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Notice (permalien)
Réf.
41380
Type
conference item
Titre
Ceci tuera cela: cutting-out The Ontario Way
Langues
English
Auteurs
Killin, Allan
Date
2008
Pages
21 p.
Titre de conférence
16th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Finding the spirit of place – between the tangible and the intangible’
Lieu de conférence
Québec, Canada
Date de conférence
29 sept – 4 oct 2008
Mots-clés
restoration / restoration projects / theory of restoration / conservation / stone / masonry / ruins / spirit of place / building materials / building techniques
Pays mentionnés
Canada
Monuments et sites
Ontario, Canada
Résumé en anglais
If God is in the details, tangible detail can informand inspire intangible feeling. But if the detail is alien, or
simply not present, in its current mythologized, eroded, orrepaired form, nor in its well-studied mechanical behavior
and chemistry, how can it contribute to spirit of place?Victor Hugo’s argument “Ceci Tuera Cela”, this kills that, is
witnessed in restoration practice. This paper acknowledges acultural dualism and argues for wholeness through literacy
and craftsmanship. A examination of GBCA’s recentexperience – literally from the trenches and scaffold of
masonry restoration – focuses on the culturally destructivecapacity of restoration and repair projects and on hardlearned
practical means to avoid loss and promoteconservation of local traditional detail and feeling. A
discussion of factors contributing to the disappearance of acommon form of nineteenth century pointing, provides
perspective on the larger restoration debate, using localexamples before a line-up of the usual suspects, Notre
Dames, Parthenons, Place Royale, The Toronto DominionCentre, and the Vimy Monument.
simply not present, in its current mythologized, eroded, orrepaired form, nor in its well-studied mechanical behavior
and chemistry, how can it contribute to spirit of place?Victor Hugo’s argument “Ceci Tuera Cela”, this kills that, is
witnessed in restoration practice. This paper acknowledges acultural dualism and argues for wholeness through literacy
and craftsmanship. A examination of GBCA’s recentexperience – literally from the trenches and scaffold of
masonry restoration – focuses on the culturally destructivecapacity of restoration and repair projects and on hardlearned
practical means to avoid loss and promoteconservation of local traditional detail and feeling. A
discussion of factors contributing to the disappearance of acommon form of nineteenth century pointing, provides
perspective on the larger restoration debate, using localexamples before a line-up of the usual suspects, Notre
Dames, Parthenons, Place Royale, The Toronto DominionCentre, and the Vimy Monument.
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