About this Course

The course on Sustainable Conservation of Cultural Heritage, offered by RWTHx, addresses crucial global challenges in cultural heritage conservation amidst modern urbanization pressures. It equips participants with necessary skills to identify, analyze, preserve, and manage cultural heritage through practical and theoretical approaches, using the City of Aachen as a core example.

What You'll Learn

• Defining and recognizing cultural heritage
• Diverse methodologies to explore and document cultural heritage
• Conservation ideologies and practical sustaining measures for cultural heritage
• Adaptive strategies for the efficient utilization and management of cultural heritage sites

Course Prerequisites

Students are expected to have foundational knowledge in cultural heritage, architecture, or city planning to better grasp the course content.

Course Coverage

• Introduction to cultural heritage conservation
• Case studies from Aachen and beyond
• Interactive assignments on various scales of heritage
• Sustainable management practices of heritage sites

Target Audience

This course is suitable for students, professionals in architecture, and anyone with an interest in urban planning and cultural heritage conservation.

Application of Skills in Real World

Skills acquired from this course can be applied in sectors like urban development, academic research, museum and heritage site management, offering profound impacts on community engagement and historical preservation.

Syllabus Overview

• Week 1: Introductory concepts and historical background of Aachen
• Week 2: Cultural heritage at different scales in Aachen
• Week 3: Processes and criteria for defining cultural heritage
• Week 4: Investigative methods in cultural heritage study
• Week 5: Advanced conservation, utilization, and management of cultural heritage