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Room Documentation

Goals: To introduce the relation of written, photographic and graphic documention. To introduce graphic conventions. Introduction to field recording; field notes; running measurements; delineation; symbols; conventions. Application of HABS techniques for field recording.

Equipment: to be reviewed in class.

A room will be selected to document. Teamwork will be discussed.

  • Photograph the room to assist in off-site work (example, British Columbia Heritage Trust)
    • Provide five photographs to best represent the room.
      • Perspective correct or take with elevations vertical
      • Employ scale, as needed, for detailed photographs
    • Identify all images. (Upload to Panoramio: tag, 175_room_documentation)
      • structure, address
      • room
      • elevation
      • detail
      • photographer (2011 © Name)
      • date
      • repository of images (here, Panoramio)
    • Locate on drawings (example)
  • Take notes (practicing lettering) to develop a written description optional
  • Type a written description of the room. optional
    • Reference, parenthetically (photograph 1, etc.), the five photographs included. optional
  • Conduct field measurements; take and record employing graphic conventions, including:
    • Object lines, extension and dimension lines
    • Dimensions
    • Notes
    • Materials designatons
    • Legend, as needed, of
      • material designations
      • abbreviations
      • use of colors for drafting
    • Indicate view of photographs.

Hand in assignment with attachments, to include:

    • cover letter (not attached to the report)
      • on 'letterhead'
      • to constutant who rretained you, Owner, here: professor.
      • reference agreement/contract (here, assignment), scope of work, variation, changes based on discussion, request, meetings
      • meetings, scope of discussion if relevant to work, attendees (copye letter as needed), dates
      • scope of work
      • project team (copy team)
      • work conducted beyond scope of work (at no additional cost)
      • work (by you or other consultants) conducted to date, reference douments (apart from the contract, assignment), standards
      • work products submitted, form
      • deviation from work (due to site conditions, other factors such as weather)
      • how work fits in to future project plans, needs
      • invation to contast as needed to discuss scope of work, products
      • enclose pertinent documents, listed under "enclosed:"
      • copy: anyone mentioned in the letter
    • cover page with site, address, date recorded, recording team with affiliation, table of contents
    • five photographs, uploaded to Panoramio, tag <175_10_room>.
    • written description, with reference to photographs optional
    • copies of all written field 'sketches', as an appendix
    • copies of all written field notes, as an appendix
    • sheets of field measurements, as an appendix

Resources

Burns, Recording Historic Structures. AIA, 2004

  • Chapter 4, "Measured Drawings", especially pp. 88-109. Google Books (poor quality).

Swallow, Peter, David Watt, and Robert Ashton. Measurement and Recording of Historic Buildings. London: Donhead Publishing, 1993,

  • Chapter 5, Building Surveys I: Preliminaries and Sketching, pp.54-68,
  • Chapter 6, Building Surveys, pp.69-85.

As Found, British Columbia Heritage

Peruse the following: Recording Historic Structures and Sites with HABS Measured Drawings, (also as 7.3 mb PDF file) Guidelines, Heritage Documentation Programs, NPS. Especially the following sections: