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:
date | desc |
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25.04.2016 | deadline for camp registrations |
30.04.2017 | confirmation of the participants |
14.05.2017 | meeting together at Mahakan Fort community, BKK, 09:00 am camp introduction & welcome lunch party before half day visiting trip around Rattanakosin neighbourhood |
15-28.05.2017 | the camp period - one week for the measuring and basic drawing at Villa Prah Sumen - one weeks for the finishing of the drawings in ink at A’Hostel - present the final results at RSU |
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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