VT Archive. שימור מבנים ואתרים. האיגוד הישראלי לארכיונאות ולמידע - קישורים של ארכיונים בישראל. Conservation.historic-scotland.gov.uk/publication-detail.htm?pubid=8539. Preservation Brief 35: Understanding Old Buildings: The Process of Architectural Investigation. If you have ever felt a sense of excitement and mystery going inside an old building--whether occupied or vacant--it is probably because its materials and features resonate with the spirit of past people and events.
Yet excitement about the unknown is heightened when a historic structure is examined architecturally, and its evolution over time emerges with increasing clarity to reveal the lives of its occupants. Architectural investigation is the critical first step in planning an appropriate treatment-understanding how a building has changed over time and assessing levels of deterioration.
Whether as a home owner making sympathetic repairs, a craftsman or contractor replacing damaged or missing features, or a conservator reconstituting wood or restoring decorative finishes, some type of investigative skill was used to recognize and solve an architectural question or explain a difficult aspect of the work itself. Determining the Purpose of Investigation Historical Research . Inventory. Www.english-heritage.org.uk/content/publications/publicationsNew/guidelines-standards/understanding-historic-buildings-policy-and-guidance/understanding-historic.pdf. CRGIS Guidelines: Heritage Documentation Programs--HABS, HAER, HALS, CRGIS--of the National Park Service. HABS/HAER/HALS/CRGIS. HABS/HAER/HALS records include both formal documentation (drawings, photographs, histories) and informal documentation (field records, and other significant materials not meeting HABS/HAER/HALS standards): Measured drawings are produced at a precise scale from actual dimensions recorded in the field.
Drawings may be produced either by hand or with computer-aided drafting (CAD). Large-format photographs are produced as contact prints from 4x5, 5x7, and 8x10 black-and-white negatives and color transparencies. The formats allow maximum enlargement with minimal loss of detail and clarity, and the black-and-white processing allows for achival stability.
Written histories place the site or structure within the appropriate context, addressing both the historical and the architectural or engineering aspects of its significance. Publications. Secretary's Standards--Preservation Planning. Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Preservation Planning Preservation planning is a process that organizes preservation activities (identification, evaluation, registration and treatment of historic properties) in a logical sequence. The Standards for Planning discuss the relationship among these activities while the remaining activity standards consider how each activity should be carried out. The Professional Qualifications Standards discuss the education and experience required to carry out various activities. The Standards for Planning outline a process that determines when an area should be examined for historic properties, whether an identified property is significant, and how a significant property should be treated.
Preservation planning is based on the following principles: Important historic properties cannot be replaced if they are destroyed. Standard I. Standard II. The goals for each historic context may change as new information becomes available. Standard III. Top 1. Publications and Forms. Secretary's Standards--Architectural and Engineering Documentation. Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Architectural and Engineering Documentation These standards concern the development of documentation for historic buildings, sites, structures and objects. This documentation, which usually consists of measured drawings, photographs and written data, provides important information on a property's significance for use by scholars, researchers, preservationists, architects, engineers and others interested in preserving and understanding historic properties.
Documentation permits accurate repair or reconstruction of parts of a property, records existing conditions for easements, or may present information about a property that is to be demolished. These Standards are intended for use in developing documentation to be included in the Historic American Building Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) Collections in the Library of Congress. Standard I. Standard II. Standard III. Standard IV. Top Introduction Definitions 1. 2. 3. A Comparative Review of Policy for the Protection of the Architectural Heritage of Europe - International Journal of Heritage Studies - Volume 8, Issue 4.
This paper is a comparative study of the policies for the protection of the architectural heritage currently in place in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Georgia, Ireland, The Netherlands, Spain and the UK. These countries are a representative sample of thirty-two countries that have brought the provisions of the Convention for the Protection of the Architectural Heritage of Europe (Granada, 1985) into force.
Set against the articles of the Convention the paper examines the different approaches that are in operation. Bearing in mind that the Convention called for subsequent monitoring of provisions adopted by countries, which has not yet taken place, this paper provides a current overview of the extent of implementation and the different procedures and policies utilised. Keywords Related articles View all related articles. Www.toronto.ca/developing-toronto/pdf/heritage.pdf. Secretary's Standards--Historical Documentation. Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Historical Documentation Historic documentation provides important information related to the significance of a property for use by historians, researchers, preservationists, architects, and historical archeologists.
Research is used early in planning to gather information needed to identify and evaluate properties. (These activities are discussed in the Standards and Guidelines for Preservation Planning and the Standards and Guidelines for Identification.) Historical documentation is also a treatment that can be applied in several ways to properties previously evaluated as significant; it may be used in conjunction with other treatment activities (as the basis for rehabilitation plans or interpretive programs, for example) or as a final treatment to preserve information in cases of threatened property destruction. These Standards concern the use of research and documentation as a treatment. Standard I. Standard II.
Standard III. Standard IV. Top.