Surveying Askas

Surveying of a listed house in Askas village for restoration purposes

The last years, extensive restoration works have been carried out in Cyprus while all the more people decide to take advantage of old traditional preserved houses by restoring them for residential or commercial purposes.

In this kind of projects, a preliminary survey campaign is essential for both internal and external areas of the building. A building restoration requires scaled plans, full elevations as well as the production of appropriate cross sections to show the building as it is. The drawings need to show the full level of irregularity in an historic building; rooms are seldom anywhere near square, floors are rarely level, walls never have a consistent width etc. All this information of the existing condition allows the architect as other engineers and interior designers to repair, plan, redesign and approve with actual measurements.

Geoimaging ltd with an extensive experience in documenting historical preserved constructions was asked to document a traditional house in Askas Village, that has been declared as protected and preserved.

Data for elevations, plans, and cross sections for both buildings were collected by combining total station and GPS measurements. Hand measuring was also used in some special situations such as for getting into small and inaccessible areas and for recording details. We measured the inside and outside of the building with very accurate measurements, and then created the drawings which show the exact dimensions and layout of the building. The final architectural as-built plans carrying the current conditions of the building were then delivered to the architects to provide them all the necessary information they need to begin the restoration process.

Are you planning to restore an old historic building?

We’d love to help you with your next restoration project!