ARCH 2355 — Architecture Conservation: Intervention, Transformation, and Reuse
4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath ICNUpath WIusually offered: springtypical days: T/FBostonTraditional
Examines how architecture and urban design respond to the challenges of intervening in already built environments, whether in the form of adaptation, extension, conservation, radical transformation, or sustainable reuse. Discusses cultural, social, as well as energy-efficiency-related topics. Includes a critical introduction to the key concepts of architectural intervention, followed by some exemplary design cases, and a special focus on recent and contemporary practices. Architecture deals with time, duration, change, and resilience. Places, not unlike palimpsests, retain multiple traces of former uses. Architects work with locations that inevitably contain a diversity of references and preexisting conditions. Students work on a “curatorial project," that is, a conceptual proposal for an ephemeral intervention in an existing site.
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 100% | 0.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 1 | 20 | 22 | 91% | 2.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 100% | 0.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 16 | 18 | 89% | 2.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 100% · W 0% · Th 0% · F 85%
Common patterns: TF (85% of sections), T (15% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Xavier Costa (100% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Xavier Costa (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
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