Capturing the Spirit of Singular Places: A Biographical Approach to Historic Building Recording

IF 0.4 3区 历史学 0 ARCHAEOLOGY
M. Shapland
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SUMMARY I am fortunate enough to spend my working life exploring many different buildings, from medieval manor houses to 20th century football stadia, as part of a development-led brief to record them for posterity. This provides the opportunity to access places that few members of the public (other than squatters and urban explorers) ever see. It also involves many hours picking round derelict hulks with the rain coursing down the walls. This work feeds into the undeniable research value that arises from the study of individual buildings and how they inform our understanding of past societies and social practices. Conversely, there is also the less classifiable output of our attempting to capture the ‘spirit’ of a building prior to its demolition or conversion. Whilst the former is prioritised in guidance literature and methodologies, the latter arguably comprises the majority of what we do. What follows is an attempt to reconcile these two mindsets, with what can be termed a ‘biographical’ approach to historic building recording.
捕捉奇异之地的精神:历史建筑记录的传记方法
总结我很幸运,在我的职业生涯中,我探索了许多不同的建筑,从中世纪的庄园到20世纪的足球场,这是一份由开发主导的简报的一部分,旨在为子孙后代记录这些建筑。这提供了进入公众(除了棚户区居民和城市探险家)很少看到的地方的机会。它还包括许多小时在雨水顺着墙壁流下的情况下,在废弃的船体周围搜寻。这项工作为研究单个建筑以及它们如何为我们理解过去的社会和社会实践提供信息提供了不可否认的研究价值。相反,在拆除或改建之前,我们试图捕捉建筑的“精神”,这也是不太可分类的结果。虽然前者在指导文献和方法论中被优先考虑,但后者可以说是我们所做的大部分工作。接下来是试图调和这两种心态,并采用所谓的“传记”方法来记录历史建筑。
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