Invitation
to an International Collaboration Project on Urban Conservation and Sustainable
Development of the Urban Cultural Heritage from the Late 19th Century – A European Network”
Among
Swedish cities Sundsvall has the best preserved city centre from the late
19th century. This is an important part of our industrial and
cultural heritage. The architecture – so called eclectic – is artful,
impressive, genuine and unique. We would like to invite European partners to a
dialogue about:
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International
collaboration on the urban cultural heritage
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The
preservation and sustainable development of the urban cultural heritage with
special reference to the late 19th century
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Strategies
to promote our cultural heritage as a resource for human development
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Culture tourism and urban
conservation
We
believe that partners may be found within cities in which the main
part was erected during the years 1860-1920 and has a well preserved city centre
or other areas within the city.
Overall
objective
To
establish a collaboration with European cities with a similar
urban cultural heritage as Sundsvall
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for
a mutual collaborative work on
questions of importance for the preservation and
sustainable development of the urban cultural heritage, and
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in
order to promote culture tourism, finding new ways for this purpose through an
international co-operation.
Aims
In
establishing internationally useful guidelines for the preservation of the urban
cultural heritage, with the background of a recognition of the cultural heritage as
a resource for the future, we will find the code for best practice. This may provide a foundation and
motivation for future practical co-operative projects.
Questions
to be discussed during the project:
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How
do we maintain our cultural heritage and in the same time find ways to
promote it from a commercial point of view?
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How far can we go with the commercial development
before the cultural heritage is severely damaged?
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Do
manifests like the Venice charter still have an impact today or have
they been replaced by other ways of expressing these
views?
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How
do we attain the ”right” quality in the preservation and sustainable
development
of the cultural heritage? How do we define the ”right”
quality?
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How do we disseminate knowledge of and insight into
the values represented by the cultural heritage in order to base the work on
preservation as well as the skill and ability for handicraft on high quality
standards?
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Which
are the best ways to raise both the interest and competence among developers,
property owners, building contractors and other groups of professionals for
urban design and urban planning, as regards cultural values within the
architecture and the preservation of these values in
practice?
If
you would like some details on this please contact
Torbjorn
Lindstedt, Sundsvall
SWEDEN
