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Inspiring heritage in contemporary architekture : a case study of Aga Khan Award for Architecture
(2024)
The Arab countries have notably rich and valuable architectural history; however, the buildings of the last 80 years are predominantly featureless or only use superficially decorative traditional architectural elements. This debate has been discussed by historians, architects, and urban planners for more than five decades. The Aga Khan Award for Architecture, one of the most momentous pioneering awards in Islamic countries concerning architectural identity and the improvement of built environments, has significantly contributed to this discussion.
In the 1950s and 1960s, the Western International Style was imported into Arab countries without considering its compatibility with the local climate and culture; Arab architects, holders of European graduate degrees, and Western planners and architects were invited by the newly liberated countries' national governments to lead the architecture modernization process. As a response to the International Style and the resulting global mono-architecture that emerged after the 1960s, new trends such as New Vernacular (the contemporary reinterpretation of Vernacular techniques and traditions in architecture), Contextualism, and Critical Regionalism arose to show that architecture should reference the physical and cultural contexts. In addition, the current climate crisis has raised awareness of a rethinking.
This study uses crucial research and architectural examples to show a way toward contextual architecture in Arab countries. In particular, it draws on Paul Ricoeur's work in History and Truth to ask the following questions: “How can traditional architecture be part of the modernization process and at the same time retain its distinct entity?” “Can approaches based on tradition solve the identity crisis in Arabic architecture? ”and "Can lessons be learned for future projects? "
The most worthwhile contemporary buildings in the Arab countries inspired by the architectural heritage and/or awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture have been researched.
The author comes to the conclusion that the study of traditional architecture can contribute to improving the ecological balance of future architecture, while preserving the architectural and cultural identity of the Arab countries. A combination of understanding the environmental performance of Vernacular Architecture with sustainable features and the current knowledge of building science and technology may help in finding effective contextual strategies both culturally and climatically. These strategies may be used today to provide sustainable heritage for future generations.
The contribution of community involvement in heritage management : a cultural mapping project
(2023)
Heritage has been lately the matter of debate regarding its definition, conservation and management approaches. In the last few years, there has been an increasing demand for the involvement of the local community in heritage management. Too often, the involvement perspectives of key stakeholders in general and the community members, in particular, are entirely different. While the theoretical ground of community involvement is somehow well set, heritage management has been slow in applying the involvement approach. Practically, it is not easy to find the balance to achieve all the goals of key stakeholders in any involvement project. Subsequently, there are a few numbers of empirical works on the practical implications of understanding heritage management effective tools and limited indication to convince recent ‘power-holders’ such as governmental organizations to distribute their power with local community members.
This doctoral research project explores community involvement in heritage management as an effective solution to building a strong management system. The study aims to examine the level and the quality of involvement in the management of heritage sites in general through a cultural mapping-based approach. This is applied to a case study which is the Religious Complex in Historic Cairo World Heritage Site. The research outcomes indicate the importance of involving the local community in heritage management and planning processes. Ultimately, the study provides critical empirical evidence and draws valuable theoretical and practical assumptions that spread knowledge of cultural mapping in critical issues, such as the drivers of involvement and cooperative decision-making.
Assessing authenticity in heritage conservation : case study : architectural conservation in Bahrain
(2023)
The thesis complements the authenticity discourse in heritage conservation with the perspective of laypeople and evaluates the pertinent methodology for the application of the normative concept in architectural heritage conservation. Based on the Nara Document on Authenticity, the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention anchor the concept in the credibility and truthfulness of internal and external factors – referred to as information sources – that communicate a heritage site’s cultural values. Conversely, the author explored the truthfulness of messages conveyed to site users in a qualitative research based on interviews focused on two urban reference sites in Bahrain. These stand for different eras and conservation approaches: the ensemble of colonial-style governmental buildings at Bab al-Bahrain in Manama and the vernacular Siyadi Shops in the market area Suq al-Qaisariya in Muharraq, which were restored in the course of a World Heritage nomination. The interpretive content analysis compares how architects and non-architects, who represent laypeople in architectural conservation, perceived their authenticity and also traces cultural contingencies. The empirical data confirms pronounced differences in the way architects and non-architects perceive authenticity but only a few between representatives of so-called Western and Eastern cultures. Assessed against international heritage conservation standards, the site in Muharraq proved more authentic than the one in Manama. However, the meanings produced in the interaction between the sites and the interviewees proved be of limited truthfulness in both cases. A key finding is hence that a constructivist authenticity concept can serve no normative function when heritage conservation is considered a discipline at the service of historiography. While all potential factors of authenticity as per the Nara Document proved to be relevant, perceived material authenticity was found to be an outstanding reason why the site in Muharraq was appreciated more. Its rehabilitation was found to successfully reconcile essentialist and constructivist authenticity understandings by paying tribute both to the documentary value of the historic site and to the experiential needs of its users. The findings support the ICOMOS Venice Charter’s material-focused approach while confirming the relevance of a broadened authenticity understanding and highlighting the importance of integrated, participatory approaches to heritage conservation. By illustrating the importance of expertise when assessing the authenticity of architectural heritage, the findings at the same time flag limits to democratizing architectural conservation practice. The author recommends developing practice-oriented guidance for the assessment of authenticity of heritage sites based on further research and to add interpretation facilities to the list of factors of authenticity.
In der europäischen Baukultur stehen Schlösser, Burgen und Country Houses für politische und soziale Macht. Die Gestaltung sowie Funktion dieser Bauten und deren Umgestaltung lassen Schlüsse über die jeweiligen Bauherren und Architekten zu, so dass spezifische und allgemeine Ansprüche der Gesellschaft für die jeweiligen Zeitschichten verdeutlicht werden. Heute ist das Sichern des Fortbestehens dieser meist denkmalgeschützten Bauten in Zeiten von staatlichen Mittelkürzungen und des Klimawandels schwierig. Für diese Ausgangssituation ist ein autarkes Denkmal, das sein Bestehen aus sich selbst heraus sichert, ohne seiner Substanz zu schaden, der wertvollste Lösungsansatz. Ein solches Beispiel wird in der Dissertation in seiner Gesamtheit analysiert. Anhand der Auswertung verschiedener Quellen wird betrachtet, in welchen Schritten die Eigenständigkeit von Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire, entstand. Die Basis für die Analyse beschreibt der Denkmalwert des Country House, der sich aus einer baugeschichtlichen Untersuchung und architekturhistorischen Einordnung ergibt. Den historischen Wert erhält das von Historic England als Grade I eingestufte Baudenkmal aus den mannigfaltigen Zeugnissen der Familien Cocks, Somers und Somers-Cocks, die diesen Bau über mehrere Jahrhunderte prägen. Darüber hinaus stellt Eastnor Castle ein frühes Werk des Architekten Robert Smirke dar, der im Verlauf seiner Karriere viele architektonisch einflussreiche Bauten entwirft. Ferner besitzt Eastnor Castle einen künstlerischen Wert, da es als kompletter Neubau der Regency Ära durchgängig im Norman Style entworfen und aus Bauten wie Lowther Castle, Cumbria, und Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, entwickelt wird. Ähnliche Country Houses als reine Ausprägung dieser Baustilrichtung existieren nur wenige wie beispielsweise Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd. Eastnor Castle besitzt ferner Raum- und Mobiliargestaltungen im Norman Style sowie das sehr gut erhaltene Interieur des Gothic Drawing Room, welches A.W.N. Pugin am Ende seiner Architekturkarriere entwirft. Diese Raumgestaltung ist eines seiner am besten erhaltenen Interieurs, das gestalterisch für die internationale Architekturbewegung des Puginism steht. Darüber hinaus besitzt Eastnor Castle eine technikgeschichtliche Bedeutung, da Robert Smirke einerseits neue Baumaterialen wie Eisenträger verwendet und es andererseits in einem neuen Bauablauf errichtet. Außerdem prägen Eastnor Castle und sein Vorgängerbau Castle Ditch die Region der Malvern Hills nachhaltig. In einem zweiten Schritt untersucht die Arbeit die heutige Nutzung des Denkmals und wertet sie aus. Eine wichtige Rolle hierbei spielt das bestehende Funktionsdreieck aus Wohnhaus, Denkmal und Event-Stätte. Das Ausbalancieren dieses Dreiecks hat oberste Priorität und bildet die Grundlage für das autarke Fortbestehen des Denkmals. Einzelne Erkenntnisse dieser Untersuchung können schließlich als Resultate der Arbeit verallgemeinert und übertragen werden.
Weit mehr als der waffentechnische Fortschritt oder bedeutende Ereignisse wie die Gründung des Deutschen Schützenbundes, waren es die von außen an die Schützengesellschaften herangetragenen gesellschaftlichen Umbrüche, von denen entscheidende Impulse auf die Entwicklung der Bauaufgabe „Schützenhaus“ ausgegangen sind.
Schützenhäuser stellen aufgrund ihrer seit Jahrhunderten nachweisbaren Geschichte und gesellschaftlichen Bedeutung einen maßgeblichen Bestandteil unseres baukulturellen Erbes dar. Der bisher kaum über das Einzelobjekt hinausgehend betrachteten Bauaufgabe kommt dabei eine zentrale baugeschichtliche, gesellschaftliche, kulturhistorische und soziologische Bedeutung zu. Hierfür durchliefen die Schützenhäuser seit ihrem Aufkommen im 14./15. Jh. eine Entwicklung, die in ihrer Radikalität für kaum eine andere Bauaufgabe nachweisbar ist.
Blieb zunächst eine tiefgreifende Weiterentwicklung der Schützenhäuser über Jahrhunderte sowohl konzeptionell als auch architektonisch aus, waren es vor allem die Veränderungen innerhalb des Bürgertums ab dem 18. Jh., die über die Schützengesellschaften maßgeblichen Einfluss auf die Entwicklung der Bauaufgabe ausübten.
Dabei brachte die Bauaufgabe seit ihrer Entstehung bis in das 20. Jh. vier voneinander abzugrenzende Generationen hervor. Jede reflektiert dabei unmittelbar auf die allgemein gesellschaftlichen sowie die schützengesellschaftlichen Rahmenbedingungen der jeweiligen Zeit. Vor diesem Hintergrund definieren die charakteristischen Schützenhäuser der dritten Generation im 19. Jh. den architektonischen und sinnbildprägenden Höhepunkt der Bauaufgabe. Sie waren gebauter Ausdruck einer neuen Geselligkeitsform und bürgerlichen Entfaltung. Das zunehmend verbreitete Phänomen der „passiven Schützen“, also Mitgliedern einer Schützengesellschaft, die ausschließlich am gesellschaftlichen Leben derselben teilnahmen, den Festsaal nutzen durften und den Schießübungen fernblieben, war wesentlicher Ausdruck dessen.
Das Promotionsvorhaben verfolgt das Ziel, die historische Entwicklung der Bauaufgabe „Schützenhaus“ auf der Grundlage von Einzelfallbetrachtungen herzuleiten und interpretierend darzustellen. Dies soll als Voraussetzung dienen, die Bauaufgabe zu charakterisieren und in einem sowohl gesellschaftlichen als auch architektonischen Kontext zu verorten.
Cultural heritage faces many types of threats such as neglect, conflicts, disasters caused by natural and human induced hazards, unplanned infrastructure projects, climate change, etc. Over time, a number of institutions, organisations, programmes and initiatives to address the issues related to heritage at risk through varied modes of interventions such as advocacy work, conservation efforts, funding, awareness-raising regarding particular sites, etc. have emerged. Despite the stimulus and support of the various institutions, organisations and initiatives, diverse threats continue to impact cultural heritage in present times with some factors amplifying more than before, leading to the subsequent damages to or losses of heritage assets. Though reasons for these issues are varied and complex, one of the important factors to look into is the agency of the diverse ‘Heritage at Risk’ programmes or initiatives. ICOMOS being one of the pioneers in this global discourse of threatened heritage, its role is strategically vital. 20 years after ICOMOS’s first attempts to initiate one of the first ‘Heritage at Risk’ programmes, this research is an opportunity to re-examine and analyse the effectiveness of ICOMOS’ ‘Heritage at Risk’ programme within the current organisational/ institutional landscape of initiatives in the field of heritage at risk, that ICOMOS is embedded in. It is also an opportunity to situate the programme within the diverse views of the heritage at risk framework and the continuing shifts in the foundational paradigms of the international discourse on heritage conservation. The purpose of this analysis is to guide programme improvement for optimising efforts in favour of cultural heritage at risk within and/ or beyond ICOMOS and improve their ability to contribute towards - safeguarding heritage at risk, increasing the resilience of cultural heritage and sustainable development.
Architectural conservation is conventionally associated with preservation of buildings or ensembles that were seats of religious or secular power marking great architectural, political, or scientific accomplishments.
Dark and difficult heritage concerns events of disasters, extermination, and war. But what happens to stories and their places that do not fit into any of these categories? They are neither grand or beautiful, nor explicitly traumatic but nonetheless they embed cultural values and norms, or perhaps even the opposite of them: the bordellos and the marginalised groups of society that are usually disregarded in heritage discourses.
The question of sex work in contemporary culture holds an important place, as it is connected to social and economic rights of women. Historic sex work, and the places associated with it, imbed in this sense a contention value, because still today it provokes debate among different interest groups.
This research work presents the first in-depth study into the location of Florentine bordellos and sex workers between 1860 and 1888. It was a central moment in the history of these women and their trade because a new regulation on sex work was introduced by the recently unified Italian state which spatially controlled the sex trade. Each bordello and the sex workers came under intense scrutiny of the law. What was a dramatic development in the life of these women at the time, has allowed for extensive historical analysis.
The research draws primarily from over 5,000 archived police files and examines the location of sex trade in relation to the legal framework provided by the regulation known as the Regolamento Cavour. It was to ensure that sex workers would not pass on any venereal disease, while, at the same time, strived to maintain moral order in a continuously growing city, faced with urban development. In addition, the historic spatial development of bordellos within the perimeter of the ancient city walls was studied as well as the economic and political factors which influenced the position of a bordello within the urban fabric. For that purpose, the study incorporated information from historic city and street directories as well as cadastre maps. These different layers of information are conveyed in numerous maps to visualise the spatial context of and relation between sex work and spaces.
For more than a decade, the interconnected structures of the Buddhist earthen heritage in Wanla village/Ladakh, illustrated most prominently by the historic Avalokiteshvara Temple, have been researched, conserved, and restored by the NGOs Achi Association and Achi Association India. In the fifteen articles of this publication, the interdisciplinary team of architects, art conservators, conservation scientists, art historians, and archaeologists present the results of their work with the village community for the preservation of this exceptional cultural heritage. They provide insights into a training programme for young people interested in their heritage, and explain the art historical details, construction techniques, building materials, building archaeology, and state of conservation of these structures, as well as the iconography of art works. This is all enriched by the conservation reports and documentation of several buildings.
All these efforts combined three major approaches: a fabric-based and a value-based analysis and assessment, along with a people-centred conservation.
Tattoo taboo : a reader
(2020)
In different parts of the world, tattoos historically have been expression of the socio-cultural identity of individuals or communities: Tattoos are firmly integrated into social practices as elements of initiation or marriage, in other parts of the world, however, tattoos carry negative associations being linked to immorality, and crime.
To research the practice of and places associated with tattooing a research-based study project was designed to address the practice of tattooing from the point of view of its cultural heritage values, both intangible and tangible. In the winter semester 2018/2019 this study project was offered jointly by the Chair of Architectural Conservation and the Department of Heritage Management at the Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU) Cottbus-Senftenberg. Twelve international students from the study programmes World Heritage Studies and Architecture participated in this study project, which included a field trip to London and Oxford and several interviews and interactions with researchers and academics from the fields of tattoo history, anthropology, medical sciences and museography.
A collection of students’ essays on this topic is presented in this reader with a particular focus on the tangible and intangible aspects of tattooing, and the spatial history of tattooing based on two distinct areas in London as a case study.
The papers are divided into three distinctive themes that are linked to the practice of tattooing. Section one is dedicated to tattoos as a form of heritage, the one to tattooing as a form of art, and the last one to mapping as a methodological tool to visualise, assess and present relationships between heritage, tattooing practice and its connection to the social fabric in London at the turn of the penultimate century.
The rebuilding of war-damaged historic cities has a significant impact on the way the affected societies can heal and recover in the post-conflict situation. If carried out without taking into consideration the inseparable relationship between the built structures and the formation of people’s identity, the reconstruction processes could cause more damage than the one endured due to the conflict. In this context, the rebuilding of cities and their historic centres in particular play a significant role in restoring the collective memory of the shared setting.
This dissertation researches the disturbing effects and trauma resulting from the deliberate destruction of heritage assets during armed conflicts, concerning both inhabitants and ancient urban structures. It discusses the discourse on the issue of post-conflict reconstruction that includes the arguments and recommendations made by several international experts and organizations which stipulates with both theoretical and practical outcome. The work of many theorists, authors, architects, philosophers, and professionals working in the field of heritage management, is examined thoroughly to provide a deep understanding of the issues discussed throughout this research.
The most recent illustration within this context is the war in Syria, which has caused excessive damage to the country’s cultural heritage. Noting that the military clashes have come to an end in several areas within the country and the physical damage has stopped, reconstruction projects have begun to materialize, and the urgent need for an overall consistent framework for rebuilding Syria is more crucial than ever.
Syria’s cultural heritage is facing a high threat of a second destruction, which will most likely follow if the involved governmental representatives, stakeholders, society or ‘societies’ did not realize the fundamental necessity for a value-based reconstruction approach which guarantees that the assessment of values is carried out and achieved in a balanced manner. Otherwise, mistakes will occur, and consequently, the collective memory and identity of the Syrians might never be recovered.
The rebuilding of post-war Syria is complex and challenging; it embraces more than a physical transformation of urban structures, and poses new threats to achieve psychological healing and recovering. The urban integrity of the Syrian cities is threatened, especially in the old city of Aleppo where the damage goes beyond the physical fabric and extends to endanger the city’s historical identity. Therefore, the main focus of the work is to develop a strategic framework which goes hand in hand with the traditional rebuilding approaches, and merges several practical and theoretical contexts deduced from previous case studies. The essence of the research revolves around understanding the significance of the city’s heritage and historic fabric, which must be considered a priority when deciding for the reconstruction procedures.
