ENHANCING OF HERITAGE AWARENESS AND SUSTAINABILITY OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN ARCHITECTURAL AND URBAN DESIGN HIGHER EDUCATION: REVIEW OF BEST PRACTICES
Conference Architectural Heritage and Urban planning
International scientific project entitled Enhancing of Heritage Awareness and Sustainability of Built Environment in Architectural and Urban Design Higher Education (HERSUS) strives to enhance and test innovative teaching practices in the field of sustainability of the built heritage, and boost the competence and motivation of educators and researchers in the field of architecture and urban design to include in curricula innovative elements so as to prepare students and educators to become real actors of the environmental change. The main purpose of the paper is to present new innovative courses, groups of courses, and extracurricular activities within the existing study programs of participating HEI (from Serbia, Italy, Cyprus, Greece, and Spain), which can contribute to bridging the gap between sustainability and heritage. Having in mind that University of Belgrade Faculty of Architecture is the Lead organisation of the project, the paper will present review of best practices in educating sustainability and heritage as a result of the first project activity and lessons learned from the HERSUS Webinar Teaching through Design for Sustainability of the Built Environment and Heritage Awareness. Keywords: education, sustainability, heritage, urban heritage, built environment