Heritage Planning

This course provides students with an overview of the theory and practice of heritage planning.

Focusedpredominately within NSW and metropolitan Sydney, the course will, however, explore heritage planning in Australiaat World, National, State and Local levels.By undertaking Heritage Planning you will develop your appreciation and understanding of the physical and … For more content click the Read More button below.This course provides students with an overview of the theory and practice of heritage planning.

Focusedpredominately within NSW and metropolitan Sydney, the course will, however, explore heritage planning in Australiaat World, National, State and Local levels.By undertaking Heritage Planning you will develop your appreciation and understanding of the physical and nonphysicalaspects of Australia’s heritage.

The course will provide you with an introduction to the various statues thatapply to heritage within Australia and NSW.

During the first half of the semester, we will cover the history of heritageconservation in Australia, including the ICOMOS Burra Charter, and how heritage is identified, assessed andmanaged at World, National, Commonwealth, and State and Local levels.

Following mid-semester break, our focusshifts and we concentrate on different aspects of our heritage including;

cultural landscapes, Aboriginal and settlerarchaeology, built heritage, cultural landscapes, interpretation and intangible values.

Throughout the course you willlearn from experienced professionals working in the public and private sectors.

They will present various disciplinaryperspectives including archaeology, architecture and landscape architecture.

The guest lecturers will talk about their‘real life’ experience of working in heritage in the context of the legislation and urban development in Sydney andelsewhere.Drawing on this professional experience, the course will canvass some of the different approaches to understandingheritage and conservation.

Many of these approaches are political and official, involving governments at international,national, state and local levels.

They are also formal and involve statutory planning processes such as identification,assessment, listing via planning instruments and heritage registers, and provisions for permits and applications.

Ineach case, the approaches, solutions and outcomes for heritage projects vary based on political will, economicissues, the formal protective mechanisms, professional judgments, subjectivity and community values.The primary aim of the course is to ensure that as future professionals in the fields of urban planning, architecture andlandscape architecture, you develop a sound understanding of the theoretical, legislative, administrative and practicalaspects of heritage conservation that is grounded in ‘real world experience’.

This, in turn, will enable you to gain anunderstanding of how heritage and the values attributed to it change through time and reflect how we see ourselvesas a nation, a state, a community and as individuals.Read More