NPS HABS/HAER San Juanl: US/ICOMOS Internship

Luis Pieraldi
San Juan, Puerto Rico

completed a 2004 US/ICOMOS Internship with the

National Park Service's
HABS/HAER/HALS Program
Washington, DC, USA

"One of the best parts was to meet other people from other countries and know about their cultures.  I hope to have another opportunity like this in the future"

Luis Pieraldi
2004 US/ICOMOS
Intern from Puerto Rico

Luis Pieraldi worked primarily in the Washington, DC office of the NPS HABS/HAER program.  Coming from Puerto Rico, Luis was placed with HABS/HAER because of his familiarity with the San Juan National Historic Site, a subject of extensive HABS/HAER documentation efforts.  Luis exported data from a total station into a CAD program and, comparing the measurements to historical photographs, produced a 3-D model of this historic fort.  Completing this model with two weeks left in his internship, Luis was then assigned documentation work on the Homewood in Baltimore, Maryland, and the White House in Washington, DC.

This internship was sponsored by the National Park Service's
Historic American Building Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/
Historic American Landscape Survey in Washington, DC.

The US/ICOMOS International Intern Exchange Program is funded by a variety sources.  Each of the host organizations in the U.S. contribute funds that cover a substantial portion of the costs for interns from overseas.  Grants from private foundations and individual donors support the internships for U.S. preservationists traveling overseas, with additional support from some of the overseas host organizations.  The 2004 overseas internships were supported by the Dorothy-Ann Foundation, Marpat Foundation, Keepers Fund for Historic Preservation, Samuel H. Kress Foundation, Trust for Mutual Understanding, and contributions from numerous individuals.