The ABP Microstudio is now open!
BEL+T is happy to announce that the ABP Microstudio is now open and available for academics to use.
Miles Lewis marked the reopening the ABP Microstudio earlier this month to complete a series of recordings started before the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Miles Lewis Heritage Building Collection is a collection of building materials collected by Professor Miles Lewis throughout his career. The collection was donated by him to the faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne. It consists of over 300 objects ranging from objects as small as nails to large roofing sheets. The collection serves as an excellent example of understanding the evolution in use of common construction materials and techniques within the Australian context.
The project revolves around the digitisation of the collection to enhance the teaching, learning and research potential of the collection. A series of video compilations capturing the oral history of the collection are a part of this digitisation project to help understand the objects in much greater detail. The collection has previously been used for teaching by getting students to physically interact with the objects, which has proved to be difficult in cases where the subject has a large number of students. Digitising the collection will help enhance the teaching by giving the students the opportunity to interact with the digital model of each object. The accompanying video recordings present the objects with their oral history and provenance information, further strengthening their knowledge of the subject.
For enquiries about using the Microstudio, please email BEL+T at abp-belt@unimelb.edu.au