1. INTERNATIONAL BURCH UNIVERSITY Assist.Prof. Dr. Nermina Mujezinovic
DEPARTMENT of
ARCHITECTURE
ARC 628
STONE IN ARCHITECTURE
AND ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION
Spring Term
Assist.Prof. Dr. Nermina Mujezinovic

2. Class Schedule: Wednesday : 17:00- 19:45
Office Hour: Thursday : 13: :45
Monday : 14: :00

3. Course Objectives
Detailed analyze of diverse modalities and potential advantages of the use of stone in architecture through the detailed analyzes of:
rocks origin and properties
use of stone in art and architecture through the history and stone in design today
techniques and technologies
Understanding artistic, constructive and technological achievements in contemporary use of stone
Identifying multilayer values of stone built heritage (ambiance, autochthony, architectural value)
Introduce various aspects of degradation and conservation of historical stone buildings

4. Ancillary stone building with a wooden roof, village in the area Cosic - Kasali - Nuhići.
"Cardak na stijeni" (watchtower on the rock), Baščica valley, a hamlet in the area Ćosići – Kasali – Nuhići; unusual and impressive, witty building: built on bedrock, as a vertical accent in the space, "competes" with a mountain range in the background.
Nermina Mujezinović, Kamen – materijal kontinuiteta i izražajnih mogućnosti, Federalno ministarstvo obrazovanja i nauke, Sarajevo,

5. Grading Interactive lectures / discussions 20% Midterm:
Research project: Paper Concept %
Presentation and Discussion %
Final:
Research project: Paper, final %
Presentation and Discussion %

6. "OLD, NEW STONE" - masonry in a different context
Glen Harder House, Mountain Lake, Minnesota, Bruce Goff,
Nermina Mujezinović, Kamen – materijal kontinuiteta i izražajnih mogućnosti, Federalno ministarstvo obrazovanja i nauke, Sarajevo,

7. Textbooks
Nermina Mujezinović, Kamen – materijal kontinuiteta i izražajnih
mogućnosti, Federalno ministarstvo obrazovanja i nauke, Sarajevo,
David Dernie, New Stone Architecture, McGraw-Hill Professional, 1 edition,
3. Alfonso Acocella, Stone Architecture, Skira, 2006.
4. Peter Gössel, Gabriele Leuthäuser, Architecture in the 20th Century, Taschen; 2nd US edition, 2005.
5. John Ashurst, Francis G Dimes, Conservation of Building and Decorative Stone, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999.
6. Erhard Winkler, Stone in Architecture: Properties, Durability, Springer; 3rd completely rev. and extended edition,
7. Dimension Stone Cladding: Design, Construction, Evaluation, and Repair , Symposium on Dimension Stone Cladding, ASTM International, 2000.
8. Marco Bussagli, Understanding Architecture, I.B. Tauris, 2005
Further relevant references will be provided during the semester in relation to specific topics.

8. Brief Contents
Introduction ( Syllabus review; course scope and content, requirements, policies; teaching methods)
Rocks - differences in the origin
Genetic classification of rocks
Rocks - the differences in the properties
Properties of rocks
Stone - a potential medium
Building stone and decorative stone

9. Brief Contents Language of architect, artist and builder
Use of stone in architecture : (Walls, Arch, Vault, Dome, Roofing)
Technologies - tools and work processes
Color, ornament , texture - one more 'interpreter' of stone surfaces
Stone in the twentieth century, stone today
The tradition of stone in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Development of ‘tradition of stone’ in different natural environments
Stone - choice of architect, builder or artist : Built heritage of B & H

10. Nermina Mujezinović, Kamen – materijal kontinuiteta i izražajnih mogućnosti, Federalno ministarstvo obrazovanja i nauke, Sarajevo,

11. Built Heritage in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nermina Mujezinović, Kamen – materijal kontinuiteta i izražajnih mogućnosti, Federalno ministarstvo obrazovanja i nauke, Sarajevo,
Built Heritage in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Interventions on the Historic Stone Structures