1.5. Integrated contemporary architectures. 

1.6. Industrial heritage



Part Two: gardens, sites and landscapes
1. International charters and conventions: - Charter of Florence, 1981: analysis and development of different approaches to the concepts of conserving, restoring and restituing of historical parcs and gardens ;
- Declaration of Arnhem, 1999
- European Landscape Convention, 2000
- Déclaration of Canberra on Urban Historic Public Parks (UHPP), 2015.
- Document on rural landscapes as heritage. 

2. Garden inventories: overview on France - GB - Belgium (Flanders/Wallonia).

3. Intervention techniques for historical parks and gardens: investigations and preliminary studies to restoration.
3.1. Fields concerned by preliminary studies (multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approachs);
3.2. Preliminary studies in historic gardens (case studies)
3.3. Management plans : définition and case studies (Belgium/France).

Useful addresses
Bibliography and webography

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Objectives: at the end of the course the student must be able to : 

- Present an understanding of the concepts of built and non-built héritage (individual monuments and groups - gardens, sites and landscapes) and define their specific characteristics, their different values and criteria of interest in a protection's point of view ;
- Draw upon charters and legal texts to examine fundamental notions relating to concepts of conservation and restoration of heritage (built and non-built) ;
- Understand the extent of different legal and administrative protections in terms of the Walloon Region, Belgium, Europe and the world (Unesco).
- Make a critical analysis of the different values associated and beared by built and non-built types of heritages in the context of a cultural multidisciplinary and pluridisciplinary approach.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Knowledge of Gardens and landscape's History (bloc 3 course).

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Theory classes with illustrations : slides, diaporames and PowerPoint.
Visits to monuments, sites and historical gardens, program may be different from one year to another depending of the thematic subjects of the year. 

Visit to the Center for Heritage restoration of La Paix-Dieu in Amay (AWaP).

Consultation of preliminary restoration studies.

Participation at seminaries or study days concerning the conservation and restoration of cultural héritage, for exemplestudy day on the history and future of the Castlle and gardens of Freÿr-sur-Meuse (Hastière) organised by the Roi Baudouin Foundation on annual thematics (Freÿr, mid-october).


 

 

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course


Additional information:

Lectures.

Intervention of speakers or experts. 

Participation to activities on site followed by reflexif work, in particular :

- the study day at the castle of Freÿr-sur-Meuse (23/10/2020) organized by the King Baudouin Foundation (annual, in Freÿr, october).
- Visit to the Centre des Métiers du Patrimoine "La Paix-Dieu" in Amay with an exhibition on the missions of the Walloon Heritage Agency (AWaP).
- Guided visits to monuments, sites and and historic gardens .

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Syllabus and course notes
Sources and references (see bibliography annexed to the syllabus)
Essential reading CHOAY F., L'allégorie du patrimoine, Paris, Seuil, 1992. DE HARLEZ DE DEULIN N. (dir.), Inventaire des parcs et jardins historiques de Wallonie, 9 vol., MRW, IPW, 1992-2008 (Themed inventories). DE HARLEZ DE DEULIN N., Parcs et jardins historiques de Wallonie, IPW, 2008 (Heritage of Wallonia). FELTZ Cl. (dir.), Les territoires paysagers de Wallonie, Namur, 2004 (Etudes et Documents, CPDT, 4). Le Patrimoine monumental de la Belgique. Wallonie, Liège, P. Mardaga, 1972-1997. Monumental, revue scientifique et technique des monuments historiques, Monum, Ed. du Patrimoine (annual). PEROUSE DE MONTCLOS J.M., Architecture. Méthode et vocabulaire, Paris, 1972 (Principles of scientific analysis).

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam

Written work / report


Further information:

Oral examination

Thoughting work (individual or in groups), theorical or pratical, linked to annual activities : site visits, conferences or study day.  

Criteria : See Learning outcomes

An exam mark of 10/20 (written work + exam) is needed for the success of the student (1rst session).

The thoughting work is not improvable between two sessions.

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Courses, visits on sites, conferences and/or study days dealing with patrimonial concerns in landscaped sites, historical parks and gardens. 

Contacts

Nathalie de Harlez de Deulin
nathalie.deharlez@hech.be


 

Association of one or more MOOCs

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