Learn how to complete reconnaissance and intensive survey documentation for historic properties using group quarter housing close to the University of Oregon as a case study. The Seminar will investigate the methodology for conducting cultural resource surveys for historic properties in the state of Oregon utilizing standards that the National Park Service has established. Identification will focus on significant resources types that are in the vicinity of the University of Oregon, which are more than fifty years of age. Class participants will learn to identify and record the distinctive features of historic architecture and landscapes.
Site plan drawing and building research are integral components of the learning experience.
Class discussions will focus all aspects of the survey and evaluation process, and on current issues in historic preservation planning. Class participants will receive training through lectures, field work, required readings, in-class discussions and projects. A Basis for Preservation Planning, The Geography of Nowhere, How Buildings Learn, and a class packet will be required readings. The instructor will supply additional relevant articles and hand outs periodically. There will be a midterm exam, but no final exam.