RSU VERNADOC 2017

Measuring Workshop on Wooden Thai Heritage

RSU VERNADOC 2017

Rattanakosin area, Bangkok, Thailand, 14-28.05.2017

Draft programme, 18.04.2017 / 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 under-stand that the local tradition is valuable and an important part in the vernacular tradi-tion 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 interna-tional 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 one wooden house (1920s-1940s), the heritage building in Rattanakosin area (Bangkok old town).

Participants:

• the volunteers from international countries (5 persons)
• the veterans from RSU & ASA (5 persons)
• 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 2017 though, but in their future fieldwork
• everyone in the camp works in practice, no idling is accepted
• min. one member in the “international countries” is competent to teach the method in their country

List of cooperating organizations:

• Rangsit University (RSU)
• The Association of Siamese Architects (ASA)
• ICOMOS Thailand
• Lek-Prapai Viriyapant Foundation
• VERNADOC Thailand

Preliminary timetable:

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 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. 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

sudjit_rsu@yahoo.com
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