2016 ADVANCED COURSE ON CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION TECHNIQUES OF TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE FOR THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION

Duration: July 6-15, 2016

Place: Suzhou, P.R.China

Organizers:

The course is organized by:

﹣ World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for Asia and the Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (WHITRAP)

﹣ School of Architectural of Southeast University (SEU-ARCH)

In collaboration with:

﹣ Traditional Architecture Conservation Union of World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and Pacific Region (TACU-WHITRAP)

﹣ Suzhou World Heritage and Traditional Architecture Conservation Institute (SACI)

Background

WHITRAP together with the School of Architectural of Southeast University are pleased to announce that the Advanced course on Conservation and Restoration Techniques of Traditional Architecture in the Asia-Pacific Region 2016 will be held from July  6th to July 15th  2016.

WHITRAP has been organizing a series of training courses since 2008, with the cooperation of the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), the Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU Nara), the International Understanding Education Center, the Raymond Lemaire International Center for Conservation of University of Leuven, the Shanghai Tongji University and other international organizations and research institutions.

The course aims at establishing an academic platform where experts can share their professional knowledge in conservation and restoration of historic buildings, providing an overview of the various aspects of conservation and restoration of historic buildings in the Asian-Pacific Region.

Application Deadline:  April 17th, 2016

Further information, please visit:

http://www.whitr-ap.org/index.php?classid=1509&newsid=2676&t=show