Description
An introductory course taught to provide students with an overview of 18th, 19th, and early 20th century residential architecture and the societal case for historic building preservation. Through lectures, demonstrations and site visits, students are exposed to a range of construction, preservation and restoration methods, including stabilizing endangered buildings, and preserving and recovering architectural details. Students develop an understanding of building components and systems and learn to compare current technology with traditional tools and practices.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Students will identify the social, cultural and economic arguments that support historic architectural preservation and adaptive reuse
- Students will be able to disseminate differences between Preservation, Restoration, Renovation and Remodeling
- Students will be familiar with baseline property surveys and the preliminary architectural documentation that identifies key elements and artifacts of original building design
- Students will work safely and to professional standards during all lab exercises
- Students will demonstrate cast form plaster replication with reverse molds
- Students will demonstrate skills in advanced interior carpentry finishes consistent with regionally historic architecture such as wainscot wall finishes, crown and chair mouldings, parquet flooring and tin stamped ceilings
- Students will demonstrate the ability to restore vintage cast and stamped metal building hardware to authentic finishes and reusable condition
- Students will develop familiarity with crafted post and beam / timber frame construction techniques and be able to replicate heavy mortise and tenon joinery
Semester
Spring
Notes
With the exception of CC 103, Construction Carpentry (CC) courses are open only to students accepted and enrolled in the Construction Technology/Preservation Carpentry Certificate Program.