Course Code

Course Name

Readings

20.305

Conservation Theories and Approaches

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William Chapman, A Heritage of Ruins: The Ancient Sites of Southeast Asia and Their Conservation, University of Hawaii Press, 2013.

   

Miles Glendinning, The Conservation Movement: A History of Architectural Preservation, Routledge, 2013.

   

John Stubbs, Time Honoured: A Global View of Architectural Conservation, Wiley, 2009.
   

Lily Kong, Conserving the Past, Creating the Future: Urban heritage in Singapore, Singapore: Urban Redevelopment Authority, 2011. Chapter 2: Conserving Our Heritage
   

Daniel D. Reiff, “Viollet le Duc and Historic Restoration: The West Portals of Notre-Dame”, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Vol 30, No 1, Mar 1971, pp. 17-30.
   

Harold Kalman, Heritage Planning: Principles and Process, Routledge, 2014.
   

The BURRA Charter, ICOMOS
   

The Nara Document on Authenticity (1994), ICOMOS
   

International Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of Monuments and Sites (The Venice Charter 1964), ICOMOS
   

Chan, Kok Hui & Protzen, Jean-Pierre, “Between conflict and consensus: Searching for an ethical compromise in planning”, Planning Theory, 2017, pp. 1-20.
   

Chan, Kok Hui, “The ethics of working with wicked urban waste problems: The case of Singapore’s Semakau Landfill”, Landscape and Urban Planning, 2016
   

Alexandra Lange, Writing about Architecture: Mastering the Language of Buildings and Cities, NY: Princeton Architectural Press, 2012.
   

Lee, Tsen-Ta, “Commandments and Conservations: Regulating Singapore’s Historical Built Environment”
   

Lee, Tsen-Ta, “A Presence of the Past: The Legal Protection of Singapore’s Archaeological Heritage”, International Journal of Cultural Property, 2013, 20:257-288.
   

Lee, Tsen-Ta, “Treaties, Time Limits and Treasure Trove: The Legal Protection of Cultural Objects in Singapore”, Art Antiquity and Law, Vol IX, Issue 3, 2004.
Mary M. Brooks, “‘Indisputable authenticity’: engaging with the real in the museum”, in Rebecca Gordon, Emma Hermens & Frances Lennard (eds.), Authenticity and Replication: The ‘Real Thing’ in Art and Art Conservation, Archetype Publication, 2014.
   

Sarah Staniforth, “Slow Conservation”, Studies in Conservation, 55 (2010), pp. 74-80.
   

Lim Tiam Chai, “Cultural Heritage Tourism Engineering at Penang: Complete The Puzzle of “The Pearl of Orient””, Systems Engineering Procedia, 1 (2011), pp. 358-364.
   

Gwynn Jenkins & Victor T. King, “Heritage and development in a Malaysian city: George Town under threat?”, Indonesia and the Malay World, Vol. 31, No 89, 2003.
   

Zalina Samadi & Rodzyah Mohd Yunus, “Physical and Spiritual Attributes of Urban Heritage Street’s Revitalization”, Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, 36 (2012), pp. 342-349.
   

Lik Meng Lee, Yoke Mui Lim & Yusuf Nor’Aini, “Strategies for urban conservation: A case example of George Town, Penang”, Habitat International, 32 (2008), pp. 293-304.
   

Shuhana Shamsuddin, Ahmad Bashri Sulaiman & Rohayah Che Amat, “Urban Landscape Factors that Influnced the Character of George Town, Penang UNESCO World Heritage Site”, Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, 50 (2012), pp. 238-253.
   

Belinda Yuen, “Reclaiming Cultural Heritage in Singapore”, Urban Affairs Review, 2006; 41; 830.
   

Robertson E. Collins, “Notes on Preservation in Singapore”, Cultural Resource Management , http://www.crm.cr.nps.gov/archive/19-3/19-3-6.pdf
   

URA, Concept Plan Review Focus Group Consultation – Final Report on Identity versus Intensive Use of Land, 2000
   

Sim Loo Lee, “Urban conservation policy and the preservation of historical and cultural heritage: The case of Singapore”, Cities, Vol 13, No 6, pp 399-409.
   

Russell A. Smith, “The role of tourism in urbans conservation: The case of Singapore”, Cities, 1988
   

Peggy Teo & Shirlena Huang, “Tourism and Heritage Conservation in Singapore”, Annals of Tourism Research, Vol 22, No 3, pp. 589-615.
   

Boey Yut Mei, “Urban Conservation in Singapore”, in Belinda Yuen (ed.), Planning Singapore: From Plan to Implementation, Singapore Institute of Planners, 1998.
   

Ole Johan Dale, Urban Planning in Singapore: The Transformation of a City, Oxford University Press, 1999. Chapter 4: The Urban Renewal Programme
   

Brenda S. A. Yeoh, “The conservation-redevelopment dilemma in Singapore: The case of the Kampong Glam historic district”, Cities, Vol 13, No 6, pp. 411-422.
   

Vakhitova, Tatiana Vadimovna, “The Role of Impact Assessment in Transitioning to the Green Economy”, IAIA 2010
   

Guidance on Heritage Impact Assessments for Cultural World Heritage Properties, 2011.
   

Susan MacDonald, “Authenticity is more than Skin Deep: Conserving Britain’s Postwar Concrete Architecture”, APT Bulletin, Vol 28, No 4, pp. 37-44.
   

Terence Chong & Chua Ai Lin, “The Multiple Spaces of Bukit Brown” in William Lim (ed.), Public Space in Urban Asia, World Scientific, 2014.