702-635 Australian Building Analysis

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702-635 Australian Building Analysis
Credit Points	12.5
HECS Band	2
Coordinator	Professor Miles Lewis
Prerequisites	702-331 Australian Architecture
Semester	Not Offered (view timetable)
Contact	Two lectures and one tutorial a week or the equivalent
Subject Description	An introduction to the history of building technology in Australia, the techniques of measuring and recording buildings, historical investigation from primary sources. The philosophy of conservation and the main avenues for researching buildings. Development of skills in the documentary and physical investigation of buildings including materials, patents, paint and wallpaper analysis.
Assessment	An investigation paper and exercises (drawn and/or written) to the equivalent of not more than 7500 words.
Prescribed Texts	M Lewis, Physical Investigation of a Building. National Trust of Victoria, Vic. 1989.

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