Riwaq’s Registry of Historic Buildings in Palestine

a living heritage & a living archive

Khaldun BSHARA

www.riwaq.org

Amsterdam, June 29-30, 2016

1997-2003

Inventory of traditional architecture in the Mediterranean.Euromed Heritage I and II programme

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2004-2007

Rehabilitation of Mediterranean Traditional Architecture, www.rehabimed.net

2009-2012

Mutual Heritage: From historical integration to contemporary active participation

C.O.R.P.U.S.

Riwaq & EU projects: historical brief

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The EU Cultural Programme 2014

2012-2015

an international cooperation project It focuses on the use of Augmented Reality (AR), multimedia and interactive technique

The 2007-2013 ENPI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme.

2014-2015

Ordinary Perfections: artistic works in communal spaces

Riwaq & EU projects: historical brief

Heritage components in Palestine

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Heritage components in Palestine

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WEST BANK

destruction

expropriation

confinement

discontinuity

fragmentation ABC

limited lands;

development pressure &

land value increase

Challenges

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Challenges

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Working steps: towards a digital registry

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Planning

Case Study Sheet Form Design Map Preparation Filling Sheet Forms Photography

Collected Data Editing

Building Database

Picture Scanning Maps Digitizing

Reporting

Digital Data Editing

Publication

Data Collection

Data entry on Database

Text Input

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3 4

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Working Steps

Training, knocking, documenting, sketching

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Questionnaire Sample

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Data entry

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Summary

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10 years fieldwork

50,320 historic buildings

422 towns and villages

12 districts

3-Volume Publication &

www.riwaq-register.com

Registry reports

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The utilitarian

issues

of Riwaq’s

registry

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principles

vernacular vs. monumental

rural vs. urban

protection vs. use (living)

CH as an asset

seeing is believing: pilots

multidisciplinary

testing before doing

prioritizing 50 out of 422 historic centres

regeneration of 50 hubs

national dream

bring cultural + socio-economic benefit

Use heritage as resources for:

Tourism (trials. facilities, etc.), Cultural infrastructure, Medium for social change, recreate new possibilities

Old City of Jerusalem

Revitalization

Program(OCJRP)

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BAB AL-MATHA RA

BAB AL-QA TTANIN

BAB AL-MAGH ARBEH

DOUB LE GATE

(SEALED)

TRIPLE GATE

(SEALED)

SINGLE G ATE

( SEALED)

BAB

AL-J

ADID

(N

EW G A

TE)

BAB AL-HA DID

(IRON GATE)

BAB AL-KH ALIL

(JAFFA GATE)

BAB NA BI DAO UD

(ZION G ATE)

BAB AL-RA HMA

(GOLDEN GATE)

(SEALED)

BAB AL-SAK INA

(CHAI N GATE)

BAB AL-SAHIRA

( HERO DS GATE)

BAB AL-MAGH ARBA

(DUN G GATE )

BAB H ITTA

(A BSOL

UTI ON G ATE)

BA

B A

L-A

MO

UD

(DA

MA

S

CU

S G

A

TE

)

BAB SITTI MARY AM

(ST. STEPHAN GATE)

BAB A L-A TM

(G ATE

OF DARKNESS)

BAB A L-G HA

WAN MEH

(G HAWA

N MEH GATE)

BAB AL-NA ZER

(INSPECTORS GSTE )

BAB A L-A SB

AT

(G ATE O

F TH E TRIB)

Structural condition

Bad

Medium

Unusable

Very good

Good

Updating: regeneration as an opportunity for updating the registry

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Thank you

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