Webday Wednesday - Digital Recording of Existing and Historic Buildings for Conservation

Title: Digital Recording of Existing and Historic Buildings for Conservation 
Date: October 7, 2020
Presenter: Mario Santana Quintero

SESSION: 
Recording the physical characteristics of historic and existing structures is a cornerstone of retrofit, rehabilitation, preventive maintenance, monitoring and conservation.  The information produced by such work guides decision-making by property owners, site managers, public officials, and conservators. Rigorous documentation may also serve a broader purpose: over time, it becomes the primary means by which scholars and the public apprehends a site that has since changed radically or disappeared. In times of COVID-19 pandemic, the availability of reliable documentation of existing and heritage places, in particular real-time sensors providing information can allow to prevent secondary threats such as looting, fires or other unforeseen issues when not monitoring the site.  The courses have two aims: (a) to acquaint participants with a wide range of recording techniques; and (b) to help students decide which techniques are best suited to which sites and objectives. Led by an expert in the field, the training program will benefit from instruction in various branches of the recording work.  

LEARNING OUTCOMES: 

• Identify the role and need of information in the retrofit and rehabilitation of existing and historic buildings, emphasizing in conservation practices in Canada
• Evaluate and formulate an appropriate method for Digital Recording of Existing and Historic Buildings
• Evaluate and examine of what to specify when requesting digital recording projects 
• Participants will be able to assess the continuous evolution of new tools and methods in Digital Recording of Existing and Historic Buildings

Continuing education learning hours: 1 credit

Presenter: Mario Santana Quintero, PhD. MSc. Architect, P.Eng Limited License 
Professor,  Carleton University

He is professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Carleton University). He is also the Director of the NSERC Create program Heritage Engineering and faculty member of the Carleton immersive Media Studio Lab (CIMS). Besides his academic work in Canada, he is a guest professor at the Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation (University of Leuven). Along with his academic activities, he serves as Vice President of the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), and he is the past president of the ICOMOS Scientific Committee on Heritage Documentation (CIPA). Furthermore, he has been a Getty Conservation Institute scholar and he has collaborated in several international projects in the field of heritage documentation for The Getty Conservation Institute, UNESCO, Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities, ICCROM, World Monuments Fund, UNDP, Welfare Association, and the Department of Culture and Tourism of Abu Dhabi.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Monday, October 5 at 8:00 p.m. ET

WEBINAR REGISTRATION FEE:
$50 for RAIC members, plus applicable taxes.
$75 for non-members, plus applicable taxes.

SCHEDULE: The Webinar will take place on Wednesday, October 7 at 1 p.m. ET in English.
The Canada-wide schedule by time zone is:

More information, including online access instructions and a PDF copy of the slides will be sent to you by email on the Tuesday prior to the Webday webinar. 

*Purchase of webinars and events are non-transferable.