702-635 Australian Building Analysis

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

Professor Miles Lewis

Prerequisites

702-331 Australian Architecture

Semester

1 (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

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, 1989.


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