Please read the full description including the required supply list and stipulation for receiving AIA CE HSW credits before registering for this event.
Hardman Farm is a 173 - acre site at the edge of the North Georgia Mountains. The site includes 23 structures including the 1870 Italianate mansion, the 1910 dairy barn, a caretaker’s cottage, a spring house, a horse barn, and a gazebo situated on a historic Native American mound, a well-known Georgia landmark. The house features several technological advancements for the day and contains much of the original furniture.
ICAA Southeast will have exclusive access to the site for the day and will include a guided tour of the house and other structures including attics and cellar areas for observation of the long-lasting structural elements, noting any remediation efforts that have been required to preserve the structures. Review of the architectural documentation as well as the stabilization and restoration documents and discussion of ongoing efforts to maintain the historic property and structures. Participants will have the opportunity for observational and measured drawing as well as a behind-the-scenes study of the structures, basements, attics, and lofts.
The tour of the mansion will be led by a ranger with the Georga Dept. of Natural Resources who will discuss the history of the site dating back to Native American inhabitance and through the European-American development to its present educational and cultural use. The site provides lessons in selective preservation and issues of access for a site that embraces a variety of modern uses. The tour will be supplemented with a presentation by DJ Betsill, Summerour Architects of the architectural drawings, and an in-depth review of preservation practices required to bring the site from stabilization and interior restoration into public use. Time will be available for self-guided study and drawing.
To receive the 4 AIA CES Learning Units|HSW participants must stay for the entire class and participate in the observational and measured drawing. We are not allowed by AIA to offer partial credit.
The ticket includes an entrance fee to the site, boxed lunch, and a drink. Feel free to bring your own water bottle.
Supply List needed for full participation and to receive 4 AIA CES Learning Units|HSW:
- Sketchbook, any size, one that fully opens is most useful
- Pens, pencils, sharpener, eraser
- Watercolors, optional
- Tape measure and/or carpenters rule
- Laser measurer (optional)
Course Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the process of conversion from a historic family farm into a functioning, post-occupancy public attraction which provides access, educational interpretation, and regional social benefits
2. Review drawings prepared for the restoration and for the Historic American Building Survey to understand the level of architectural documentation required to make such a conversion
3. Study the practices of preservation to “turn back the clock” while maintaining a level of continuity to the present day to stabilize and preserve the existing structures and allow for accessibility solutions that are sensitive to the historic architecture.
4. Appreciate the varied social and cultural interaction afforded by a historic site that offers indoor and outdoor programming
5. To develop an appreciation and understanding of the capacity of traditional details and the building arts to enrich classical architectural composition through direct observation and study of historic examples.
6. To provide an understanding of the physical properties of traditional materials that informs their suitability and proper use, and the detailing required for them to perform effectively and to be accurately preserved for future generations.
7. To learn about the shapes, profiles, ornamenting, and embellishment typically associated with traditional materials.
Instructor: DJ Betsill, assisted by State of Georgia Department of Natural Resources rangers
With 25 years of experience in both Architecture and Interior Design, DJ gained a Design degree at the University of Georgia and began his career at Atlanta’s TVS Interiors. Gradually learning the craft of architecture through Atlanta firms specializing in sensitive renovations in historic neighborhoods, he joined Summerour in 2011, rising to Principal by 2018. Complementing his career in design is a lifelong interest in woodworking. From historic reproductions of furniture and most notably historic lutherie, he specializes in the recreation of Ancient and Renaissance stringed instruments, personally documenting many examples in museum collections across Europe and America. DJ is a licensed Interior Designer in the State of Georgia and in addition to the ICAA is a member of The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, and the Galpin Society.