May
20
In early March, four historic preservation graduate students, Caitlin Hart (M.F.A. candidate), Sehila Casper (M.F.A. candidate), Shannon Schaefer (M.F.A. candidate) and Nicole Vanella (M.A. candidate), were selected to receive an Ambassador Award from the Vernacular Architecture Forum conference in Gaspe, Quebec, Canada, on June 11-15. This marks the second year in a row that SCAD [...]
May
16
Students Document the Savannah Powder Magazine
May 16, 2013 | Leave a Comment
During the spring 2013 quarter, students in the HIPR 202 Recording and Interpretation course are documenting the historic Savannah Powder Magazine. Constructed in 1898 by prominent Savannah architects Hyman W. Witcover and Alfred S. Eichberg, it is designed in the Gothic Revival style. Gothic architectural features on the building include crenellations, corbelling, a frontis piece [...]
May
15
Hong Kong native Zoe Leung (B.F.A. candidate) will have her perspective rendering of the Savannah City Hall added to the City’s permanent art collection. The two-point perspective drawing was a project completed in DRAW 115 – Graphics for the Building Arts. This course serves as a foundation course for undergraduate historic preservation majors. Luciana Spracher, [...]
May
2
History of Korean Architecture
May 2, 2013 | Comments Off
As a translator and editor, Professor Jong Hyun Lim recently published an English Textbook titled “History of Korean Architecture.” Professor Justin Gunther and two SCAD graduates-Kathryn Stephens (MFA | 2011) and Caitlin Hart (MFA | 2012) volunteered in the final review of the textbook manuscript. This publication (History of Korean Architecture; or Hanguk-geonchuk-ui-yeoksa, the book’s [...]
Apr
26
SCAD Hosts Alumni Mentor
April 26, 2013 | Comments Off
Jonathan Mellon (M.F.A., Historic Preservation, 2004) visited with historic preservation students this week as the department’s first alumni mentor. He participated in class discussions with all faculty, presented a talk about his career in the Clarence Thomas Center chapel, and advised students about how to prepare for the job market after graduation. Currently, Jonathan is [...]
Apr
18
Harden House Update
April 18, 2013 | Comments Off
Historic preservation students have worked in the historic Harden House for the past eight quarters. Approximately 100 students have participated in numerous hands-on projects ranging from demolition to design, paint analysis, decorative painting and faux-finishing, decorative plaster cleaning and restoration, wood window restoration and general painting and construction. As a collaboration between the Harden House [...]
Apr
5
Students Participate in International Competition
April 5, 2013 | Comments Off
In February, students in Professor Connie Pinkerton’s research class traveled to Charleston, South Carolina. There they met architecture professor Sam Olin with students from his design studio, and the group traveled by water taxi to Shutes Folly Island in Charleston’s harbor. Situated on the island is Castle Pinckney, a brick fort constructed in 1809 in [...]
Mar
29
HP Student Takes Large Format Photographs at Whitefield Chapel
March 29, 2013 | Comments Off
Historic preservation M.F.A. candidate, Shannon Schaefer, recently took large-format photographs at Whitefield Chapel for the department’s Peterson Prize submission. HABS suggests providing photographs as part of the documentation process, because they provide context, spatial relationships and existing conditions. These elements are harder to convey through two-dimensional drawings. The Peterson Prize doesn’t require large-format photos. However, [...]
Mar
28
16th Annual US/ICOMOS International Symposium
March 28, 2013 | Comments Off
Internationally recognized speakers from UNESCO, American Planning Association to headline 16th Annual US/ICOMOS International Symposium Francesco Bandarin, assistant director-general for culture at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, and W. Paul Farmer, chief executive officer of the American Planning Association, are slated as featured speakers for the 16th Annual US/ICOMOS International Symposium [...]
Mar
12
Documenting and Preserving the Old Jewish Cemetery
March 12, 2013 | Comments Off
As part of an independent study, Beth Wiza and Kate Stephens documented and assessed existing conditions of the wall surrounding the colonial Old Jewish Cemetery. In the new colony of Georgia, Jews were not permitted to be buried in Colonial Cemetery and therefore, had to create a separate resting place. When the Old Jewish Cemetery [...]