Flemming Aalund, Ph.D |
Professional training and qualifications: | |
1966 – 1969 | Teachers Training College, Emdrupborg Statsseminarium, Copenhagen. Teachers Training Diploma (1969). |
1969 – 1976 | Royal Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, Department of Restoration, Copenhagen. M.A. in Architecture (1976). |
1979 | Course on Treatment and Conservation of Stone, Venice; ICCROM, International Centre for the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural property. |
1981 | Course on Conservation of Historic Structures, Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies, York University. |
1992 | Ph.D, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, Copenhagen. |
Professional registration and committee Work: |
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1976 – | Member of the Federation of Danish Architects (MAA). |
1982 – 2015 | Member of the Association of Danish Consulting Architects. |
1995 – 2009 | Executive member of the Danish National ICOMOS Committee (The International Council on Monuments and Sites) |
1995 – | Member of ICOMOS DK and ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Cultural Tourism. |
1998 – 2006 | Member of the Advisory Board on the Cultural Environment, Copenhagen County. |
2010 – | Member of the Society of Artists, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. |
Professional experience: |
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1974 – 1976 | Student participation in bilateral Danish-Egyptian programme for restoration of historic buildings and monuments in the Gamaliyya District of Old Cairo, Egypt. |
1977 – 1978 | Associate expert, UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation; programme for the preservation of historic monuments and sites in the Herat Province, Afghanistan. |
1978 – 1979 | Architect, employed at the office of professor Vilhelm Wohlert, Copenhagen. |
1980 – 1981 | Associate expert, UNCHS-Habitat, United Nations Centre for Human Settlements , lecturing at Ardhi Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. |
1981 – 1982 | Preservation planning advisor on integrated preservation and development planning of the Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania; UNCHS-Habitat. |
1981 – 1982 | Lecturer, Oslo School of Architecture, conducting study project for rehabilitation and urban renewal, Zanzibar Old Stone Town, Tanzania, with financial support by NORAD. |
1982 – | Established private consulting office in Copenhagen. The office is specialised in cultural heritage preservation, restoration of historic buildings and archaeological sites conservation and management, planning for cultural tourism, community development and projects related to integrated urban development planning. The office acts in a consulting capacity to the National Cultural Heritage Agency and to the Royal Palaces and Properties Agency. |
International references: UNESCO, ICOMOS, ICCROM, UNCHS – Habitat, NORAD, SIDA, DANIDA and the World Bank. | |
International Design Competitions: |
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1987 | Protective building for the ruin of Hamar Cathedral, Norway. |
1988 | Library building, Tønsberg, Norway, including plans for the protection and presentation of Medieval ruins. |
1991 | Restoration and organization of museum in Archbishop’s Palace, Trondheim, Norway. |
1996 | Member of the jury for the international architect competition for a new Museum for Aquarelle Painting, Bohuslen, Sweden. |
1999 | 3rd prize in pre-qualified international architect competition ‘Shelters for five churches in Lalibela, Ethiopia’ (financed by EU/European Development Fund). |
2003 | Member of international jury for the Athens Ephemeral Structures International Architectural Competition, Greece, as representative of IUA, the International Union of Architects. |
Teaching experience: |
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1980 – 1981 | Lecturer, School of Architecture (Ardhi), Dar-es Salaam, Tanzania . |
1982 | Lecturer, School of Architecture, Oslo, Norway . |
1983 – 1985 | Lecturer, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, Department of Restoration and the Foreign Students Department, Copenhagen (part-time). |
1986 | The International Centre for the Study of Cultural Property (ICCROM), Rome, Italy. |
1992/ 2010 | Lecturing at The Copenhagen University Extension (‘Folkeuniversitet’). |
2003 | Lecturing, Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation, University Leuven, Belgium. |
2004 – 2009 | Lecturing at the Advanced International Training Programme on Conservation and Management of Historic Buildings, Lund Technical University, Sweden. |
2004 – 2011 | Lecturing at the School of Conservation, Copenhagen, on management principles and practise of Danish World Heritage Sites |
2008 | Lecturing on Management of Cultural Heritage Sites in Kosovo, Cultural Heritage without Borders (CHwB) |
2010 – 2014 | Lecturing on Architectural conservation and transformation; Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Göteborg, Sweden. |
2011 | Participation in United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Series on the Management and Conservation of World Heritage Sites, Seventh Session, Hiroshima, Japan . |
2016-2017 | Lecturing on work in Serampore: Presidency University, Kolkata (2017); Stiklestad National Cultural Centre, Norway (2017); School of Architecture, SPA, New Delhi (2016); IIEST, Shripur, Kolkata (2016); CEPT, Ahmedabad (2016). Watch lecture Heritage Conservation and Integrated Urban Development at CEPT, Ahmedabad, on-line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jio2iisAb-w |