San Gemini Preservation Studies Summer 2008

Methods of Surveying of Historic Buildings 791 (391 u.g.) Directed Research (credits 3)

Program - A (May 24- June 29 ) Preliminary Syllabus

Instructors: Max Cardillo, Nikos Vakalis, Visiting lecturers

Requirements: Attending all classes and field trips, required field work, required reading, and writing papers

Preliminary schedule and Syllabus

		Lecture ( 8:30-10:00) AM	Lecture ( 10:30-12:00) AM	Field Work / Lectures (2:30 – 7:00) PM
5/24	Sat			Orientation
5/25	Sun	Setup	Evolution of the Italian City, Cardillo	History of San Gemini San Gemini and The Region Renzi
5/26	Mon	Evolution of San Gemini	Visit to San Gemini -Cardillo	Visit to Carsulae - Cardillo
5/27	Tue	Traditional Building Structures	Italian Building Types - Cardillo	Set-up, Safety in work site Cardillo - Vakalis
5/28	Wed	NC	NC	Field Work – Cardillo, Vakalis
5/29	Thu	Visiting Lecturer		Field Work – Cardillo, Vakalis
5/30	Fri	Fieldtrip
5/31	Sat	Field Trip
6/1	Sun	Free Day
6/2	Mon	NC	NC	Field Work – Cardillo, Vakalis
6/3	Tue	The purpose of restoration	Describing Buildings – Drawings, Photography, Verbally,	Field Work – Cardillo, Vakalis
6/4	Wed	NC	NC	Field Work – Cardillo, Vakalis
6/5	Thu	Historical Analysis of Buildings ( San Giovanni Battista)	Using Total station, Transferring TS data to Cad	Field Work – Cardillo, Vakalis
6/6	Fri	Visiting Lecturer		Field Work – Cardillo, Vakalis
6/7	Sat	Travel day	Siena
6/8	Sun	Travel day	Siena
6/9	Mon	Travel day	Siena
6/10	Tue	Travel day	Florence
6/11	Wed	Travel day	Florence
6/12	Thu	Travel day	Florence
`6/13	Fri	Travel day	Rome
6/14	Sat	Travel day	Rome
6/15	Sun	Travel day	Rome
6/16	Mon	Historic Materials	Traditional Construction methods, Foundations and walls	Field Work – Cardillo, Vakalis
6/17	Tue	NC	NC	Field Work – Cardillo, Vakalis
6/18	Wed	Traditional Construction Methods Walls, Floors , Roofs	Traditional Construction Methods Walls, Floors , Roofs	Field Work – Cardillo, Vakalis
6/19	Thu	NC	NC	Field Work – Cardillo, Vakalis
6/20	Fri	Visiting Lecturer		Field Work – Cardillo, Vakalis
6/21	Sat	Fieldtrip
6/22	Sun	Free Day
6/23	Mon	NC	NC	Field Work – Cardillo, Vakalis
6/24	Tue	NC	NC	Field Work – Cardillo, Vakalis
6/25	Wed	NC	NC	Field Work – Cardillo, Vakalis
6/26	Thu	Artistic Survey, Archaeological surveying,	Assessing State of Conservation, Historic Structure Report	Field Work – Cardillo, Vakalis
6/27	Fri	Visiting Lecturer		Cleanup an Packing
6/28	Sat	Fieldtrip
6/29	Sun	Free day
6/29	Mon	Departure Day

Note: This is a preliminary syllabus and schedule subject to change