Specialist Conservation Series – Sourcing historic support information: ICOMOS Education and Training Guide (d)

12th March 2024, 1pm – 2pm

Join us for a CPD session on Sourcing historic support information: ICOMOS Education and Training Guide (d) with Ingval Maxwell, as part of a series of four ‘Conservation Suite’ webinars which explore a wide range of conservation issues spanning from the theoretical to the technical.

In this module Ingval will be opening up the question of how we:
“find and absorb all available sources of information relevant to the monument, ensemble or site being studied.” – a particularly poignant and often overlooked guide in the ICOMOS education and training guidelines which form the backbone of the conservation register.

Pursuing the intention of ICOMOS Training and Education Guideline “d) find and absorb all available sources of information relevant to the monument, ensemble or site being studied”, the presentation will explore beneficial relationships which exist between maps, photographs, and illustrative documentary evidence, together with how structural re-interpretations can aid decision-making in pursuing effective conservation work. It will reveal some surprising co-relations, and probe beyond the surface to assist in establishing an understanding of what is being viewed.

With examples pooled from a variety of sources and locations, an emphasis will be placed on the traditionally built heritage in its functional vernacular setting. Here, a comparison of before and after illustrations will explore what can readily be lost sight of within the regional context, where degrees of constructional self-sufficiency frequently determined what was originally created.

These CPD modules have been curated to provide learning opportunities for all architects, whether they are newcomers or experienced, in the field of heritage.

Speaker

Ingval Maxwell, OBE DADun FRIBA(Retd) FRIAS(Retd) FSAScot
Qualifying in 1969, Ingval Maxwell spent his 40-year professional career dealing with the conservation of ancient monuments and historic buildings. Whilst also acting as Architectural Adviser to the Scottish Ancient Monuments Board and Historic Buildings Council he retired in 2008 from his 15-year position as Historic Scotland’s Director, Technical Conservation, Research and Education. Appointed an Officer of the British Empire in 2003, in 2018 he was awarded a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. After 10 years he retired in 2022 as Chair of the Council on Training in Architectural Conservation. He is currently an Honorary Member of the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Stone; the Association for Studies in the Conservation of Historic Buildings and a Member of the RIBA’s Conservation Accreditation Steering Group.