Phase 1: Baseline Documentation

The goal of this phase is to complete the field data collection for the study area in order to be ready to assess what should be preserved and why in Phase Two. The end products of Phase One will include complete survey forms for all the buildings, photographs of significant buildings, spaces, landscapes and landscape features, as well as photomontages of significant street frontages.

Phase One begins with a study of the preservation plans available in the Studio. Preservation plans tend to be very area-specific and therefore very different; there are however (1) some broad issues and methodological approaches that tend to recur, and (2) plans that could begin to serve as models for the Studio. Students are asked to report on this information so that it may inform the formulation and crafting of the preservation plan. Phase One concludes with a visual presentation of the baseline documentation and the beginning of issues identification.

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