Historic Wall and Floor Tiles

Practical Building Conservation Skills II:

Historic Wall and Floor Tiles

Programme — Masters of Arts in Architectural Conservation (MAArC)

Conducted by — MAEK; Victor Lim

AY 2022/2023, Semester 1

In this workshop on historic tiles, students learnt about various tiles and their conservation techniques with Victor Lim at his gallery in Chinatown and at Bukit Brown Cemetery.

The students had a chance to conduct hands-on exercises to ascertain the condition of tiles at ArClab. It was an intense afternoon where the students learnt the history, conservation approaches and application of cleaning techniques of historic tiles.