Fallingwater Part 1: Materials-Conservation Efforts at Frank Lloyd Wright's Masterpiece

Weiß, Norman; Jerome, Pamela; Gottlieb, Stephen

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“…Both stuccoed concrete and steel features were restored as part of the construction project. Certain features were to be reconstructed, like the stairs to the stream, which were already a failed reconstruction; this was decided only after several of WASA's attempts to use trowel-applied patches and cast-in-place patches had also failed (Weiss et al, 2001). The disassembly and reassembly of the stone cheek walls adjacent to the walkway to the guest house beneath the stepped canopy, which had shifted due to frost, were also included as part of the project, along with the restoration of the leaking skylights.…”

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Digital Documentation of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Masterpiece, Fallingwater

Jerome

Emilio

2017

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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ABSTRACT:Since 1988, the professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio (APS) has been involved with the conservation of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater in Mill Run, PA. Designed and erected from 1935 to 1939 as a weekend home for the Kauffman family, the complex consists of the main house and guest house.After five years of reports and prototype repairs, we produced a two-volume master plan. Using original Frank Lloyd Wright drawings from Avery Library as background drawings, we measured every surface and reproduced the drawings in CAD, also developing elevations of every room. Stone-by-stone drawings of every flagstone floor and terrace scheduled to be lifted were also created using overlapping film photography that was assembled into a photo mosaic. By 2005, we designed, administered and completed a four-phase exterior restoration, with the paint-stripping and repainting of interior rooms being performed during the brief winter period when the building is closed to the public on an ongoing basis.In 2016, we were invited back to the site to review conditions and advise on routine maintenance. At that time we proposed to re-document the buildings, this time using laser-scanning. Laser-scanning of the exterior was performed in May of 2016, and of the interior in March 2017, each over the course of four days. This paper will make a comparison between manual and digital techniques in terms of Fallingwater's documentation.

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“…Perched over a waterfall on the stream Bear Run in the Laurel Highlands of western Pennsylvania, the site was a favorite swimming spot of the Kauffman family. Deeded to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) in 1963 with 7,000 acres of land (Weiss et al, 2001), the complex is now a house museum that sees 180,000 visitors per year.…”

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Digital Documentation of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Masterpiece, Fallingwater

Jerome

Emilio

2017

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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