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…
>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…
>Planning and conducting Training Programme on Management of Cultural Heritage Sites in Kosovo
April 2008; Planning and conducting Training Programme on Management of Cultural Heritage Sites in Kosovo under arrangement with Cultural Heritage without Borders and the British Office.
>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…
>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. …
>Survey of Roman Theatre and surrounding Islamic citadel
Survey of Roman Theatre and surrounding Islamic citadel, part of plan, Bosra. – PhD dissertation: Vernacular Tradition and the Islamic Architecture of Bosra , School of Architecture, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, 1991.
>Archaeological documentation and research
Archaeological documentation and research: Documentation and research of Islamic architecture in the Hauran and Bosra, Syria. – Research for the German Archaeological Institute, Damascus, 1984 – 1991. Watercolour sketch of stone masonry, Bosra.
>Restoration and adaptive reuse of historic buildings
Restoration and adaptive reuse of historic buildings: Restoration of the Royal Palace Museum building in Luang Prabang, Laos, 1992-1994. – Consultant to The Ethnographic Museum, Stockholm and Sida, the Swedish International Developnment Agency. Photo: Main front of the Royal Palace Museum with central spire above throne hall.
>Cultural Tourism Development Planning
Cultural Tourism Development Planning: Programme for Cultural Tourism and Revival of Cultural Heritage in Uzbekistan. – Consultant to UNESCO, 1995-1996. Photo: Tile decoration, Abd al-Aziz Khan Madrasa, Bukhara.
>Planning for cultural heritage preservation and sustainable development
Planning for cultural heritage preservation and sustainable development: Cultural Heritage Preservation Initiative for Sustainable Development in Georgia – Consultant to the World bank under trust Fund agreement with Danida, 1996-1997. Photo: Encased balconies of traditional courtyard house, Old Tiblisi.
>Monitoring of cultural heritage values in the environment
Monitoring of cultural heritage values in the environment: Reactive monitoring of the state of conservation of Historic Cairo, World Heritage Site. – Consultant to ICOMOS International/UNESCO World Heritage Centre, 2001. Photo : Ceiling of the roof lanterne, Mausoleum of Qurqumas, Cairo
>Periodic Reporting on the application of the World Heritage Convention
Periodic Reporting on the application of the World Heritage Convention: Periodic reporting carried out on Roskilde Cathedral and Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and the Church, June 2004. – Consultant to ICOMOS Denmark/ the National Cultural Heritage Agency. Photo: The Runic Stones at Jelling, World Heritage Site, Denmark
>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…
>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:…
>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…
>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…
>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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