1st Edition

Professionalism in the Built Heritage Sector Edited Contributions to the International Conference on Professionalism in the Built Heritage Sector, February 5-8, 2018, Arenberg Castle, Leuven, Belgium

Edited By Koen van Balen, Aziliz Vandesande Copyright 2019
164 Pages
by CRC Press

164 Pages
by CRC Press

Professionalism entails the conduct, aims and qualities that characterise a profession. The term is also used to describe education and training standards for the knowledge and skills necessary to perform a specific profession. In practice, professional standards of practice and ethics are agreed upon and maintained by recognised associations. In the past, professionalism has not occupied a... Read more

Introduction

On established built heritage profiles and capacities, the rise of new profession(al)s and the need for training and education to deal with ongoing disruptive changes in the sector
A. Vandesande & K. Van Balen

Profiles and capacities

Profession(s) and professional(s) in the conservation process
S. Della Torre & R. Moioli

Structural conservation engineering in practice: Lessons learned
A. Drougkas & E. Verstrynge

Building archaeology in Leiden (NL): A practical approach
P.J. De Vos

The role of the professional authority in the monument preservation—changes in the institutional monument preservation system in Hungary between 2011 and 2017
A. Veoreos & T. Fejerdy

Overview of project governance framework for built heritage conservation in India
D. Roy, S.N. Kalidindi & A. Menon

The increasing relevance of soft skills in the conservation profession
R. Moioli

Education, training and quality labels

Fostering cooperation in the European Union on skills, training and knowledge transfer in cultural heritage professions
A. Galan-Perez, I.M. Grumazescu, K. Gunthorpe, A. Limburg, N. Roche, E. Sciacchitano, J. van Leeuwen & G. Almevik

Mastering building conservation
G. Almevik

The built heritage sector in Portugal: Education in conservation and professionalisation
S.M. Genin & P. Brum

Guidelines for quality of interventions in built cultural heritage in The Netherlands
S. Naldini & M. van Hunen

Education and training as a means to boost skills and to increase territorial reputation: The example of the Valtellina Cultural District in Italy
D. Foppoli, A. Konsta & S. Della Torre

Real estate competencies in the built cultural heritage field
C. Boniotti, S. Della Torre & A. Ciaramella

Knowledge and skills associated to craftsmanship for built heritage conservation and rehabilitation: Case study—Historic Cairo
I. Waked, K. Van Balen & D. Pini

Obstacles and changes

Adopting an integrated and holistic perspective for improving conservation of built heritage
G.E. Garcia & F. Cardoso

Mapping professional practice challenges in built heritage
J. Goncalves, R. Mateus & J.D. Silvestre

Operative tools for new approaches towards urban conservation
S. Cardone

Obstacles and possible solutions for architectural heritage along the coastline of the Baltic Sea in Latvia
D. Ržepicka & A. Ziemeļniece

Preservation of sacral heritage by learning from the past: Church building reconstructions in Hungary in the 1960s and 1970s
E. Urban

Biography

Prof. Koen van Balen and Dr. Aziliz Vandesande work at the Department of Civil Engineering and Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation at the KU Leuven, Belgium.