Basic knowledge of urban planning. Relationship between the building and the wider urban environment. Systematic approach to the methods of analysis, recording and evaluation of historic residential complexes. Institutional framework. Protection policy. International Conventions for the Protection of Historic Cities. Philosophy of protecting and restoring architectural ensembles. Trends - Schools. Views on architectural heritage. Objects of protection and rehabilitation. Historic city areas. Traditional houses. Historic landscapes. Production and layout of urban space. Networks of settlements. History of the creation of European cities. Sociological dimension. Urban environment. Organization of uses and networks. Restoration of residential complexes. Needs that cause regeneration. Particularities of historical settlements. Terminology of regeneration. Typology of reconstruction in terms of scale of intervention. Typology of reconstructions in dealing with architectural shells. Typology of reconstructions in terms of type of intervention and the form of utilization of the history of the residential complex. Typology of reconstructions in terms of the degree of preservation of the social composition of the historic settlement complex.
Analytical procedure (recognition of the current situation, general characteristics of the site, typological and morphological features, data analysis, diagnosis of problems, possibilities of intervention). Synthetic process - design protection study (assessment and degree of protection of buildings, restoration of historical background, urban plan, special planning regulation, architectural and urban planning interventions).
Proposals for the protection, promotion and revival of historic centers and ensembles.