Conservation Assessment Bootcamp

$300.00

In this Conservation Assessment Bootcamp, participants will learn the basic techniques building conservators use to understand how a building is aging and how to intervene in ways that prolong a building’s life—the essence of our work as preservationists. With around 30 historic structures, Historic Eastfield Village has no shortage of case studies to explore and is the perfect site to study these principles. 

This introductory workshop is geared towards historic building owners who would like to better understand how to maintain their historic buildings and historic preservationists from the public history or cultural institutional fields who’d like a window into the work building conservators do to answer the question of what’s up with that building and what do we do now? However, all are most welcome!

Day 1 will consist of a presentation and discussion of conservation assessment principles and ways to approach looking at buildings with an afternoon walk through of the Village as a group to see the methods in practice. 

Day 2 will make use of the Village as the preservation laboratory it was always intended to be! Participants will split up into teams and be assigned a building to put the principles they learned on Day 1 into practice. The resulting work from the weekend will be used by the Historic Eastfield Foundation to better plan preservation projects around the site!

This workshop will be taught by Ian Stewart and Bill Remsen, co-founders and co-owners of Preservation, Inc., a firm that works all over the world developing conditions assessment reports, preservation plans, and undertaking building and site conservation.

This project is in part funded by the Historic Preservation Education Foundation. Through this generous support, we are able to offer half of all registrations at no cost for qualifying participants. Lunch will also be provided to all participants.

To apply for a grant-funded registration, please submit a one-page Letter of Interest that introduces yourself, explains how this workshop will help you achieve your goals, and why you should be awarded the scholarship. Priority will be given to early career professionals in the building trades or historic preservation fields, college students in related fields, and those in trade or technical education programs, including apprenticeships, community colleges, or tech schools. March 15 is the deadline to submit a scholarship request to the Foundation at eastfieldvillage@gmail.com. Selected participants will be notified by April 1.

All workshops begin at 9:30am on the first day of the program.

All participants must be 18+ years old.

In this Conservation Assessment Bootcamp, participants will learn the basic techniques building conservators use to understand how a building is aging and how to intervene in ways that prolong a building’s life—the essence of our work as preservationists. With around 30 historic structures, Historic Eastfield Village has no shortage of case studies to explore and is the perfect site to study these principles. 

This introductory workshop is geared towards historic building owners who would like to better understand how to maintain their historic buildings and historic preservationists from the public history or cultural institutional fields who’d like a window into the work building conservators do to answer the question of what’s up with that building and what do we do now? However, all are most welcome!

Day 1 will consist of a presentation and discussion of conservation assessment principles and ways to approach looking at buildings with an afternoon walk through of the Village as a group to see the methods in practice. 

Day 2 will make use of the Village as the preservation laboratory it was always intended to be! Participants will split up into teams and be assigned a building to put the principles they learned on Day 1 into practice. The resulting work from the weekend will be used by the Historic Eastfield Foundation to better plan preservation projects around the site!

This workshop will be taught by Ian Stewart and Bill Remsen, co-founders and co-owners of Preservation, Inc., a firm that works all over the world developing conditions assessment reports, preservation plans, and undertaking building and site conservation.

This project is in part funded by the Historic Preservation Education Foundation. Through this generous support, we are able to offer half of all registrations at no cost for qualifying participants. Lunch will also be provided to all participants.

To apply for a grant-funded registration, please submit a one-page Letter of Interest that introduces yourself, explains how this workshop will help you achieve your goals, and why you should be awarded the scholarship. Priority will be given to early career professionals in the building trades or historic preservation fields, college students in related fields, and those in trade or technical education programs, including apprenticeships, community colleges, or tech schools. March 15 is the deadline to submit a scholarship request to the Foundation at eastfieldvillage@gmail.com. Selected participants will be notified by April 1.

All workshops begin at 9:30am on the first day of the program.

All participants must be 18+ years old.

Instructors

Ian Stewart

Ian has 20 years of international experience preserving historic buildings and historic trades. He co-founded Preservation Inc. and owns New Netherland Timber Framing and Preservation, companies that specialize in assessment and restoration of a wide variety of historic structures and landscapes around the world. Ian is a passionate advocate for trades education and has a wealth of experience in leading workshops and historic preservation courses. Notably, Ian gave a TED talk titled, “Can Preservation Trades Save Our Cities?”

Bill Remsen

William C. S. Remsen, RA, is a founding partner of Preservation Inc., a firm specializing in the assessment, documentation, conservation, and presentation of stone, brick, mud brick, and wood historic buildings and cultural heritage and archaeological sites. He is a registered architect, a professional member of the American Institute of Conservation (AIC), a certified member of AIC’s emergency National Heritage Responders team, and a certified historic preservation building assessor for AIC’s Collection Assessment for Preservation (CAP) program. He has over 35 years of experience with cultural heritage preservation projects in the U.S., Cyprus, Egypt, Turkey, Malta, Chile (Easter Island), Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, the UK, Yugoslavia, and Iran.

Preservation Inc.

Preservation Incorporated specializes in the preservation of tangible cultural heritage with a focus on historic buildings and sites.  As architectural conservators, we both design and execute interventions.

As a multifaceted preservation company with decades of experience in various aspects of the preservation field, we offer creative and flexible problem-solving in cultural preservation and architectural and heritage conservation for domestic and international clients. As a small, agile organization, Preservation Inc. provides personal attention to identify preservation problems and rapidly develop flexible and creative solutions.

Our comprehensive services include all aspects of preservation planning, from initial assessment to the construction phase, after-action reports, publications, and generational follow-ups. Our well-connected team provides us with the unique ability to assemble teams to meet the challenges of large, complex, and exceptional projects. 

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