AAR 3102 HERITAGE STUDIES 1, AAR 3204 HERITAGE STUDIES 2 AND AAR 3302 HERITAGE STUDIES ARE COURSES FOR THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES PROGRAMME THE COURSE INTRODUCES STUDENTS OF ARCHITECTURE TO THE FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING OF TEAM RESEARCH IN APPRECIATING CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION HERITAGE BUILDING THROUGH EXPERIMENTAL LEARNING OF MEASURED DRAWING AND DOCUMENTATION.

 

THE COURSE PROVIDES STUDENTS OF ARCHITECTURE INTERPRETATION OF TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE HISTORY, CULTURE AND FACTORS SUCH AS GEOGRAPHY, CLIMATE, TECHNOLOGY, AND MATERIAL THAT SHAPED CIVILIZATION AND THROUGH THE PRACTICE OF SITE AND BUILDING INVENTORS, MEASURED DRAWING, ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITY WRITING REPORTS AND DISSEMINATING FINDING AND OUTCOMES THROUGH EXHIBITION AND SEMINARS.

 

 THIS COURSE PROCEEDS THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN COURSE THE STUDENTS WERE EXPOSED TO BRING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF HERITAGE BUILDINGS OF SIGNIFICANT AND THE REQUIREMENT OF AVOIDING CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH REUSING OR ADAPTIVE REUSE EXISTING BUILDINGS IN NEW DEVELOPMENT. IIUM ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE STUDIES FOCUSED ON THE HERITAGE AND HISTORY OF THE MUSLIM CIVILIZATION WORLDWIDE. THE COURSE IS CONDUCTED IN THREE STAGE i.e. (I) PRE-FIELDWORK SKILL TRAINING AND RESEARCH: (II) FIELDWORK AND DATA COLLECTION AND (III) DOCUMENTATION DISSEMINATION.