29th March 2005, 12:00 PM
The dozy wossname must have been told that a building is 4 walls and a roof. Architects are not good people to get advice from in this area.
This proposal would be OK if very high standards were followed - but I doubt the techniques have been developed enough, and that the skills exist to completely record a building in lieu of its continued existence.
To do it properly, each and every stone/brick/strut/nail in the floor, walls and roof would have to be dismantled and recorded individually in full 3D, so it could be 're-built' and 'excavated' ad infinitum in the future. I'd guess a small house would cost around ?250,000 to record properly.
If the reason is genuinely to allow progress, then the exhorbitant costs will be met I'm sure.
Still, it may bring to someones attention that lots of listed buildings are being altered, demolished or just left to rot without a record of any kind being made. Arrogant architects and slow-witted archaeologists are to blame IME.
Pete M
(who witnessed only last year the NT demolishing a listed structure without permission, only taking one photo first beforehand - and these are the pros)
This proposal would be OK if very high standards were followed - but I doubt the techniques have been developed enough, and that the skills exist to completely record a building in lieu of its continued existence.
To do it properly, each and every stone/brick/strut/nail in the floor, walls and roof would have to be dismantled and recorded individually in full 3D, so it could be 're-built' and 'excavated' ad infinitum in the future. I'd guess a small house would cost around ?250,000 to record properly.
If the reason is genuinely to allow progress, then the exhorbitant costs will be met I'm sure.
Still, it may bring to someones attention that lots of listed buildings are being altered, demolished or just left to rot without a record of any kind being made. Arrogant architects and slow-witted archaeologists are to blame IME.
Pete M
(who witnessed only last year the NT demolishing a listed structure without permission, only taking one photo first beforehand - and these are the pros)