Date: 13 Apr 2020 | Lucknow
Please join us for a webinar on Good Practices for Conservation of Monuments and Sites by Ar. Nishant Upadhyay on 13th April 2020 at 3:00 PM IST (GMT+5.5). The webinar organised by COMOS India in collaboration with Faculty of Architecture, AKTU, Lucknow.
About the webinar:
In order to respond to the need for design interventions in monuments and sites; conservation and design professionals need a brief introduction to the charters of ICOMOS and UNESCO guidelines for conservation of built heritage in urban or rural scenarios. The webinar will introduce these international guidelines along with sharing interesting case studies across the globe, where designers have done interventions to built heritage and surroundings to respond to the contemporary needs and society.
About the speaker:
Ar. Nishant Upadhyay, an alumnus of the Faculty of Architecture, AKTU, Lucknow, has been trained as a conservation architect in RLICC, KULeuven, Belgium as a recipient of the Erasmus Mundus EXPERT scholarship. He is the founder architect of DHARATAL a design studio with a specialization in vernacular architecture and historical landscapes.
At present he works as heritage consultant for state governments of India and UNESCO Dhaka Office. He is a PhD candidate at KU Leuven with a research focus on the role of historical landscape conservation in sustainable regional development, with the case of the Royal Gardens of Rajnagar in Bundelkhand, India. He is also an active ICOMOS India member and central zone representative of EPWG, COMOS India.
Webinar information and links:
Topic: Webinar by Ar. Nishant Upadhyay on Good Practices for Conservation of Monuments and Sites
Time: Apr 13, 2020 03:00 PM India
Meeting ID: 785 724 864
