The Serampore Initiative, West Bengal, India.

The Serampore Initiative, West Bengal, India. Duration: Initial identification and project formulation 2009-2010; implementation 2012-2020 Klient:  Nationalmuseet, Danmark. Project aims : Identification and assessment of heritage buildings in the former Danish trading post on the Ganges from 1755-1845,aiming at the implementation of a joint cooperation project for preserving the Indian-Danish cultural heritage, was completed in 2009 to 2010. The initial study resulted in the joint financing of the Serampore Initiative…

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Reactive Monitoring Mission to Samarkand and Shakhrisyabs (Uzbekistan)

Reactive Monitoring Mission to Samarkand and Shakhrisyabs (Uzbekistan)  Duration:  March 2006. Klient:   ICOMOS International and Unesco World Heritage Centre Project aims : The World Heritage Committee decision 29COM 7B.57. at the 29th Session in Durban 2005 expressed deep concern about the on-going large-scale restoration and urban landscaping programme at the Shaki-Zindah ensemble, which appear to be severely affecting the integrity and authenticity of the World Heritage property; Further requests ICOMOS…

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Reactive Monitoring Mission to review the progress made in the ongoing rehabilitation programme on Islamic Cairo, World Heritage Site.

Reactive Monitoring Mission to review the progress made in the ongoing rehabilitation programme on Islamic Cairo, World Heritage Site. Duration:  March 2005 Klient:  ICOMOS International, on behalf of UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Project description and aims : By including Islamic Cairo in the World Heritage List on 26 October 1979, the Government of Egypt and the World Heritage Committee have expressed their mutual commitment to the safeguarding of the historic…

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Managing cultural heritage places

Managing cultural heritage places: Site Management and Implementation Planning of the Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Site of Qohaito, Eritrea. Consultant to Cultural Assets Rehabilitation Project (CARP) financed by World Bank´s International Development Association (IDA); July 2006 – February 2007.         The extraordinary beautiful landscape of Qohaito provides stunning views from the plateau at the top of the escarpment to the surrounding mountain ranges.        …

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Mission to the cities of Nablus and Hebron, in the West Bank, Palestinian Territories

Mission to the cities of Nablus and Hebron, in the West Bank, Palestinian Territories Duration: May 2004 Klient: UNESCO Office Ramallah The mission to the Palestinian Territories is carried out in compliance with the decision taken at the 27th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee requesting the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies to examine the state of conservation of the archaeological property of Tell Rumeida in the…

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The roofscape of Ghadames

The roofscape of Ghadames, ‘the pearl of the desert’, aquarelle 1987; sketches are prepared as part of a survey of architectural values in the environment and conservation planning of selected sites in Libya carried out as technical advisor to UNCHS-Habitat, the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements, on a programme for architectural conservation planning in Libya. Technical reports were prepared for the Organisation of Public Works, Urban Development Department, Tripoli:…

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Qala-i Ikhtiyarrudin

Qala-Ikhtiyarrudin , Herat, Afghanistan. Axonometric drawing of the fortress partly restored; the drawing is based on documentation carried out in the course of  excavation and exposure of  building structures  covered by accumulated layers of debris. The survey is carried out 1977-78 as part of the UNESCO project for Restoration of Monuments in Herat.     Qala Ikhtiyarrudin, documentation of the existing parts of the  banna’i decoration with Kufic script of…

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Isometric drawing of the Wekala Bazar’a

Isometric drawing of the Wekala Bazar’a, Jamaliyya District of Old Cairo. The Arab caravanserai originates from the late seventeenth century; the survey of the building and proposal for restoration was carried out as a project for final examination in 1976 at the School of Architecture, The Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. Refrence: Proposal for the restoration and rehabilitation of Wekalat Bazar’a, in Michael Meinecke (ed.), Die Restaurierung der Madrasa…

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Bayt al-Suihaymi, al- Gamaliyya district, Cairo, Egypt

Bayt al-Suihaymi, al- Gamaliyya district, Cairo, Egypt Large town house built in 1648; section through courtyard, survey carried out in 1975 as part of preparation for a Danish-Egyptian restoration project initiated by the Department of Restoration, School of Architecture, Copenhagen. Photo of the lush green growth of courtyard with a view to the open porch closed towards the garden by a carved wood latticework that allows natural ventilation of the…

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