Philip Cryan Marshall

home • about • portfolio • affiliations • teaching • research • publications • contact

Teaching > Architectural Conservation (HP 382L/582L) >

Spring 2012 Schedule — Tuesday, 12:30 - 2:00 PM and Thursday, 12:30 - 4:50 PM version 120415

Week	Date	Topics
1	Jan 26	Scope Undergraduate/graduate work, expectations Syllabus Schedule Assignments Readings • hyperlinked • on reserve/in lab • provided Skills review and assessment Assignment preview Photographs in Panoramio Exterior conservation assessment Reducing images Conservation Assessment of Structure Readings preview Heritage Stewardship
	Jan 31	Heritage Stewardship • reading
	Feb 2	Due, discuss Exterior conservation assessment • assignment Preview Assessment: Work in Progress • assignment Finishes Decorative Treatment — Space Finishes (see Feb 1) Finishes Research and Interpretation • books in the lab or in the library on reserve will be included here, as well as other resources. Paint types and formation Lime cycle Earth pigments Pigments (other) Early Finishes Site Visit 80-82 State Street, Bristol, RI Bristol Historic District Commission, meeting (including review of exterior work for 80-82 State Street), Town Hall, 10 Court Street, 7:00 PM
3	Feb 7	Preview Early Victorian finishes Moss, Henry, ed. 1994. Paint in America, Washington, DC: The Preservation Press Colonial and Federal America byAbbott Lowell Cummings Richard M. Candee (pp.18-41) House Painting in Britain by Ian Bristow (43-53). Late Victorian finishes Assignment Decorative treatment of space assignment
3	Feb 9	Finishes 2 Early Victorian finishes Moss, Henry, ed. 1994. Paint in America, Washington, DC: The Preservation Press Colonial and Federal America byAbbott Lowell Cummings Richard M. Candee (pp.18-41) House Painting in Britain by Ian Bristow (43-53). Late Victorian finishes Lab (paint mixing — wear appropriate clothes) Paint technology Substrates Properties: optical, mechanical Raw materials: film formers, pigments and dispersion, solvents and solubility Finishes to circa 1840 Earth pigments; slaked lime,oil, distemper
4	Feb 14	Lecture Early Victorian finishes Case Study: Finishes Analysis, Campbell-Whittlesey House, Landmarks Society of Western New York Late Victorian finishes Case study; Billings Farm House, Billings Farm & Museum Preview Lab, paint mixing, wallpaper reading
4	Feb 16	Lecture Wallpaper Lab (paint mixing — wear appropriate clothes) A.J. Downing Paint Recipies Wallpaper Floor Treatments
5	Feb 22	Lecture Finishes conservation
5	Feb 23	Field trip John B. Vaughan, Architectural Conservation Services, 190 High Street, Bristol, RI
6	Feb 28	Discuss Decorative treatments, as needed Rock-to-Stone assignment
6	Mar 1	Lecture and exhibit (in lab) Geology
7	Mar 6	Discuss Room: Decorative Treatment assignment Rock-to-Stone assignment
7	Mar 8	Lecture and exhibit (in lab) Geology
8	Mar 13, 15	Spring Break field work for Rock-to-Stone assignment
9	Mar 20	Dicuss Rock-to-Stone Masonry Architectural Conservation Assessment Architectural Conservation Assessment assignment
9	Mar 22	Architectural Conservation Assessment Site visit: Linden Place, 500 Hope Street, Bristol, RI
10	Mar 27	Masonry Overview
10	Mar 29	Masonry Masonry cleaning Field trip: Bristol
11	Apr 3	Mortars and Repointing
11	Apr 5	Lecture and demonstration Clay products and bricks Pointing Soil characterization Porosity
12	Apr 10	Lecture Window conservation
	Apr 12	Site visit Heritage Restoration, Inc., Rob Cagnetta, President.
13	Apr 17	Discuss Window conservation Window specification assignment (optional) Preview Lecture Tools and joinry Mill work Tools checklist
13	Apr 19	Lecture Tools and joinry Mill work Tools checklist Proview Metals Site visit Linden Place for conservation assessment
14	Apr 24	Lecture Tools and joinry
	Apr 26	Site Metals reading (dragon head) Metals assignment George Martell, Martell’s Metal Works and here
15	May 1	Review Metals assignment (dragon head) Specifications Overview • UniFormat or MasterFormat? • UniFormat • CSI MasterFormat (numbers/titles) PowerPoint download, Wikipedia • CSI 50 Divisions Wikipedia)• Terms • Openings • Windows • Wood
	May 3	Site visit Troy City Woodwork, 394 Kilburn Street, Fall River, MA. Brendan Kinnane, President.
16	May 8	Wrap up
16	May 10	Reading day
17	May 14-16	Exam period