{"id":24383,"date":"2019-10-29T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T16:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=24383"},"modified":"2019-10-27T17:18:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T17:18:58","slug":"ihbcs-cpd-boost-out-of-context-on-conserve-as-found-how-when-and-why-in-the-jewellery-quarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=24383","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s CPD boost \u2026 out of Context: On \u2018Conserve-as-found\u2019 – how, when and why, in the Jewellery Quarter?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The article by Nick Hill in the recent themed Context<\/em><\/a> issue on Building Services<\/a> presents a fascinating case study of the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham, examining factories where the \u2018conserve-as-found\u2019 approach was used as a technique to retain the character of the site, offering IHBC members an accessible case against which to examine personal conservation philosophies.<\/h3>\n
image: Context 159, p19 – Nick Hill<\/em><\/h6>\n

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Hill illustrates the implementation of the project, and the impact on those working within the property, noting that: \u2018\u2026 the end result of the conserve-as-found approach has been remarkably successful in retaining the authentic atmosphere of the building. For the service installations in particular, it was an exceptional project, with very few parallels elsewhere. Towards the end of the re-wiring, the electrician, by now a convert to the peculiar demands of the project, made his own contribution. Instead of fitting new fluorescent tubes everywhere, he saved the best of the old tubes \u2013 covered, like the rest of the factory, with a characteristic layer of dust\u2026\u2019.<\/p>\n

An exercise list:<\/p>\n