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ARCH6937 / Fall 2022

André Jauregui, Halley Ramos

Visualization Techniques for Arch Preservation

Canvas

Bulletin

Historic preservation is fundamentally a visual communication discipline. Before a historic place can be protected, rehabilitated, interpreted, or remembered, its significance must first be documented, analyzed, and communicated.

This course examines the visual methods through which preservation professionals understand and represent historic places. Through photography, mapping, analytical drawing, graphic analysis, and interpretive media, students will explore how visualization shapes preservation decisions and public understanding.

Working from a historic resource of their choosing, students will create a series of cumulative graphic assignments that communicate existing conditions, historical context, significance, change over time, and preservation strategies. Particular emphasis is placed on understanding visualization not simply as representation, but as a form of visual communication. Through photographs, maps, drawings, diagrams, timelines, and digital media, students will examine how visualizations reveal certain histories, values, and priorities while obscuring others.

Case studies will range from John Ruskin’s drawings of Venice and Prix de Rome reconstructions of Ancient Rome to HABS and HAER documentation, adaptive reuse projects such as the High Line, and contemporary forms of digital interpretation.

Location & Time

CONSERVATION LAB

W 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Session & Points

SES A

1.5 Points

Sequence

HP Elective

Computational Glue

Call Number

16095

Programs

Master of Architecture

M.S. Real Estate Development

New York / Paris

M.S. Advanced Architectural Design

M.S. Urban Planning

M.S. Architecture and Urban Design

M.S. Computational Design Practices

M.S. Historic Preservation

Other Semesters & Sections

Course	Semester	Title	Instructor	Syllabus	Requirements & Sequence	Location & Time	Session & Points	Call No.
ARCH6937‑1	Fall 2026	Visualization Techniques for Arch Preservation	Halley Ramos		ALL GSAPP HP Elective Computational Glue	Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn) W 6 PM - 8 PM	Session A 1.5 Points	10717
ARCH6937‑1	Fall 2025	Visualization Techniques for Arch Preservation	André Jauregui, Halley Ramos	Syllabus	HP Elective Computational Glue	Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn) W 6 PM - 8 PM	Session A 1.5 Points	10752
ARCH6937‑1	Fall 2024	Visualization Techniques for Arch Preservation	André Jauregui, Halley Ramos		HP Elective Computational Glue	Preservation Technology Lab W 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM	SES A 1.5 Points	10612
ARCH6937‑1	Fall 2023	Visualization Techniques for Arch Preservation	André Jauregui, Halley Ramos		HP Elective Computational Glue	Preservation Technology Lab W 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM	SES A 1.5 Points	10121