Creative conservation co-design workshop - Fort Cumberland - Update

WORKSHOP DEFENCE HERITAGE FUTURE - CREATIVE CO-DESIGN FOR RESILIENT CONSERVATION

Are you an academic, researcher, professional, PhD, Specialisation and Master student who is interested in architectural heritage, conservation and design?

Join us in Portsmouth, the naval city, for an international and transdisciplinary conservation design workshop organised in collaboration between University of Portsmouth, University of Cagliari and Historic England. The workshop will engage you with the equivalent of 40 hours of activities that includes site visits, theoretical discussions and co-design studios. The work will be conducted on Fort Cumberland, one of England's most impressive pieces of 18th century defensive architecture. The workshop brings together academics, researchers, professionals, PhDs, Specialisation and Master students to work together on envisaging adaptive reuse and regeneration strategies for this significant defence heritage site.

This workshop is supported by Historic England and SIRA – the Italian Society for Architectural Conservation/Restoration. 

Join us and be part of exploring how design as a Creative Act in Conservation can ensure balance between change and preservation, respect the heritage continuity and support the contemporary social and cultural value and vitality of the site through Interdisciplinary approaches, compatible use and sustainable strategies and interventions

You can download a flyer from the link below this box.

The organisers have generously offered FSG and PFS up to three free places on the full workshop. If you would like to put yourself forward for this opportunity please use the 'book tickets' box below to express your interest. 

Please note the FSG and PFS Committees reserve the right to select the final attendees from those who express interest.

Following your booking, you will receive guidance and helpful materials regarding your travel as well as the city and the university of Portsmouth

If you have any questions about the workshop, please do not hesitate to contact the team through our colleague Dr Tarek Teba at: [email protected]

We are looking forward to working with you!

Best regards

The (DHF) Defence Heritage Future Workshop Team

Stakeholder workshop 

It is proposed that there will be a workshop on 5th August with local and other interested stakeholders to gain their input. 

FSG will be in attendance and hope to feed the outcomes into the FSG Fortifications at RIsk Conference at Fort Brockhurst on 05 September.

It is NOT necessary to register or pay for the full programme if you wish to attend the one day stakeholder workshop. 

You may now express interest in attending the one day workshop using the 'book tickets' box below.

The organisers will share more information with those who register interest.