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Preventive Conservation challenges: PhD Seminar.
The extended PhD seminar will bring together researchers dealing with preventive conservation, social involvement and GIS applications in heritage within the context of World Heritage. It will give the opportunity to discuss important problems for the region, relevant PhD research and different scientific contributions from good practices.
Local organizing: vlirCPM Project (World Heritage City Preservation Management), Faculty of Architecture, University of Cuenca – Ecuador.
Venue: Faculty of Architecture, University of Cuenca - Ecuador
Dates: 19-20-21-22 March, 2012
Official Languages: Spanish and English Presentation - (Papers in the same languages will be accepted for publication in the conference proceedings).
Targeted at:
- PhD students dealing with research on preventive conservation, monitoring and maintenance.
- International experts on preventive conservation, monitoring and maintenance of architectural heritage, site managers of world heritage and national heritage sites.
Objectives:
- In-depth exchange of information and experience; transfer of current research; discussion of options and strategies of preventive conservation, monitoring and maintenance of architectural heritage.
- Provide an international setting where they can present their ongoing work, get feedback from experts and peers and establish a valuable network for the future.
- Extension of the idea of preventive conservation of monuments and sites in South America.
- Integration of preventive conservation in the process of nomination and formulation of periodic reporting of World Heritage Sites.
Conference themes:
- The social aspects of preventive conservation of architectural heritage: public participation, social and economic policies, and heritage management.
- The history and framework of the traditional conservation towards preventive conservation practices.
- Nomination and periodic reporting of World Heritage Sites from a preventive conservation perspective.
- The applicable technologies and successful practices of preventive conservation, monitoring and maintenance of architectural heritage.
- Heritage Management from a preventive conservation perspective.
Deadlines:
- Abstract deadline: 06 February 2012 (abstracts less than 300 words).
- Short Paper deadline: 06 March 2012 (no less than 2 pages).
- Registration deadline: 31 January, 2011.
Contact:
Heras B., Verónica, PhD student, Research at the University of Cuenca-vlirCPM Project
Universidad de Cuenca, Ave. 12 de Abril s/n,
Facultad de Arquitectura,
Tel: +593 7 4051 000 ext. 4122
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Scientific Committee:
1. Cardoso Fausto
South Director of the vlirCPM Project, (World Heritage City Preservation Management). University of Cuenca.
2. Zúñiga Marcelo
GIS expert, Professor at the University of Cuenca.
3. Koenraad Van Balen
Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation, K.U.Leuven (BEL). Holder Unesco Chair on Preventive Conservation, Monitoring and Maintenance of Monuments and Sites (precomos.org)
4. Stefano della Torre
Professor and Head of Department BEST, Politecnico di Milano (IT), Research group on Planned Conservation
5. Thérèse Steenberghen
GIS expert, Professor at the K.U.Leuven, Research group SADL.
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International Conference on Preventive Conservation of Architectural Heritage, 29-30 October, 2011, Nanjing, China
The challenge identified in the conservation field today is about assuring heritage preservation through preventive conservation, maintenance and monitoring based strategies. Timely identification and correction of defects can prevent major consequential damage, which may lead to heavy investments in order to bring the listed or valuable non listed building back into a good state of repair. Monitoring systems allow public authorities, owners and site managers to ascertain that maintenance is carried out on a regular basis and that the budgets are spent effectively at the long run, also after restoration. When regular maintenance is carried out the preservation of historic buildings will be more cost effective at the long run. As a result of systematic collection of information during the regular inspections (monitoring of the state of repair) it becomes possible to compare and monitor the state of preservation of the cultural heritage “stock”. Collected statistic data can also be used as a management tool as well as for research.
As the annual symposium of the UNESCO chair on “preventive conservation, monitoring, maintenance of the architectural heritage”, this conference is held by the Key Laboratory of Urban and Architectural Heritage Conservation at Southeast University (China), in cooperation with UNESCO Asia-Pacific World Heritage Training and Research Sub-center in Suzhou(China), The Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation (RLICC) at the K.U.Leuven (Belgium) and Monumentenwacht Vlaanderen vzw (Belgium).
Local organizing:
Key Laboratory of Urban and Architectural Heritage Conservation (Southeast University), Ministry of Education, China
The School of Architecture, Southeast University, China
UNESCO Asia-Pacific World Heritage Training and Research Sub-center in Suzhou, China
Venue: Southeast University (Nanjing) and Suzhou , China
Dates: 29-30 October, 2011
Official Languages: English and Chinese for Presentation-(Papers in French/Germany/Italian will be accepted for publication in the Conference proceedings).
Targeted at:
International experts on preventive conservation, monitoring and maintenance of architectural heritage, site managers of world heritage and national heritage sites
Objectives:
In-depth exchange of information and experience; transfer of current research; discussion of options and strategies of preventive conservation, monitoring and maintenance of architectural heritage. Extension of the idea of preventive conservation of architectural heritage in Asia-pacific area. Integration of preventive conservation in the process of nomination and periodic reporting of World Heritage Sites.
Programme:
One and a half days: presentations (20-30 min/person), discussions and posters display;
Half-day: on-site visiting and Discussion of preventive conservation practice of Suzhou Garden, Suzhou
Conference themes:
1. the history and framework of preventive conservation
2. the applicable technologies and successful practices of preventive conservation, monitoring and maintenance of architectural heritage
3. the social aspects of preventive conservation of architectural heritage: public participation, social and economic policies, management
4. the traditional maintenance system of architectural heritage in Asia-pacific area
5. disaster prevention for architectural heritage
Conference fee (including lunches, dinners, on-site visiting fees, and Conference proceedings)
Normal price: 180 euros
Reduced price (students): 90 euros
Deadlines:
Abstract deadline: 30 August 2011 (abstracts less than 300 words)
Poster and Paper deadline: 30 September 2011
Registration deadline: 15 October, 2011
Contact
WU Meiping, LI Xinjian
Assistant Project Manager
The School of Architecture, Southeast University, Sipailou 2#, Nanjing, China
Tel: +86 25 83792378 Fax: +86 25 83792029
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http://www.precoach2011.org/Default.htm
Scientific Committee (A-Z):
1. DONG Wei
Vice President of the School of Architecture, Southeast University,
Director of Key Laboratory of Urban and Architectural Heritage Conservation (Southeast University), Ministry of Education, China
2. GUO Zhan
Vice President of ICOMO China
3. HOU Weidong
Vice President and Chief Engineer of Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage
4. Koenraad Van Balen
Director Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation, K.U.Leuven (BEL)
Holder Unesco chair on Preventive Conservation, Monitoring and Maintenance of Monuments and Sites (precomos.org)
5. Luc Verpoest
Em. Professor Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation, K.U.Leuven (BEL)
President of Monumentenwacht Vlaanderen
6. Stefano della Torre
Professor and Head of Department BEST, Politecnico di Milano (IT), Research group on Planned Conservation
7. ZHU Guangya
Vice President of Chinese National Architecture Society,
Vice President of Scientific Committee of Key Laboratory of Urban and Architectural Heritage Conservation (Southeast University), Ministry of Education, China
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For the context, please check the previous news “The UNESCO Chair’s participation on the Silk Road Serial World Heritage Nomination”.
The Silk Road Cultural Heritage Resource Information System (CHRIS) initiative involves for the time being five Central Asian countries – the Republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan – in collaboration with China, a Belgian consortium supported by the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO) and headed by Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation (RLICC), K.U.Leuven, and the Japanese Funds-in-Trust project at UNESCO, aiming at supporting the finalisation of the joint nomination dossier within the Framework of the Silk Roads World Heritage Serial and Transnational Nomination.
Please read the full article from RLICC newsletter.
For further information, please see the website of The Silk Road CHRIS.
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This seminar was organized by Monumentenwacht Vlaanderen – the core member of the PRECOMOS (Preventive Conservation, Monitoring and Maintenance of Monuments and Sites) network – at Antwerp, Belgium, 22-24 February 2010. Focusing on a very practical issue of preventive conservation, the main objective of this seminar was to exchange the methodologies and best practices of condition assessing and reporting system of built cultural heritage, which consequently lead to relevant cost calculation of maintenance and repair works. Professionals from Politecnico di Milano, K.U.Leuven and University of Cuenca were invited.
Please read the full article from RLICC newsletter.
A subsequent PhD seminar on preventive conservation was organized on 25 February 2010 in Leuven, please check the content on this webpage.
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As the “south launch” of the UNESCO Chair on preventive conservation, monitoring and maintenance of monuments and sites, the conference and the II Workshop for Heritage Specialists and Managers of Heritage Sites was held by The University of Cuenca (Ecuador) from 30.11.2009 to 02.12.2009.
Summary
This workshop gives continuity to the UNESCO intention of exchanging experiences on management of cultural and natural sites of the Andean region and also encourages the formulation of proposals to improve the management of these sites. Themes as: Policies and Legislations, Responsibility and social inclusion, as well as documentation and techniques for monitoring and preventive conservation would be taken in account by this workshop.
Information of the Event
The II Workshop for heritage Specialists and Managers of Heritage Sites inscribed or not in the World Heritage List (the first workshop took place between the 13th and 15th June 2007 in the same location) gives continuity to the initiative of the UNESCO about the exchange of experiences related with the management of cultural and natural heritage sites of the Andean region and to develop joint proposals to improve the management of heritage sites inscribed or not in the World Heritage list. The focus has been set on their efforts in the field of Monitoring and Preventive Conservation, also in view of the preparation of the periodic reporting required for sites on the World Heritage List.
Please read the full article from the RLICC newsletter.
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During 3-6 November 2009, Prof. Koen Van Balen participated to the First Meeting of the Coordinating Committee on the Serial World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads in Xi’an, China. The meeting brought together representatives from five Central Asian Countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan ) and China, the countries involved in the first phase of the Serial World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads, as well as representatives from Afghanistan, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Nepal, South Korea, and relevant international and regional experts.
Please read the full article from RLICC newsletter.
