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New Horizons in the Conservation of Wooden Built Heritage

ICOMOS International Wood Committee - 21st International Symposium

12 – 15 September 2018, York, UK

supported by ICOMOS-UK and York Archaeological Trust, and in association with the

University of York, Historic England and York Minster

The ICOMOS Principles for the Conservation of Wooden Built Heritage were updated by the ICOMOS International Wood Committee in 2017 to recognise a wider variety of tangible and intangible wooden heritage; to update and adapt its content to current concerns, knowledge and processes; and to better respond to the diversity of cultural heritage and the diversity of approaches to conservation as embraced in the Nara Document on Authenticity (Japan 1994).

The 21st International Symposium of the ICOMOS International Wood Committee (IIWC) will be a multidisciplinary forum for the interchange of experience, ideas, and knowledge of ‘New Horizons’ in the conservation of wooden built heritage as embodied in the new ICOMOS ‘Principles’ which were adopted at the 19th General Assembly of ICOMOS held in Delhi in December 2017.

During the IIWC’s four-day conference in the historic city of York, international experts, professionals and practitioners will present new research and technical advancements in the conservation of wooden built heritage. The conference will include tours of York Minster, Walmgate Bar, the most complete of the four main medieval gateways to the city, and the Merchant Adventures Hall, a 14th century guildhall and one of the most important buildings in the medieval city of York. Workshops will be put on by York Archaeological Trust, Historic England and the ICOMOS-UK Wood Committee. There will also be evening receptions at the University of York’s Kings Manor, and at the Jorvik Viking Centre. An optional conference dinner will be held on Friday 14th at the historic Merchant Taylors’ Hall, a wonderful early 15th guildhall in the centre of York.

The Symposium is open to ICOMOS members and non-members including: Foresters, ecologists and archaeobotonists, carpenters, joiners and archaeologists, wood scientists, anthropologists and librarians, mill wrights and cultural historians, academics and conservators, financiers, property owners, legislators and project managers, engineers and architects, and researchers, educators, archivists, curators and students.

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Themes and topics:

Education and training

Intangible heritage

Evolving buildings

Temporary structures

Conservation statements – buildings studies

Forest reserves for maintenance and repairs

Advances in laser technology/ geospatial imaging.

Advances in non-invasive investigation

technologies, tomography, digital micro-probes

Structure-from-motion 3D photogrammetry

Maritime heritage/ Shipwrecks

Waterlogged wood

Archaeological evaluations

Watching briefs for standing buildings

Durability of timber

20th century buildings

Conservation of timber with surface finishes such

as plaster, paint, wall-paper, other coatings

Keynote Speakers:

• Prof Jane Grenville FSA MIFA IHBC: Honorary Research Fellow, University of York

• Margarita Kisternaya MSc PhD RAS: Senior Researcher for the Kizhi State Open-Air Museum of History, Russia

• Michael Bamforth BSc MICfA: Project Manager for the POSTGLACIAL Project at the University of York

• Christopher Dobbs MBA, PGCE, FSA, Head of Interpretation and Maritime Archaeology at Mary Rose Trust

• Gordon Macdonald: Conservation carpenter and CEO of MacDonald & Lawrence Timber Framing Ltd

Paper Presentations:

• Ayansi Avendano, architect and lecturer, Universidad Centro Americana José Simeón Cañas, El Salvador

• Clara Bertolini, architect and professor, Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

• Arnstein Brekke, craftsman and engineer, Norwegian Cultural Heritage Fund, Norway

• Natalia Buakowska, architectural conservation, Page\Park Architects, Glasgow UK

• Oscar Luis Ferreira, Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Brasília, Brazil

• Chen Goa, architect, Southeast University Architectural Heritage Conservation Department, Nanjing, China

• Zoe Hazell, Palaeoecologist, Historic England, Portsmouth UK

• Harald Hogseth, Professor of Heritage Craft Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

• Mozhgan Khakban, PhD candidate, Conservation Faculty, Art University of Isfahan, Iran

• Suheyla Koc, PhD candidate, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey

• Johanna Liblik, PhD candidate, Tallinn University of Technology (TUT), School of Engineering, Estonia

• Wenqing Liu, PhD candidate, School of Architecture, Harbin institute of technology, China

• Sedegh Mahjoub, PhD candidate, Art University of Isfahan, Iran

• Alejandro Martinez de Arbulo, Research Fellow, Tokyo National Institute for Cultural Properties, Japan

• Jenny May, Architectural Historian, Heritage Management Services, Christchurch, New Zealand

• Karl-Magnus Melin, Department of Conservation, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

• Yue Pan, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

• Joe Thompson, carpenter-in-residence at the Weald and Downland Museum, West Sussex UK

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New Horizons - York 2018

Draft Programme

Day 1 – Wednesday 12th September 2018 - Tours

9:30 – 12noon Tours of York Minster (will involve climbing narrow spiral stairs and confined spaces)

12noon - 13:00 Lunch (delegates to make their own arrangements)

13:00 – 15:30 Tour of Walmgate Bar, led by John Oxley, York City archaeologist Tour

of Merchant Adventurers Hall

18:00 – 20.00 Opening lecture and reception: Kings Manor, University of York

Speaker: Prof Jane Grenville

Day 2 – Thursday 13th September 2018 - Workshops

10:00 – 12:00 Workshop 1: Digital Recording Technologies for Wooden Built Heritage Historic

England: Led by Paul Bryan, Geospatial Imaging Manager

10:00 – 12:00 Workshop 2: Conservation of Archaeological Wood Remains York

Archaeological Trust: Ian Panter, Head of Conservation

12:00 - 13:30 Lunch (provided)

13:30 – 15:30 Workshop 3: Reconstruction and restoration of Barley Hall

Led by Peter McCurdy, Director of McCurdy & Co. Ltd

16:00 – 18:00 IIWC Annual Meeting (IIWC members only)

18:30 (tbc) Reception: Jorvik Viking Centre, York

Day 3 – Friday 14th September 2018 - Symposium

9.00 – 9:45 Registration and coffee: St Anthony's Hall, Peasholme Green, York, YO1 7PW.

9:45 – 9:55 Introductory address: HRH Duke of Gloucester KC CGVO Patron ICOMOS-UK (tbc)

10:00 – 10:45 Panel discussion: 2017 Principles for the Conservation of Wooden Built Heritage

Panel members: Mikel Landa, Tina Wik, Maria Zepeda, Yasuhiro Watanabe, Tanya Park.

10:45 – 12:50 Speaker sessions including morning coffee and discussions

12:50 – 13:55 Lunch (provided)

13:55 – 17:00 Speaker sessions including afternoon tea and discussions

18:30 Conference Dinner – Merchant Taylors Hall, York (optional – see registration form for tickets)

Day 4 – Saturday 15th September 2018 - Symposium

9:30 – 12:50 Speaker sessions including morning coffee and discussions

12:50 – 13:45 Lunch (provided)

13:45 – 17:05 Speaker sessions including afternoon tea and discussions

17:05 – 17:25 Reflections on the Symposium and future directions

17.30 Conference close

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New Horizons in the Conservation of Wooden Built Heritage 12 – 15 September 2018, York, UK

Booking Form

Delegate Details Name:

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Do you have any special access or dietary requirements?

Tickets

I would like ______ ICOMOS member places at £200 per person

I would like ______ICOMOS Young Professional places at £160 per person

I would like ______ non-member places at £275 per person

Please tick if you are not a member of ICOMOS-UK and would like to get one year’s annual membership at

no additional costs.

The attendance fee includes all lectures, lunch on 13th, 14th & 15th, light refreshments, receptions at Kings Manor, University of York and Jorvik Viking Centre, the tours on the 12th and the workshops on the 13th.

I would also like ______ tickets at £42 per person for the Conference dinner on Friday 14th September at the

Merchant Taylors Hall.

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Places on tours and workshops will be limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Please tick

your preferences as appropriate

York Minster Workshop 1: Digital Recording Technologies for Wooden Heritage

Walmgate Bar City Walls Workshop 2: Conservation of Archaeological Wood Remains

Merchant Adventurers Hall (tbc) Workshop 3: Reconstruction and restoration of Barley Hall

Accommodation: Please note the symposium ticket does not include the cost of accommodation.

Please return this form by email (to admin@icomos-uk.org) or by post to: ICOMOS-UK, 70 Cowcross Street,

London, EC1M 6EJ

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Background

In a session of the of the 19th General Assembly of ICOMOS held in Delhi on 15th December 2017 the new IIWC

‘Principles for the Conservation of the Wooden Built Heritage’ were adopted as ICOMOS doctrinal text. These

new ‘Principles’ replace those adopted previously in 1999.

Ever since the IIWC was established in 1975, the need for a set of conservation principles has been a continuous

theme in the Committee’s ongoing discussions and activities. The drafting of the original ‘Principles for the

Preservation of Historic Timber Structures’ went through many revisions from 1992 until it was eventually

adopted as an ICOMOS doctrinal text at the 12th General Assembly in Mexico, October 1999. At the 16th ICOMOS

General Assembly in Quebec 2008 a revision and update of the 1999 Principles was proposed to take account of:

recognition of a wider variety of wooden heritage including its intangible aspects; to better respond to the

diversity of cultural heritage and the diversity of approaches to conservation, as embraced in the Nara Document

on Authenticity (Japan 1994); and to improve the organisation and applicability of the document, and to update

its content adapting it to current concerns, knowledge and processes.

For further information about and for a downloadable copy of the ICOMOS 2017 ‘Principles for the Conservation

of Wooden Built Heritage’ please go to: http://iiwc.icomos.org/papers.html#documents

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