Author: COTAC

ICOMOS is pleased to share the European Quality Principles for EU-funded Interventions with Potential Impact upon Cultural Heritage, hereby attached and available at http://openarchive.icomos.org/2083/.

This document stems from the work of an expert group assembled by the ICOMOS, under the mandate of the European Commission and in the framework of the flagship EU Initiative of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018, “Cherishing heritage: developing quality standards for EU-funded projects that have the potential to impact on cultural heritage”.  The main objective of the document is to provide guidance on quality principles for all stakeholders directly or indirectly engaged in EU-funded heritage conservation and management (i.e. European institutions, managing authorities, international organisations, civil society and local communities, private sector, and experts).

This version of the document results from the discussions at the Venice conference in November 2018. We hope that it will be put into practice and continue to be revised according to lessons learned in the field.

The joint Summer University Cultural Property Protection and the International Summer School ENVIMAT will contribute to the future wellbeing of our natural and cultural heritage by enabling the participants to rise to the challenges posed by climate change, to develop and adopt mitigation strategies and plans for the protection of our heritage assets.

Dates: 08.07.2019 – 13.07.2019

For more details contact:

Mag. Dr. Anna Maria Kaiser

Telefon: +43 (0)2732 893-2662
Fax: +43 (0)2732 893-4650
E-Mail: anna.kaiser@donau-uni.ac.at
Website: http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/dbu

The deadline to submit your abstract is 20 September, 2019. For details on how to submit, see here.

Florence Heri-Tech was launched in 2018 by the Department of Industrial Engineering of University of Florence (DIEF) and Florence Biennial Art and Restoration Fair. The idea was to create a synergy between Cultural Heritage and New Technologies. The Conference involves a large number of research projects and scholars from around the world and puts the industry’s current issues under the spotlight, specifically on issues related to innovative techniques and technologies for Cultural Heritage. The Conference is part of the Florence Biennial Art and Restoration Fair, an international event attracting prestigious institutions and companies and creating a unique opportunity to bring together the academic word with industry.
The city of Florence will therefore be the international heart of Restoration and Cultural and Environmental assets as well as a forum for meeting and discussing for experts and enthusiasts from around the world. The Conference will be a significant opportunity for exchange between researchers and companies for the promotion of productive excellence, technological evolution, the greater use of culture for younger sections of the population and specialization in the educational field for graduates and PhD students.

Create a design to transform an urban roof on an existing building of your choice for a chance to win £2,500.

Announcing the annual Norbord SterlingOSB Zero competition 2019, seeking imagined proposals for transforming redundant urban roof spaces to new uses. This could be residential, mixed-use, commercial, or for communal/leisure purposes – the sky’s the limit!

See here for more details of the competition.

2018 was the European Year of Cultural Heritage. Over the course of these 12 months, the European Year showcased the wealth and diversity of Europe’s cultural heritage, highlighting its role in driving economic and social development, and in creating a shared sense of identity and building Europe’s future.

To see some facts and figures on the EYOCH and to see what’s in store for the future, see the Fact Sheet here.

We, the Ministers of Culture and their representatives, gathered in Bucharest for the Informal meeting of 16 April 2019, held to develop further the potential of the cultural and creative sectors and keep these at the heart of the political agenda in the years to come, have agreed as follows:

We acknowledge the need to ensure a holistic and strategic approach to cultural policies at EU and MS level in order to highlight the diversity and wealth of Europe’s cultures and languages, the vitality and sustainability of the European cultural and creative sectors, as well as a shared cultural heritage creating a sense of common belonging to the EU.

To read the full declaration, see here.

The scale, intensity and frequency of catastrophic events affecting cultural property has been a subject of international concern. Efforts at recovery and reconstruction of damaged communities and environments have increasingly attracted attention, from the perspective of supporting peoples impacted by such events while attempting to maintain the cultural significance of places. This project arises from the decision of the World Heritage Committee of 24 June 2018, directing the attention of advisory bodies towards the examination of case studies.

Separately, ICCROM and ICOMOS have addressed the issues involved in post trauma recovery and reconstruction in the context of cultural heritage. The project, Analysis of Case Studies in Recovery and Reconstruction, is a joint endeavour that seeks to bring the knowledge and capacities of both bodies to bear, in order to enhance understanding of experience with the aim of clarifying issues and improving guidance.

This ICCROM-ICOMOS collaboration is to be carried out in 2019/2020 through a joint Working Group comprising members of both organisations and administered through the ICOMOS Secretariat, in coordination with ICCROM-Sharjah Office. It involves the commissioning of a range of case studies, chosen to represent a comprehensive set of factors, including geographical, cultural and causational. The causational factors will focus primarily on natural occurrences and human conflict.

This Notice is being issued to disseminate the project to both organisations and to invite expressions of interest in preparing a case study within the project. After review of proposals a selection will be made by the Working Group for development as case studies. The authors of selected case studies will receive a modest honorarium in recognition of their work.

Please send your proposals to maureen.thibault@icomos.org by 3 June 2019.

For more information see here.

Come and join us to explore the fascinating world of reinforced concrete (yes, really really!) – learn what can be achieved with it, its constituents, its decay mechanisms and how it can be successfully repaired with a variety of methods and materials. Not all reinforced concrete buildings are carbuncles.. CONCRETE can be COUTHIE !

If we are listing more and more buildings and structures from the 20th Century, many of which will be of reinforced concrete construction, then we need to know how to fix them and prolong their lives. We have a huge variety of structures and buildings of reinforced concrete construction across the country. Research and analysis of these buildings has helped inform their appropriate repair, but there are many challenges ahead. Join us and learn from our gathered experts in this field for what should be a very informative and enjoyable day.

Date: 28 June 2019
Venue: Charlestown Workshops, Fife
Time: 09.30 – 16.00
Cost: £190 + vat …… Remember if you are a BLF, IHBC, RICS or RIAS member you are eligible for 20% discount on this seminar. Please just give us a call with your member number.

Of interest to the public, historic buildings owners, crafts persons, builders and professionals – the Building Crafts College in conjunction with the Old Royal Naval College is offering 2, two-day courses on Repair & Maintenance of Traditional Buildings.

The first session runs 2nd – 3rd July, 2019.

The second session runs 24th – 25th September, 2019.

Participants will learn from industry experts about theory & practicalities of conserving traditional buildings including:

• Criteria & reasons for preserving, differences between performance of modern & traditional methods, importance of retaining maximum original fabric & the contribution made to sustainability
• Understanding regulations, listing, official guidance & the main technical terms used
• Importance of use of original materials & techniques
• Research & investigative measures, establishing evidence of original building date, other period alterations, surveys of condition & decay with suitable treatments to be used
• Requirement for safe working, when to stop & ask for further advice from relevant persons & personal responsibility for safety

Located in the Old School House, part of the ORNC, Greenwich, where the historic buildings on this World Heritage site will be used to assist learning during the course. An expert-led tour will look in detail at and behind the scenes of many of these elegant Georgian buildings.

The fee for the course is £350 which covers the cost of the two days, all materials, provision of tea/coffee and registration with Cskills/NOCN for the AWD053 award. Individual certificates will be presented following successful course completion.

To book a place please Email your contact details to Graham Lee: graham.lee@thebcc.ac.uk Tel: 01672 515714 Mob: 07971 655692
Joining instructions, the detailed programme and a payment invoice will be sent to applicants.

As 3D and reality capture strategies for heritage documentation become more widespread and available, there has emerged a growing need to assist with guiding and facilitating accessibility to data, while maintaining scientific rigor, cultural and ethical sensitivity, discoverability, and archival standards. In response to these areas of need, The Open Heritage 3D Alliance (OHA) has developed as an advisory group governing the Open Heritage 3D initiative. This collaborative advisory group are among some of the earliest adopters of 3D heritage documentation technologies, and offer first-hand guidance for best practices in data management, sharing, and dissemination approaches for 3D cultural heritage projects.

The founding members of the OHA, consist of experts and organizational leaders from CyArk, Historic Environment Scotland, and the University of South Florida Libraries, who together have significant repositories of legacy and on-going 3D research and documentation projects. These groups offer unique insight into not only the best practices for 3D data capture and sharing, but also have come together around concerns dealing with standards, formats, approach, ethics, and archive commitment. Together, the OHA has begun the journey to provide open access to cultural heritage 3D data, while maintaining integrity, security, and standards relating to discoverable dissemination. Together, the OHA will work to provide democratized access to primary heritage 3D data submitted from donors and organizations, and will help to facilitate an operation platform, archive, and organization of resources into the future.

Explore the data sets and see the latest news from Open Heritage 3D here.