What does architectural heritage mean in the mid-2020s?
Synopsis:
This SAHGB conference, supported by Docomomo-International and Docomomo-Scotland, will explore the idea of ‘future heritage’. Taking place on 12 and 13 June in Edinburgh and aimed at historians, conservation professionals, students and the interested public, it will draw on current and recent research and practical projects, especially within Central Scotland, to consider themes including energy and sustainability, gender and inclusion, and the heritage value of mass housing and recent architecture.
There will be a keynote lecture by Professor Ola Uduku (Roscoe Chair of Architecture, University of Liverpool). The papers and discussion will allow attendees to share ideas and to define new agendas.
Registration will include tea and coffee on both days, a drinks reception on 12 June and lunch on 13 June; attendees should make their own travel and accommodation arrangements.
Optionally on 14 June, two tours of Edinburgh heritage will be offered: a walking tour led by Miles Glendinning, and a small-group visit to the former Royal High School on Calton Hill, in association with Simpson and Brown architects.
Co-organisers:
Dr. Moa Carlsson (Lecturer in Architectural Design; Conference Convener)
Dr. Alistair Fair (Reader in Architectural History, and Programme Director of the MA Architectural History and Heritage)
Prof. Miles Glendinning (Professor of Architectural Conservation, and Director of the Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies)
Hosted by the Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies, University of Edinburgh.
Itinerary:
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13.00 - Conference welcome (Moa Carlsson, Conference Convener)
13.15-15.15 Session 1 - SUSTAINABILITY
In partnership with Historic Scotland (session chair, Roger Curtis, HES)
Lila Angelaka (Historic Environment Scotland): Energy efficiency and building conservation - research by HES 2008-2023
Scott Abercrombie (John Gilbert Architects): Sustainable Spence: conservation and retrofit of a Modernist intervention in Edinburgh’s Old Town
Victoria Lee (University of Edinburgh) and Daniel Lodge (Scottish Borders Council heritage officer): Future-proofing historic homes - voices from the community
Fiona McLachlan (University of Edinburgh): Rethinking, reinvigorating - Colour design at Cables Wynd House and Linksview House, Leith
15.15-15.45 Tea break
15.45-17.30 SESSION 2 - DIVERSITY (session chair, Moa Carlsson)
Kirsten Carter McKee (University of Edinburgh): Dissonant Heritage - confronting colonial legacies in Scotland’s historic sites
Luca Csepely-Knorr (Liverpool Uni): Green Vision - everyday landscapes of postwar Britain
Suzanne Ewing (University of Edinburgh): Work Experience: How ways of remembering a professional working life inflect understandings of 'architectural work'
17.30-18.15 Drinks interval
18.15-19.15 SESSION 2 (contd.)
KEYNOTE LECTURE: Ola Uduku (Roscoe Chair, Liverpool Uni): Other future heritage – towards a new 21st-century canon
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09.00-11.00 SESSION 3 - URBAN CONSERVATION AND INTERVENTION (session chair, Ruxandra Stoica)
Ruxandra-Iulia Stoica (University of Edinburgh): Urban conservation for the future - negotiating heritage and community
Lama Said (University of Edinburgh): Rethinking the history of urban conservation in post-colonial Cairo
James White (University of Edinburgh): Plural authenticities and authentic pluralities in Edinburgh's World Heritage site
Nikolia Kartalou (University of Edinburgh): Venice unfolded - the tracery of a pattern
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
11.40-13.25 SESSION 4: URBAN MASS HOUSING (session chair, Miles Glendinning)
Johnny Rodger (GSA): A double act, a class act - housing and film
Kat Breen (independent researcher): Between tradition and modernity – Wheeler & Sproson’s postwar housing interventions in historic towns
Dimitrij Zadorin (University of Edinburgh): Socialist standardised housing - experimental conservation strategies
13.25-14.30 Lunch
14.30-16.15 SESSION 5: NEW TOWNS, MODERNIST HERITAGE, AND THE FUTURE (session chair: Alistair Fair)
Joyce Fu (University of Edinburgh): Broadening our heritage markers - exploring the nation-building role of Singapore New Towns
Penny Lewis (University of Dundee): The importance of the immediate past - Cumbernauld
Catherine Croft (C20 Society): Setting the agenda for future heritage: what matters - and how to preserve the legacy of the recent past
16.15-16.30 Concluding remarks
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09.30-13.00 WALKING TOUR of Old/New Towns (led by Miles Glendinning)
Timings TBC GROUP VISIT to the former Royal High School on Calton Hill, in association with Simpson and Brown architects - Please note this visit will be for restricted numbers, and thus requires advance registration of interest.