Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning

KEEPING THE PAST PUBLIC - The Documentation and Conservation of Modern Places

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This symposium will examine the myriad of challenges surrounding the documentation and conservation of twentieth century sites, including individual buildings, townscapes and communities. There will be an emphasis on the architectural legacy of Modernism, in all its international guises, and on public sites. But these themes will not exclude related discussions on the conservation and management of townscapes in contexts that are much older (for instance Afghanistan and Indonesia), but that face fundamental challenges presented by twentieth century effects of war and globalisation.

The symposium aims to chart the processes of conservation through the themes of "Documentation", "Heritage Policy and Implementation" and "Conservation and Re - Use". Individual speakers and panel contributors span a wide breadth of international experience from academic historians and conservation architects, to heritage practitioners and policy - makers.

The symposium is being hosted by the Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning, at the University of Melbourne. The event is being generously sponsored and supported by: the Australian Research Council, the University of Melbourne, the Australian Academy of Humanities; Docomomo Australia, the Heritage Council of Victoria, and the Ian Potter Foundation.

 

Outline of Program

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Date: Wednesday 4 – Friday 6 February 2009

Wed Feb. 4  

2.00 - 5.00

Pre - symposium Conservation Education Forum

(Chair K Darian - Smith) Sponsored by the School of Historical Studies, Faculty of Arts Invited international and national participants to discuss the challenges facing post - graduate education in conservation. (not open to the public)

6.00 - 7.45

SYMPOSIUM OPENING AND FREE PUBLIC LECTURE (Chair T Kvan)

Sisalkraft Theatre, Ground Floor, Architecture Building

Jolyon Leslie, (Programme Manager of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in Afghanistan) "'Cultural space in contemporary Afghanistan'"
Thurs Feb. 5  

 

Yasuko Hiraoka Myer (YHM) Room, First Floor, Sidney Myer Asia Centre
9.15 - 9.30 PANEL 1: DOCUMENTATION intro (Chair K Darian-Smith)
9.30 - 10.00 Prof. Hilde Heynen, (K U Leuven) "Designing welfare. The reconfiguration of public space in Flanders (1958 - 1978)"

10.00 - 11.15
  • Janina Gosseye, (KU Leuven) " Keeping the Past Present: A journey through 3 modern Belgian sites"
  • Dr Hannah Lewi, Dr David Nichols et al, (University of Melbourne) "The built legacy of Community in Australia"
  • Dr John Stephens, (Curtin University Tech, WA) "Remembering the Wars: Documenting Memorials and War Commemoration in Western Australia."
11.15 - 11.45 Coffee

11.45 - 1.15

PANEL 2: DOCUMENTATION  (Chair D Nicols)

  • Dr Miles Glendinning, (Edinburgh College of Art) "The Forgotten Revolution? Northern Ireland's Heritage of Modern Reconstruction"
  • Dr Laretna Adishakti, (Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia) "The conservation management of the World Heritage Temple of Borobudur and surrounding townscapes."
  • Dr Julia Gatley, (University Auckland, NZ) "Identifying New Zealand's Modern Heritage"
1.15 - 2.00 Lunch

2.00 - 3.45

PANEL 3: POLICY AND IMPLEMENTATION  (Chair J Willis)

  • Elain Harwood, (English Heritage) "Protecting Post - War Heritage in England" Panel Discussion on Policy and Implementation:
  • Susan Marsden, (Heritage Consultant, South Australia)
  • Ian Kelly, (Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority)
  • Graeme Butler, (Heritage Consultant, Vic)
  Tea

4.15 - 5.15

Panel 4: CONSERVATION AND RE - USE    (Chair P Goad)

  • Sheridan Burke, (Godden Mackay Logan) "Conserving and Adapting Walter Burley Griffin's Incinerators"
  • Scott Robertson, (Robertson Hindmarsh) "From Discipline to Discourse: the adaptive re - use of Army buildings on Sydney Harbour"
  • Anne-Marie Treweeke, (Lovell Chen) "The Redevelopment of Building 13, RMIT: the impact of hazardous materials remediation on the building fabric and works"

6.00 - 7.45

SYMPOSIUM CLOSE AND FREE PUBLIC LECTURE (Daryl Jackson, Heritage Council, VIC)
Sponsored by the Heritage Council of Victoria

Sisalkraft Theatre, Ground Floor, Architecture Building

Keynote Speaker, John Allan, Director Avanti Architects UK "Private Privilege - Public Duty: Examples of English experience in Modern Conservation"
  Symposium Dinner (for speakers)
Fri 6 Feb.  
  Tours of Modern Sites (for speakers) Seminar by John Allan, Director Avanti Architects UK
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