Preservation of Architectural Heritage
Major | Architecture |
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Faculty | Faculty of Architecture |
Department | History and Theory of Architecture |
Lead Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Arch. Yordanka Kandulkova |
Additional Languages | French, Russian |
The aim of the discipline is to develop basic knowledge of the problems of preservation of architectural heritage; to suggest a way of thinking in the approach to the valuable architectural environment in the process of architectural art. The types of cultural monuments and their legal protection within the national preservation system are discussed. The historic evolution of the ideas of continuity is presented. The approaches to preservation of the architectural heritage on different levels: individual monuments, historic towns and historic territories, are presented with the help of numerous examples. The synthesis between arts and historic environment is examined.