Mahakan VERNADOC 2016
Measuring Workshop on Vernacular Built Heritage
Mahakan VERNADOC 2016
Mahakan Fort community, BKK, Thailand,
10-25.12.2016
Draft programe, 13.09.2016 / Asst.Prof.Sudjit Sananwai
Topic:
To work using a method that has been used in Finland for documentation. It is:
- Easy to learn and work with,
- Low-tech – no need for electricity or expensive tools,
- Precise enough for scientific work,
- Fast – by doing the necessary and nothing more,
- Cheap, because of the use of simple tools and only little work, Drawings that have been made in this process can easily make even a layman understand that the local tradition is valuable and an important part in the vernacular tradition of the whole world.
Aims:
- to learn the method by working it throughout the process
- to become acquainted with the expertise of the participants and to create international contacts for further work in the field
- to develop a method and models for international cooperation
- to produce high quality measured drawings and exhibit them in a local exhibition at the end of the camp
Object:
- Measuring and working drawing of a group of wooden houses in Mahakan Fort community, Bangkok’s vernacular built heritage.
Participants:
Max. 30 persons
- the volunteers from local & international institute (10 persons)
- the VERNADOC veterans (20 persons)
- the participants are used to making building drawing
- they know the basics of measuring work
- the participants are used to making building drawings
- they know the basics of measuring work
- all the participants have to be ready to work and live in rather harsh conditions, not yet during this camp in 2016 though, but in their future fieldwork
- everyone in the camp works in practice, no idling is accepted
- min. one member in the “institute group” is competent to teach the method in their institute
List of cooperating organizations:
- Rangsit University (RSU)
- The Association of Siamese Architects (ASA)
- ICOMOS Thailand
- Community Organizations Development Institute (Public Organization) (CODI)
- King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL)
- Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi (RMUTT)
- Architecture Conservation Club, RSU
- Mahakan Multilateral Committee
Preliminary timetable:
- 10.10.2016 deadline for camp registrations
- 5.12.2016 confirmation of the participants
- 10.12.2016 meeting together at Mahakan Community, BKK, 09:00 am
camp introduction & welcome lunch party before half day visiting Rattanakosin area (free buses are provided for all participants)
- 11-24.12.2016 the camp period in Mahakan Fort community
- one week for the measuring and basic drawing
- one weeks for the finishing of the drawings in ink
- 25.12.2016 present the final results at Mahakan Fort community, 05:00 pm
Daily program:
- working days are max. 8 hours long, depending on the weekday, weather, feeling …(the suitable time should be 8:00 am-12:00 am, 02:00 pm-7:00 pm)
- everyone produces her/his own measure drawing,
- in the evenings free performing programme, for example….
Accommodation and meals:
- depend on ASA, RSU & Local organizer
Language:
- the official language of the camp is Thai and vernacular English
The principles of the costs:
- the participants are in charge of the international travel costs. The ASA, RSU & Local organizer will pay the costs of accommodation and the meals at the site during the camp period.
More information:
- further questions and information; please feel free to ask, even on the practical arrangements.
Asst.Prof.Sudjit S.Sananwai
Faculty of Architecture, Rangsit University
Pathum Thani, Thailand.12000
info@vernadoc.com
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