This course introduces students to the techniques used in the recording of built heritage using an actual heritage structure as a case study. Recording will be done according to internationally accepted standards for recording built heritage, most notably the HAER (Historic American Engineering Record) and the HABS (Historic American Building Survey) standards, and in accordance with the Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada (2011). Students will produce measured drawings and photographs of a selected heritage structure, transform these into digital drawings of publishable quality, conduct archival research, and compile all data into a professional-quality heritage conservation report to be submitted to the local ACO (Architectural Conservancy of Ontario) office and/or the municipal heritage planning office.
