Building Pathology

Historic Buildings Survey and Recording:

Programme — Masters of Arts in Architectural Conservation (MAArC)

Conducted by — MAEK; Nikhil Joshi

AY 2021/2022, Semester 2

In this workshop, students had an opportunity to cover the following:

Various problems, deterioration, and decay associated with historic materials commonly found in heritage buildings in Southeast Asia,
Possible causes as well as consequences of the aforementioned defects on historic buildings and structures,
Fundamental understanding behind a range of investigative techniques with the aid of state-of-the-art, non-destructive testing equipment and targeted laboratory tests,
and insights into the evaluative processes to assess the type and extent of defects via visual inspection and/or other investigative methods.

Students also had hands-on experience of performing site measurement and data acquisition with the equipment provided.