METHODS OF DOCUMENTATION & MEASURED DRAWINGS
Module Synopsis
The subject aims to develop an understanding of the principles of building preservation/conservation and the methods of recording it in three documentation methods; measured drawings, written documentation and photographic documentation. The ideas of application and management of architectural historic documentation will be presented as part of the overall knowledge of building preservation/conservation. For measured drawings, students are to document historically and architecturally significant buildings in the form of as-built drawings. The task requires 10 to 20 students per group that involve fieldworks consisting of measuring techniques such as photographing, sketching, using of theodolite and measuring tapes. The outcomes of the subject are collection of plans, section, elevations, details and axonometric views / models; complemented with a report that explains about the background, history, concept, style construction technics and ornamentation of the building.
Project 1: The Journal Sketchbook
This project is an on-site exercise where students have to sketch and document the physical and intangible qualities of the buildings as well as the immediate context of the site. It can be from an element as broad as the urban planning itself down to the smallest detail of the ornaments used in the building. Some of the physical aspects may include building or structure such as a bridge; architectural elements such as windows, doors, five foot ways; architectural features such as ornaments, keystone, arches over windows, carvings, tiles layout; construction details such as staircase, roof structure; the physical context – overall urban layout, street furniture; traditional transportation such the trishaw. The intangible aspects that can be captured are people of the place doing their daily activities; cultural elements such as clothes, furniture, glass and china, food; traditional trade – incense shop, street side cobbler, other family businesses; urban qualities such as the rhythm created by the repetition of roof volumes, the serial visions and vistas, the circulation nodes. As a start, it is COMPULSARY for all students to sketch the plans, sections and elevations of the building that the group has measured, as an expression of the students’ understanding of the building.
The sketches are to comprise at least 2 each of these categories:
1. The Genius Loci
2. Poetic Quality
3. Cultural Attributes
4. Technical /Construction details
My Visual Sketches & Journal
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Reflection
In this project I've learned the fundamentals of on-site sketching and transforming 3D into the imaginary 2D skeches and also incorporating the info as a journal about the building- Sun Yat Sen Museum
Project 2: Report & Video
Introduction
The report is an additional document that accompanies the set of drawings for the building that is measured during the semester. Basically, the report will elaborate on the significance of the building measured from various aspects such as architectural, historical and cultural. In this report, students are required to relate the architecture of the building to its significance, highlighting how the two support the inhabitation of the building. Students are required to prepare a presentation, photobook and a video about their site. A video documenting the building is required to provide 3D experience of the building.
Objectives of Project
The objectives of this project are as follows:
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To document the significance of the building to accompany the measured drawings
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To enable students to analyze the relationship between architecture and the significance of the building as well as its inhabitation
Video
Report
Reflection
As the video team, my task was to document the building in a video form. We had chosen the topic History/Architecture which requires us to show the buildings history and also it's architecture. It was indeed a fun and exciting experience not to mention that it is also tiring to run around Georgetown to film it's surrounding. The Sun Yat Sen Museum has a vibrant architecture flow which we could bring the user from the entrance to the end in the film.
Project 3: Model & Drawings
Introduction
The project will be carried out throughout the semester where students will be assigned to measure and document a historical / architecturally significant or heritage building and translate all the data into a set of drawings. Each group will have to only measure one particular building assigned by the course coordinator. Apart from doing the measuring exercise on site, students will also need to do additional research in order to piece together all the important data about the building. The model will provide additional physical information of the building.
Objectives of Project
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This project aims to produce a set of measure drawings of a historical and/or architecturally significant building or structure in a specific location.
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A report containing important and historical information of the building will complement the drawings. It is an on-site exercise where students are required to execute fieldwork and hands-on measuring exercise
Scaled Drawings
Final Model
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Reflection
This is the toughest part of the project where teamwork and patience is required in drawing in AutoCAD and also maing the model. I've learned the practical way the model is built and the detail needed in the drawings are important to get this project done