Building Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation is the process of returning components of the built environment to a state of utility through repair or alteration. This process makes possible efficient use of buildings and architecture while preserving, where appropriate, the features that are significant to their historical, cultural and architectural values.

The programme enables students to develop and extend their creative and innovative abilities in the context of rehabilitation and the analytical, technical and managerial skills necessary for the implementation of such projects. Focus is on preservation and bringing back into use redundant and obsolete buildings and architecture to revitalise and strengthen local economies and communities.

The programme supports the achievement of successful outcomes to rehabilitation projects for both individual and community clients. The approach is systematic and based on an identification of client needs and an understanding of the architectural and socio-economic context of the built environment.

A combination of taught courses, project work in groups and individual study draws together the knowledge and experience of both staff and students. The project work takes place in interdisciplinary groups.

Content

• Principles of Management (20 credits)
• Development Economics andPlanning (20 credits)
• Building Rehabilitation (20 credits)
• Risk Management (20 credits)
• Research Methods (10 credits)
• Critical Thinking (10 credits)
• Project Management (20 credits)
• Dissertation (40 credits)

One option (20 credits) chosen from:

• Construction Management
• Construction Economics
• Facilities Management
• Managing within a Sustainable Environment
• Real Estate Development and Investment
• Comparative Urban and Regional Studies
• Housing Policy
• Sustainable Regeneration and Housing
• Asset Management and the Social Rented Sector