INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT of

BURCH UNIVERSITY ARCHITECTURE

ARC 628
STONE IN ARCHITECTURE
AND ARCHITECTURAL
CONSERVATION
2012-2013 Spring Term

Assist.Prof. Dr. Nermina Mujezinovic

nmujezinovic@ibu.edu.ba
• Class Schedule: Wednesday : 17:00- 19:45
• Office Hour: Thursday : 13:45 - 14:45
Monday : 14:00 - 16:00
 Course Objectives
o 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
o Understanding artistic, constructive and technological
achievements in contemporary use of stone
o Identifying multilayer values of stone built heritage (ambiance,
autochthony, architectural value)
o Introduce various aspects of degradation and conservation of
historical stone buildings
 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, 2009.
 Grading

o Interactive lectures / discussions 20%

o Midterm:
o Research project: Paper Concept 20%
o Presentation and Discussion 10%
o Final:
o Research project: Paper, final 35%
o Presentation and Discussion 15%
 "OLD, NEW STONE" - masonry
in a different context

Glen Harder House, Mountain

Lake, Minnesota, Bruce Goff,
1970-1971

Nermina Mujezinović, Kamen – materijal kontinuiteta i izražajnih mogućnosti, Federalno ministarstvo obrazovanja i nauke, Sarajevo, 2009.
 Textbooks
1 Nermina Mujezinović, Kamen – materijal kontinuiteta i izražajnih
mogućnosti, Federalno ministarstvo obrazovanja i nauke, Sarajevo, 2009.
2. David Dernie, New Stone Architecture, McGraw-Hill Professional, 1 edition,
2003.
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, 1994.
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.
 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
 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

Nermina Mujezinović, Kamen – materijal kontinuiteta i izražajnih mogućnosti, Federalno ministarstvo obrazovanja i nauke, Sarajevo, 2009.
Nermina Mujezinović, Kamen – materijal kontinuiteta i izražajnih mogućnosti, Federalno ministarstvo obrazovanja i nauke, Sarajevo, 2009.

Built Heritage in Bosnia and Herzegovina

3.2.1. Interventions on the Historic Stone Structures