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Sustainability:The Future of Historic Preservation?
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NCPTT• Created by Congress in 1992• US DOI, NPS, WASO • Northwestern State
University of Louisiana in Natchitoches
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MissionTo advance the application of
science and technology to historic preservation.
• Architecture & Engineering• Archeology & Collections• Materials Research• Heritage Education• Historic Landscapes
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Why Sustainability?
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Origins of Sustainable PreservationVitruvius – first sustainable designer,
first century B.C.Organic Act – National Park Service,1916Rachel Carson – environmental
awareness,1962 National Historic Preservation Act, 1966UN – sustainable development
definition,1987
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The Vitruvian Man• Leonardo da Vinci
• 15th century
• Based on Vitruvius• Often reinterpreted
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De architectura• By Vitruvius • For Caesar Augustus• Oldest extant work on
architecture • firmitas, utilitas, venustas
(durable, useful, beautiful)
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• Durable- inferior walls last 80 years, quality walls last forever
• Useful- arrangement “presents no hindrance to use”
• Beautiful- “pleasing and in good taste”• Design, construction techniques,
proportions, site planning, recycling, occupant health, etc.
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Organic Act 1916• Created NPS• Natural resource protection• Cultural resource protection• “protect unimpaired” for current and
future generations
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Silent Spring• Rachel Carson• 1962• Dangers of pesticides • Changes in laws affecting air, land and water• “cornerstone of the new environmentalism”
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National Historic Preservation Act, 1966
Created national preservation program as we know it today
SHPOS, FPOS,THPOS, ACHP, 106, etc.
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Sustainable Development“Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development
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Sustainable PreservationThe convergence of natural resource conservation and historic preservation.SP should be durable, useful and beautiful, conserve natural and cultural resources, be for today and tomorrow.
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• Sustainable HP
• Jan./Feb. 2008
• NTHP
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• research, training, meetings, conferences, and publications• $50,000 maximum per grant • About $8,000,000 since 1994• Pre-proposal requirement • Apply online at www.ncptt.nps.gov• 2009 Call available Fall 2008
PTT Grants Program
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• Preserve cemeteries and places of worship, • Safeguard resources from effects of pollution
and climate, • Conserve cultural resources of the "recent
past," • Monitor and evaluate preservation
treatments, • Protect cultural resources against natural
and human threats, and • Investigate minimally invasive techniques to
inventory and assess cultural resources.
Research Priorities
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• Energy performance of historic buildings• Embodied energy• Density studies and env./social/economic
costs: miles driven, infrastructure, police, fire, etc.
• System and material performance, i.e.. windows
• Life-cycle costing• ?
Possible proposals
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“The greenest building is …the one that is already built.”
Carl Elefante, AIA, APT, LEED APPrincipal, Director of Sustainable DesignQUINN EVANS | ARCHITECTS
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Andrew FerrellArchitecture & EngineeringNCPTT645 University ParkwayNatchitoches, LA [email protected](318) 356-7444
