22nd September 2022
The Hungarian project partner, Hungarian Renaissance Foundation for Built Heritage (MRA) is organising a networking and multiplier event on 22 September 2022, entitled INNOVATIONS IN BUILT HERITAGE PRESERVATION within the framework of the VI-TRAIN project.
In the field of historic building conservation, professionals often face the problem of finding the right specialist for the assessment, treatment, restoration or reconstruction of an architectural element, as earlier skills, techniques and materials are lost over time. Traditional skilled occupations (such as stucco making, artificial marble making, stonemasonry, roofing, decorative painting, ornamental tiling, tinsmithing, terrazzo making, stained glass making, etc.) are becoming increasingly difficult to master. The handling of structural or decorative elements found on historic buildings by experienced hands using original techniques or materials is becoming increasingly challenging for those responsible for maintenance or restoration.
The professionals invited to the networking and multiplier event will discuss the following topics:
- how to best maintain, conserve and restore valuable historic buildings with the care of a “good steward;”
- how qualified skilled workers can be involved in the process;
- how digital technologies may contribute to the transfer of traditional know-how and disappearing skills;
- the idea of creating so-called competence centres across Europe, including Hungary, which would be centres for disappearing skills, with training, databases and practical knowledge.
Agenda:
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Arrival, coffee | registration |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Welcome speeches | Dr. Kornél Almássy, Pál Ritoók MÉM-MDK Welcome by the host Gerald Wagenhofer UBW Welcome by the prgoramme coordinator, short introduction of VI-TRAIN project Graham Bell MRA Welcome by the project leader |
| 10:00 – 11:15 | Opening presentations: Best Practice Examples (English) | Built Heritage Competence Centres in Europe moderator: Júlia Katona MRA Astrid Huber Federal Monuments Authority Austria Pilot case: Kartause Mauerbach Bundesdenkmalamt (Information and Training Centre for Architectural Conservation) online presentation Pavol Izvolt Director, the Monument´s Board of the Slovak Republic Best Practice: Pro Monumenta project online presentation Eugen Vaida Director, Prince’s Foundation, Romania Best practice: Introduction to the School of Traditional Arts and the Ambulance for Monuments programs Graham Bell Introducing FEMP – The European Federation for Architectural Heritage Skills |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Coffee break | |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Discussion (English) | Topic: Competence centres in Europe moderator: Júlia Katona |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch break | |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Workshop (English) | Digital Tools in the Practice of Traditional Crafts Related to Built Heritage VI-TRAIN workshop moderator: Graham Bell Gerald Wagenhofer Short Presentation of VI-TRAIN project Jana Faschinger-Sanborn IMC Fachhochschule Krems Digital Tools in Practice – VR, AR solutions Dora Ivanova Buzludzha Monument Foundation, Bulgaria Application of digital tools in the saving of Buzludzha Monument |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Coffee break | |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Workshop (English) | Digital Tools in the Practice of Traditional Crafts Related to Built Heritage VI-TRAIN workshop moderator: Graham Bell discussion, debate |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Closing plenary session | moderators: Graham Bell, Gerald Wagenhofer |
Download the Agenda (PDF) here.
