Objects
Kirkwall Project; photo of gothic facade
Object Type: Architectural Project Work
Artist/Maker: unknown
Date: 1969
Media/Materials: board
Dimensions: overall: 25 cm x 51.2 cm; photo: 19.2 cm x 24.5 cm
Classification: Architecture
Description:
A piece of board with a photo mounted onto it on the left hand side and a blank area on the right with glue remnants (indicative that there was once another photo stuck there, possibly ABDRG2009.570.15) Photo shows the window frames/ornamentation of a stone building with a gothic façade. From a set of photos from the Kirkwall project. Most are mounted on board (bar 2) and are black and white images of scenes around the town.
Part of the Village Urban Analysis Study undertaken by Second Year architectural students in academic session 1968-69. Project was once housed in a cover constructed from a cardboard box, but due to the space available/condition of the card, it has not been placed inside a plastic wallet.
Object Number: ABDRG2009.570.16
From the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture at RGU, formerly Robert Gordon’s Technical College