Abstract
Abstract. As it is broadly understood, recording serves as a basis for the diagnosis, treatment and preservation of historic places and contributes to record our built cultural heritage for posterity. This work is not a stand-alone practice but a part of the overall conservation process of cultural heritage at imminent risk of irreversible damage. Recording of heritage places should be directly related to the needs, skills and the technology that are available to the end users that are responsible for the management and care of these sites. They should be selected in a way that the future managers of these sites can also access and use the data collected. This paper explains an innovative heritage recording approach applied by the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) and Carleton Immersive Media Studio (CIMS) in the documentation of historic decorated surfaces at the Caïd Residence, located at Tighermt (Kasbah) Taourirt in Ouarzazate, Morocco; as part of a collaborative project between the GCI and the Centre de Conservation et Réhabilitation du Patrimoine Architectural des Zones Atlasiques et Sub-Atlasiques (CERKAS) to rehabilitate the entire architectural ensemble. The selected recording techniques were used for the rapid mapping of conditions of the decorated surfaces at the Caïd Residence using international standards. The resulting work is being used by GCI staff, consultants and CERKAS team to conduct emergency stabilization and protection measures for these important decorated surfaces.
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1.1 ContextSahara dessert and the city of Marrakech in Southern Morocco
The double-blind peer-review was conducted on the basis of the full paper. doi:10.5194/isprsannals-II-5-W3-229-2015
Rooms were highly decorated with carved stucco and gypsum panels, elaborated mud brick arches, colourful tataoui ceilings as well as wall paintings (Fig. 1). These decorated surfaces are very rare in traditional Berber architecture and only found in sites influenced by the architecture of the imperial cities
Summary
Sahara dessert and the city of Marrakech in Southern Morocco This massive earthen complex is located in the city of Ouarzazate, situated about 200km south of Marrakech across the Atlas. Kasbah Taourirt is one of several major earthen ensembles century by the Imzwarn –a family or families with local or (over 300) located along the former caravan route between the regional political power- of the region. Rooms were highly decorated with carved stucco and gypsum panels, elaborated mud brick arches, colourful tataoui ceilings as well as wall paintings (Fig. 1). These decorated surfaces are very rare in traditional Berber architecture and only found in sites influenced by the architecture of the imperial cities
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