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Cultural Heritage – Contemporary Challenge: Introduction 1 TITULS CONTENT 4 5 INTRODUCTION Juris Dambis. Cultural heritage – contemporary challenge: introduction .............................. 00 Marianne Lehtimaki. Safeguarding regional richness of cultural heritage ........................... 00 Forum Final Resolution ............................................................................................................. 00 I CULTURAL HERITAGE – CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGE Pase HALLENGE Andris Piebalgs. Cultural heritage for economically sustainable C and cohesive European Union ................................................................................................ 00 Carsten U. Larsen. Cultural heritage as a valuable resource in rural and urban development ............................................................................................. 00 II ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS Recommendations on Environmental assessments of historic buildings ................................. 00 Chris Butters. Life cycle perspectives and sustainability in built heritage ................................ 00 Marte Boro. Historic buildings – resources and challenges ..................................................... 00 Thomas Kampmann. Traditional windows – the best choice .................................................. 00 III RESTORATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE AND AUTHENTICITY Recommendations on Restoration of cultural heritage and authenticity ............................... 00 Pål Anders Stensson. Authenticity in building restoration ........................................................ 00 ONTEMPORARY Lennart Edlund. Authenticity for the small scale property owner ............................................ 00 Kolbjorn Waern. Authenticity in management of Cultural Landscapes ................................. 00 C Petur Armannsson. Not old enough for authenticity saveguarding of the modern movement ....................................................................................................... 00 Lisbeth Söderqvist. Mass housing of the 1960’s: a Modern Cultural Heritage? ....................... 00 Alexander Skokan. Restoration of cultural heritage and authenticity ................................... 00 Leonid Arinstein. Specificities of the cultural heritage protection in Russia ............................. 00 IV CULTURAL HERITAGE AND CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE Recommendations on Cultural heritage and contemporary architecture ............................. 00 Jānis Krastiņš. Contemporary architecture in historic environment ........................................ 00 Odd Iglebaek. City-densification and high-rise building in Baltic and Nordic capitals .......... 00 Dag Arne Reinar. Urban Heritage Analysis DIVE – studying the development potential and capacity for change of historic area ................... 00 Andris Kronbergs. Designing in historic environment ............................................................... 00 Edouard Francois. Muré Troué et Moulé Troué: new concepts to build in historic environment ....................................................................... 00 CULTURAL HERITAGE – HERITAGE CULTURAL INTRODUCTION 6 V CULTURAL HERITAGE AS A PUBLIC GOOD AND AN ASSET Juris Dambis. Dr. arch., Head of the State Inspection for Heritage protection of Latvia 7 IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Recommendations on Cultural Heritage as a Public Good NT and an Asset in Local and Regional Development ................................................................. 00 E CULTURAL HERITAGE – CONTEMPORARY Mikko Mälkki, Raine Mäntysalo. Built heritage management as a trading zone ................... 00 CHALLENGE: INTRODUCTION Christer Bengs. Heritage and its distribution ............................................................................ 00 CONT Krister Olsson. Heritage management and place marketing – theoretical and practical issues .............................................................................................. 00 Stefan Wenzl. The role of manor houses and castles in the context of land branding ........... 00 We are living in an age of rapid change, and people must increasingly think about the devel- Urmas Dresen. Seaplane hangars in Tallinn – creating a new museum and attempts opment of their quality of life in the long term. People have always wanted to live and work in how to combine in that development state and local interests with public awarness .......... a comfortable, rational and aesthetically valuable environment – one that inspires us, fulfils us, 00 HALLENGE and creates our mood. We want to live in a place which has a past. Each period of time leaves its tracks behind. These are monuments which enrich the place itself. The heritage of culture C VI OUTPUT FROM PRE-FORUM SEMINARS must not be seen as a dogma, but in pursuit of the quality of life, we must not ignore it either. Tor Broström. Indoor climate and energy efficiency in churches Cultural heritage has been assembled by the achievements of all people, of all of humanity. It in view of the climate change ................................................................................................ 00 represents enormous and often insufficiently appreciated power and energy that can be used Agrita Ozola. Time Travels as an Educational Method in Heritage Education ....................... 00 to develop any place at all. It is the foundation of stability. The cultural heritage brings along Robert Domzal. Costal culture and maritime heritage in Baltic Sea region ............................ 00 signs of place and time. It carries forward the identity of the society, and the need to preserve Ralf Bleile. Significance and promotion of regional collaboration it for future generations means that there must be not just tested and traditional solutions, but on Underwater Heritage .......................................................................................................... 00 also creative approaches to the way in which values can be reflected and brought into our everyday lives. The values of the cultural heritage are so important that societies have reason to seek out new challenges – building bridges between heritage and contemporary architec- APPRECIATIONS AND USEFUL ADRESSES ............................................................................ 00 ture; discovering new and unknown values; cleaning up a specific spatial environment; and also creating quality standards for a broader territory so that co-operation, understanding and interest might be facilitated. Our quality of life is most affected by the extent to which we are able to understand our environment, preserve our values, uphold that which is typical and ONTEMPORARY special about the relevant place, create new values, and react actively to that which is occur- C ring around us. CULTURAL HERITAGE – HERITAGE CULTURAL Marianne Lehtimäki. Coordinator The Monitoring Group on cultural heritage in the Baltic Sea States 8 9 SAFEGUARDING REGIONAL RICHNESS OF CULTURAL HERITAGE The theme of the 4th Cultural Heritage Forum, “Cultural heritage – contemporary challenge”, shared knowledge base and information flow on proper cultural heritage management. In aimed at highlighting topical efforts for capable management of cultural heritage in the Baltic addition, numerous regional schemes require a spokesman for valorization and sustainable use Sea region. The Forum was arranged by the Latvian State Inspection for Heritage Protection of cultural heritage assets. INTRODUCTION and the Monitoring Group on cultural heritage in the Baltic Sea States. The Nordic national To carry out practical cooperation between experts in thematic fields, the Monitoring Group heritage agencies were invited to conceptualize this theme together with the Latvian arrangers has initiated five working groups; on underwater heritage; on coastal heritage and maritime and the Monitoring Group Desk – the MG-Chair Alfredas Jomantas and the MG-Coordinator. culture; on sustainable historic towns; on traditional building materials and maintenance on HALLENGE Thus, four Forum sessions exploited actual research and projects dealing with sustainability of practice as well as a network on indoor climate in unused churches. historic environment and building stock; authenticity; contemporary architecture in historic C Even other thematic events and approaches are initiated. Regional Cultural Heritage Forum- surroundings; and economic argumentation of cultural heritage. events address crucial issues of regional interest. The first Forum in 2003 was titled Baltic Sea In addition, three expert seminars were prepared by regional thematic Working Groups; on Identity — Common Sea Common Culture? It was hosted by the Polish Maritime Museum in coastal culture and maritime heritage that we share in the Baltic Sea region; on problems Gdansk. The Forum stated that our cultural heritage is in many ways regional in its character. We of mastering indoor climate and energy efficiency in view of the climate change in unused can´t interpret it properly without knowing its regional dimensions, and we need each other´s churches of numerous different denominations; and on time travels as educational method in assistance to manage it better. heritage education. Exhibition “Preservation of Historic Ships” and presentation of documenta- The second Forum took place in 2005 with the theme Urban Heritage – Collective Privilege. ries on underwater heritage and restoration of historic ships were on show in the Forum premises. It was hosted by the National
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