CONSERVATION & SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES TO MAINTAINING CANADA’S RURAL LANDSCAPES

On April 18th, ICOMOS Canada and NSERC CREATE Heritage Engineering are hosting a symposium that applies cultural and natural heritage lenses to the development, management and impacts on rural landscapes in Canada. Seven notable professionals will participate in the roundtable discussion:

• Sampoorna Bhattarcharya, Manager Intern, Heritage Ottawa’s Rural Initiative
• Heather Campbell, Program Manager, Culture of Small
• Fergus Maclaren, President, ICOMOS International Cultural Tourism Committee
• Robert Pajot, Project Leader, National Trust for Canada’s Regeneration program
• Marie-Claude Quessy, Conservation Landscape Architect, Public Services and Procurement Canada
• Mario Santana Quintero, Vice-President of ICOMOS and Director of NSERC CREATE Heritage Engineering
• Heather Thomson, Manager, National Capital Commission’s Heritage Program

The Symposium will cover the following questions:

• How relevant are rural landscapes in the day-to-day lives of Canadians?
• What are the challenges encompassing their use and conservation?
• What are the benefits that these conservation and stability efforts provide?
• How are rural landscapes intrinsically related and interdependent with sustainable development?

We look forward to seeing you at this FREE event!

Thursday, April 18th, 2019

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

�Ӱ�ԭ�� Immersive Media Studio, 4th floor, VSIM Building, �Ӱ�ԭ�� University

The symposium is free-of-charge, but we ask you to register HERE, or email for more information to LaurieSmith3@carleton.ca by Friday, April 12th

LA JOURNÉE INTERNATIONALE DES MONUMENTS ET DES SITES 2019

Les défis de la conservation et de la durabilité liés à la préservation des paysages ruraux du Canada

Le 18 avril, ICOMOS Canada et CREATE Heritage Engineering du CRSNG organisent un symposium qui applique les perspectives du patrimoine culturel et naturel au développement, à la gestion et aux impacts sur les paysages ruraux au Canada. Six professionnels notables participeront à la table ronde:

Sampoorna Bhattarcharya, Gestionnaire stagiaire, l’Initiative rurale de Patrimoine Ottawa

• Heather Campbell, Gestionnaire de programme, Culture of Small
• Fergus Maclaren, Président du Comité international du tourisme culturel de l’ICOMOS
• Robert Pajot, Chef de projet, Régénération, la Fiducie nationale pour le Canada
• Marie-Claude Quessy, Architecte paysagiste en conservation, Services publics et Approvisionnement Canada
• Mario Santana Quintero, Vice-président d’ICOMOS et directeur du programme CREATE Heritage Engineering CRSNG.
• Heather Thomson, Gestionnaire, Programme du patrimoine de la Commission de la capitale nationale

Le symposium couvrira les questions suivantes:

• Quelle est la pertinence des paysages ruraux dans la vie quotidienne des Canadiens?
• Quels sont les défis liés à leur utilisation et à leur conservation?
• Quels sont les avantages de ces efforts de conservation et de stabilité?
• Comment les paysages ruraux sont-ils intrinsèquement liés et interdépendants au développement durable?

Nous avons hâte de vous accueillir à cet événement GRATUIT!

Jeudi le 18 avril 2019

De 14h00 – 16h00

�Ӱ�ԭ�� Immersive Media Studio, 4e étage, édifice VSIM, Université �Ӱ�ԭ��

Le symposium est gratuit, mais nous vous demandons de vous inscrire ou d’envoyer un courriel pour avoir plus d’informations à LaurieSmith3@carleton.ca avant le vendredi 12 avril.

ARCHITECTURE IN THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY: Reclaiming Building Resources

October 26, 2018, Tory Building TB350, 7pm – 9pm

A lecture by Marc Gorgolewski as part of the symposium  being held on October 26-27, 2018. Organized by the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies, and supported by the NSERC CREATE Heritage Engineering Program.

This event is free but RSVP here.

See the posters for each event here:

• Gorgolewski lecture on October 26.
• Heritage In Reverse symposium on October 27.

Mark Gorgolewski is Chair, Department of Architectural Science, Ryerson University, and the author of Resource Salvation: The Architecture of Reuse (2018). Mark is past director of the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) and former Chair of the Association for Environment Conscious Building in the UK. Mark’s research areas include building performance assessment, sustainable housing, reuse of components and materials, and design for urban agriculture. His interest is in the area of closed-loop systems applied to the built environment. This includes strategies to enhance the performance sustainability of constructi�Dz���materials, building products, buildings as well as urban environments. His work addresses the integration of energy, water, materials and urban food systems.

Please join us for the 27th meeting of the Working Group on Repointing Mortars for Masonry. Hosted by the NSERC CREATE Heritage Engineering Program, the event is open to anyone with an interest in the topic.

The all-day meeting will be held �Dz���Friday, November 16 from 10am – 4:30pm at �Ӱ�ԭ�� Immersive Media Studio (CIMS). CIMS is located in the VSIM Building (#38) in the southwest corner of �Ӱ�ԭ�� University campus, adjacent to parking lot P1.

Click Agenda No27 Mortar group_Nov 16 to see the meeting agenda.

Lunch is included. There is no charge, but we ask you to register in advance.

Click here to register for the all-day meeting.

Join us on October 12 for a full-day workshop led by Dr. Frank Matero, professor of architecture and Chair of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation at the University of Pennsylvania.

Vulnerability assessments of cultural resources and landscapes that are subject to environmental stresses are being conducted on a regular basis. However, few frameworks exist for best practices on how to conduct these assessments and what they mean, making it difficult and time-consuming for professionals to manage heritage sites over the long term. This workshop will explore the concepts of risk, threat and vulnerability as they pertain to built heritage. and through case studies discuss methodology and its application in identifying problems, solutions, and their relationship to questions of sustainability. Participants will have the opportunity to apply workshop concepts to a field site.

The full-day event will be held on Friday, October 12, 2018 from 9:30am – 4:30pm at St. Mary’s Church, 100 Young Street, Ottawa. Lunch is included. There is no charge but we ask you to register in advance.

Click here to register.

Click to see Dr. Matero’s biography.

On October 11, 2018, the NSERC CREATE Heritage Engineering Program will host the 4th Annual Heritage Forum with Prof. Frank Matero as keynote speaker. The Forum offers the opportunity for students, professors and industry collaborators to discuss gaps, issues and developments in the field of heritage conservation and documentation. Prof. Matero, professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania and Chair of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, will present the keynote “Material Matters”.

The full-day event will be held on Thursday, October 11, 2018 from 9:00am – 4:30pm at �Ӱ�ԭ�� Immersive Media Studio (CIMS). Lunch will be provided. There is no charge but we ask you to register in advance.

�Ӱ�ԭ�� Immersive Media Studio (CIMS) is located on the 4th floor of the VIsualization and Simulation (VSIM) Building in the southwest corner of �Ӱ�ԭ�� University campus. The 4th floor is at ground level and adjacent to Parking Lot P1.

Click HERE to register.

Click here to see the Forum Agenda: Agenda – Heritage Forum 2018Fall_v4��.

Click to see Prof. Matero’s biography.

NSERC CREATE Heritage Engineering: Workshop on Ethics in Heritage Conservation

On September 28, the NSERC CREATE Heritage Engineering Program is hosting the annual workshop on ethical decision-making in heritage conservation. Organized by NSERC CREATE professors Christina Cameron, Susan Ross and Mariana Esponda, the workshop will consider examples of challenging ethical situations, presenting real-life case studies and exploring the guidelines and principles that we rely on in current practice.

The half-day event will be held �Dz���Friday, September 28, 2018 from 9:30am -12:30pm at �Ӱ�ԭ�� Immersive Media Studio (CIMS).

Lunch will be provided after the workshop. There is no charge but we ask you to register in advance – the link to register is .

The workshop agenda is posted HERE��. PDF version: CREATE Ethics workshop agenda 2018-09-28FINAL��.

NSERC CREATE Heritage Engineering will host a Heritage Forum on Thursday, February 8 with Portuguese Structural Engineer Paulo Lourenco as keynote speaker. The Forum offers the opportunity for students, professors and industry collaborators to discuss gaps, issues and developments in the field of heritage conservation and documentation.

Click here to see the Forum agenda: Agenda – Heritage Forum 2018 (v7)

On Friday, February 9, NSERC CREATE Heritage Engineering will host a Workshop on Structural Analysis of Historic Constructions led by Professor Lourenco and Canadian colleagues.

Click here to see the Workshop agenda: Agenda – CREATE Workshop Feb 9 2018.

Both events will be held at �Ӱ�ԭ�� Immersive Media Studio, 4th floor, VSIM Building, �Ӱ�ԭ�� University.

Please join us on Thursday, February 8, 2018 for the 3rd annual NSERC CREATE Heritage Forum. The day-long event will be held at �Ӱ�ԭ�� Immersive Media Studio, Carlet�Dz���University from 9:00am to 4:30pm with a catered lunch. This year’s Forum will feature noted Portuguese structural engineer Professor Paulo Lourenço as keynote speaker, speaking on “Preservation of Historic Structures: Methodology and Practice.”

The Forum will be followed by a one-day workshop “Case Studies on Improving the Structural Performances of Historic Constructions: theory and praxis” led by  Professor Lourenço and John Cooke on Friday, February 9, 2018.

Although both events are free of charge, you will need to register here, as we can only accommodate a limited number of participants.

Paulo Lourenço is a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal. Professor Lourenço is experienced in the fields of non-destructive testing, advanced experimental and numerical techniques, innovative strengthening techniques and earthquake engineering. He is a specialist in structural restoration and has worked as consultant on more than forty monuments, including World Heritage sites such as Cathedral of Porto, Monastery of Jeronimos (Lisbon), and Qutb Minar (New Delhi). Professor Lourenço is the coordinator of the European Erasmus Mundus Advanced Master’s in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions (SAHC). He is editor of the International Journal of Architectural Heritage: Conservation, Analysis and Restoration and coeditor of the Conference Series, Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions. He is a Board Member of Committee on Historical Structures / International Council of Monuments and Sites – ICOMOS and participated in technical committees from CEN, CIB and RILEM. Supervisor of 26 Ph.D. students (13 concluded) and coordinator of several national and international research projects. He is author or co-author of more than 400 technical and scientific publications in the fields of masonry, timber and concrete structures. See the SAHC programme at: http://www.msc-sahc.org/index.asp

The Heritage Forum will also include reports from the field – our own student interns and their host organizations speaking about the internship experience and recent developments in the industry. Professors and collaborators will also provide updates on their work in digitization, simulation and rehabilitation.

NSERC CREATE Heritage Engineering will host a Forum on International Research at CIMS on April 27, 2017 from 2:00pm to 5:00pm. Speakers will present on recent research projects by CIMS researchers in Myanmar, Nepal, St. Lucia, Egypt and Bahrain:

• Davide Mezzino and Lori Chan on “Digital workflows for risk preparedness, rapid assessment and conservation of Bagan’s built heritage”.
• Sujan Shrestha, Miquel Reina Ortiz and Michael Gutland, “Research in Nepal”
• Damiano and Simone, “Castries Cathedral”
• Alex Federman, “Egypt”
• Dr. Luigi Barazzetti, visiting scholar from Milan, Italy, on “Capacity building for digital documentation along the Bahrain pearling trail”

The Forum will follow the morning Workshop on Ethics and Heritage Conservation. Both events are free of cost and students, professors, collaborators and friends of NSERC CREATE Heritage Engineering are welcome to attend. Please RSVP by completing the form here.

NSERC CREATE Heritage Engineering will host a Workshop on Ethics and Heritage Conservation �Dz���April 27, 2017���ڰ��dz� 9:00am to 12:30pm at �Ӱ�ԭ�� Immersive Media Studio (CIMS).

The morning workshop will be followed by an afternoon Forum on International Research at CIMS from 2:00 to 5:00pm, featuring recent research projects in Myanmar, Nepal, Egypt, St. Lucia and Bahrain.

The workshop and forum are free of cost and open to all students, collaborators, partners and friends of NSERC CREATE Heritage Engineering. Please register by clicking on the link here.

Workshop on Ethics and Heritage Conservation – 9:00am-12:30pm:

The workshop agenda and background readings are available here: Agenda – NSERC CREATE Ethics Workshop – 27 April 2016

Professional codes of ethics have been created internationally for those involved in heritage conservation, ranging from museums to intangible cultural heritage. In Canada, there are codes of ethics for archaeologists, conservators and heritage professionals guided by the principles outlined by ICOMOS. The formulation and treatment of important themes within these documents can provide useful guidance in thinking about possible ethical stances in various contexts or situations.

Current practice in heritage conservation offers example of challenging ethical situations. Heritage consultants are sometimes required to provide the advice that paying clients desire that in fact negate heritage significance and justify destruction of recognized historic places. On other occasions, political pressure from elected officials over-rules the professional commitment of heritage planners to care for heritage. In other cases, professionals who carry out work for clients are unable to share their reports with successor consultants because of perceived confidentiality and ownership of such materials.

The workshop presents the context, guidelines and principles for an ethical approach to heritage conservation followed by case studies that illustrate ethical problems that have been encountered in practice. Participants will be encouraged to comment on the theory and practical examples, and to suggest other approaches to address these situations.

Forum on International Research at CIMS – 2:00-5:00pm:

The forum will feature the following speakers presenting on research projects in Myanmar, Nepal, St. Lucia, Egypt and Bahrain:

• Davide Mezzino on “Digital workflows for risk preparedness, rapid assessment and conservation of Bagan’s built heritage”.
• Sujan Shrestha, Miquel Reina Ortiz and Michael Gutland, “Research in Nepal”
• Damiano Aiello and Simone Fallica, “Documenting the Cathedral of Castries Using Advanced Digital Workflows”
• Alex Federman, “Conservation in Luxor: Digital Documentation Workflows of QV66 and KV62”
• Dr. Luigi Barazzetti, “Capacity building for digital documentation along the Bahrain pearling trail”

Damiano Aiello is visiting �Ӱ�ԭ�� University from the University of Catania, located in Italy. He is currently on exchange in Ottawa, finishing the last year of his master graduate and composing his thesis in Civil Engineering and Architecture.

Simone Fallica is visiting �Ӱ�ԭ�� University from the University of Catania, located in Italy. He is currently on exchange in Ottawa, finishing the last year of his master graduate and composing his thesis in Civil Engineering and Architecture.

Luigi Barazzetti received a PhD in Geomatics and Infrastructures from Politecnico di Milano and is currently assistant professor of Engineering Surveying. Since 2007 he has been directly concerned with the work of the Geomatics, IC&T and Gicarus Labs at the Politecnico di Milano. His research activities are based around remote sensing, vision metrology, and geospatial data processing. He has had more than 150 papers published on both national and international levels. He is a visiting scholar to CIMS from March to May, 2017.

Alex Federman is a Master’s student in Heritage Engineering at �Ӱ�ԭ�� University. He graduated from �Ӱ�ԭ�� with a Bachelors of Engineering in Architectural Conservation and Sustainability. His research is focused on exploring digital heritage workflows for the production of outcomes useful to the heritage engineering community.