ICOMOS-CIF 40th Anniversary Symposium + Study Tour in Venice 4-6 Nov 2024

The ICOMOS-CIF 2024 Symposium, celebrating its 40th anniversary, will take place in Venice on 4th November. It aims to critically review current practices in the conservation of built heritage and to create a competency matrix for ultimately informing future education and training curricula. The Symposium and accompanying Study Tour on 5th and Research Day on 6th November, are organised in collaboration with ICOMOS-Italia, Ca’ Foscari (University of Venice) and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).

ICOMOS CIF has been involved in the development of the new UNESCO Framework for Culture and Arts Education (2024). This event is our first contribution to the implementation of the Framework, which promotes intercultural dialogue and linguistic diversity, highlighting the need for placing culture and the arts at the heart of education and lifelong learning policies, strategies, curricula and programmes, within all types of educational settings.

We have an exceptional list of speakers who will present and discuss current architectural and archaeological conservation and reconstruction practices around the world. The aim is to establish the state of the art concerning competences required so to identify specific needs in education and training and, importantly, the legislation, policies and funding required to develop and implement them.

The Symposium will be followed up by the RIBA Conservation Forum, to take place online on 27th November 2024, in which the results from the Symposium and Study Tour will be presented.

ICOMOS-CIF has selected Venice for its 40th Anniversary Symposium not just because its beauty and its many innovations concerning urban and architectural conservation, but also for historical reasons. The Second International Congress of Architects and Technicians of Historic Monuments took place in Venice in 1964 and adopted 13 resolutions. The first one was the International Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of Monuments and Sites, known today as the . The Charter was a response to the extensive interventions in buildings, towns and cities in Europe after the destruction of the war. Since, the Charter has been used, misused, and re-considered in the view of new definitions of heritage, but it remains a key reference for architectural conservation. It is however time to reflect on its implementation over the last 60 years, in education and in practice, and its relevance today.

The second resolution of the Congress in Venice, put forward by UNESCO, provided for the creation of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS). During the first ICOMOS Assembly the following year in Poland, it was proposed the creation of five International Specialist Committees, one of them concerned the ‘Training of Architects and qualified personnel’. In 1984 Professor Andrzej Tomaszewski created the (Comité International de Formation) and became its first CIF President. Sir Bernard Fielden was invited in 1989 to prepare the first draft for the , adopted by the ICOMOS General Assembly in Colombo in 1993, where Dr Jukka Jokilehto was elected as second CIF President.

The ICOMOS-CIF 40th Anniversary Symposium will take place at the Aula Mario Baratto, one of the most beautiful rooms of Ca’ Foscari, with an intervention by Carlo Scarpa and a panoramic view of the Grand Canal. The Symposium day will be followed by a Study tour and a Research day, which will allow for an understanding of recent experiences. in Venice and globally, and a reflection on the current needs in conservation education and training.

ICOMOS-CIF Mission

ICOMOS-CIF researches and promotes international cooperation in the field of education and training for the understanding, protection, conservation and management of built heritage, historic sites and cultural landscapes. It works on the advancement of greater understanding of such heritage, and the appropriate approaches, intervention criteria, technologies and management for its conservation, and to advise on the development of ICOMOS programs in this field, and at all levels of education and training. The ICOMOS-CIF Annual Symposium is designed to engage with ICOMOS members and a wider audience in a global dialogue about conservation education and training, in order to share good practice and plan future work.

The Symposium in Venice is structured in three distinctive sessions:

1. ICOMOS-CIF at 40: Presentation on CIF history, the outcomes from previous Symposia () and two ongoing projects: ICOMOS-CIF GACETS (Global Architectural Conservation Education and Training Survey) and the CIF Glossary (multilingual). We have identified the lack of clarity of terminology within the field of the conservation of built heritage as a barrier for good practice and the development of the field.

2. CASE STUDIES: Selected examples of current practice concerning architectural and archaeological conservation and reconstruction interventions around the world. They will be presented by the authors and experts with an in-depth knowledge of the specific region, so to place the intervention in context, from the legislation and regulatory framework to the cultural and technological aspects, including the digital transformation and AI. Considering the time constraint, only a selection the representative projects will be presented during the project and a larger number of projects will be featured in the ICOMOS-CIF website as references. The case studies will be also discussed in relation to the Venice Charter to establish how it is used today and address further needs.

3. COMPETENCY MATRIX: We will use the evidence provided in the previous session, existing literature and other experiences of the speakers and participants to discuss and conclude the competences (knowledge, skills and experience) needed today to carry out archaeological and architectural conservation. This is a complex discussion, considering the different situation in different countries and regions. The purpose is to produce an international CIF Competency Matrix, noting also national difference, in order to clarify the specific educational and training needs to achieve such competences.

Scientific and Organising Committee:

Elisabetta Zendri (ICOMOS-Italy), Maria Teresa Iaquinta (ICOMOS-Italy), Cristina Gonzalez-Longo (ICOMOS-UK), Claudio Varagnoli (ICOMOS-Italy), Claudio Margottini (ICOMOS-Italy), Nurdan Kuban (ICOMOS-Turkey), Jan C. K. Anderson (ICOMOS-US), Vaishali Prasad Latkar (ICOMOS-India), Tan Chin Ling (ICOMOS-Malaysia), Estefania Macchi (ICOMOS-UK)

ICOMOS-CIF strives to make our activities inclusive for everyone and we would like to encourage in particular the participation of students and emerging professionals, who will have a very active part in the Symposium.

If you have any questions, please contact us via email to [email protected]

PROGRAMME

9.00 Registration

9.15 Welcome and Opening Remarks

Dr Cristina González-Longo, ICOMOS CIF President

Professor Elisabetta Zendri, Ca’ Foscari and ICOMOS CIF expert in Heritage Science

UNESCO Venice representative tbc

Session I: ICOMOS CIF at 40

Short History of ICOMOS CIF, Past and Current Work: Guidelines on Education and Training in the Conservation of Monuments, Ensembles and Sites, Previous Symposia, Decalogue for Education in Architectural Conservation, G20 participation and UNESCO Framework

CIF Global Architectural Conservation Education and Training Survey (GACETS).Presentation by Dr Vaishali Latkar

Dynamic CIF Glossary (multilingual).Presentation by Dr Hossam Mahdy about the Terminology Working Group and the terms "reconstruction & anastylosis"

Discussion

10.15 Coffee Break

Session II: Case Studies (Conservation, Anastylosis and Reconstruction)

Being selected and presented by CIF members and/or authors, final list tbc

10.30 Case Studies 1

11.00 Case Studies 2

11.30 Coffee Break

11.45 Case Studies 3

12.15 Case Studies 4

12.45 Case Studies 5

Summary

13.15 LUNCH

Session III: ICOMOS-CIF Global Competency Matrix

14.30 Presentations of Examples in Canada, Europe and Japan

15.15 Round table with all speakers

16.30 Discussion with all Participants

17.30 Summary of the Day, Conclusions and Future Work

Dr Cristina González-Longo, ICOMOS CIF President

20.00 ICOMOS-CIF 40th Anniversary Dinner

Ristorante La Caravella, San Marco, Via XXII Marzo 2397, 30124 Venezia

Guided study tour with the participation of the policy makers and conservation professionals involved in the projects. Emerging professionals and students will document and produce a final report on the outcomes.

9.30 San Marco

The Patriarchal Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of San Marco Evangelista, more commonly called the Basilica of San Marco, is the cathedral of the city and seat of the patriarchate. The original 9th century church was burnt and built again in the 10th and 11th centuries, burnt again in 13th century and restored. Its history reflects that of the city, as well as the international conservation debate, famously lead by John Ruskin and the SPAB at the end of 19th century.

11.30 Doge’s Palace

The Doge’s Palace was the heart of the political life and public administration of the Venetian Republic. The construction of this iconic building, started in the 14th century and it has developed since, incorporating previous buildings. There are ongoing conservation projects, funded thanks to the contribution of SAVE VENICE and partly financed with Art Bonus, and a special laboratory area has been set up for the conservation of paintings.

13.00 Free time

15.00 Punta della Dogana.

Former customs house at the meeting point of the Grand Canal and the Giudecca Canal, first built in 15th century, rebuilt in 17th century and transformed over the centuries. The latest intervention to convert it to a Museum for the Pinault Collection is by Tadao Ando.

17.00 Fondaco dei Tedeschi. One of the oldest building in Venice, rebuilt over the centuries. OMA’s conversion of the 16th-century building into a department store was commissioned by the Benetton family in 2009 and is now under a leasing agreement with Hong Kong-based DFS.

Studies on the Conservation of the City of Venice, from urban to buildings measures: the MOSE Flood Barrier and other conservation innovations

Presentations by the experts who followed the MOSE project and its implications for the city. Project design, outcomes and monitoring. Discussions on the effects of climate change and the entry into operation of the MOSE on the lagoon ecosystem.

Visit to Ca’Foscari research laboratories and presentations on ongoing research

Emerging professionals and students will document and produce a final report on the outcomes.

16:00 ICOMOS CIF AGM (online access to be provided to CIF members)

Online event in which the results of the ICOMOS-CIF Symposium and Study Tour will be presented. Online attendees of ICOMOS-CIF Symposium will have a preferential rate for the RIBA Conservation Forum and viceversa. Registration link for the Forum will be available after 20th September.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Aula Mario Baratto, Ca' Foscari , Venice, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Venezia, Italy