Cultural
Heritage without Borders (ChwB) is an independent organization based in Sweden
with a background experience based in the all the Western Balkans.
Architectural conservation is the oldest theme of the CHwB Regional Restoration
Camps since 2007. The Camps focused on building conservation which are taking
place in UNESCO world heritage protected sites.
On each
Restauration Camp the selected students come from all around the world and from
the fields of Architecture, Archeology, Restauration, Cultural Heritage. The
aim is to spread the traditional methodology of Restauration with the
techniques from the masters to us.
The Camps
encourage people to value and care for their local heritage. Objectives are to
use cultural heritage to build relations among young professionals and to
preserve traditional crafts and techniques.
On each Camp
Restauration, students have to work on a specific traditional house. Each
building at the end of the restoration will also be revitalized through new
functions (youth hostel, exhibition space, library, etc.). The owners will have
the right to economic incentives for all the needes of the houses.
Over the two
weeks of the Restauration Camp, the participants and experts have different
trips, promoting beauties of nearby cultural heritage sites. Every participant
is informed about the importance of the historical values of food culture,
local products, historical figures, architectural sites and authentical
landscapes.
During the
weekdays the organizations try to mix the groups and have a better transmission
of personal experience about the events. At the end of the Camp, participants
are evaluated on their knowledge of the lectures and their work on a site, and
they fill out an evaluation about the Camp experience, as well. Year by year, the
number of restoration camps has increased so as the participants have returned
to their relatives and friends to visit the cities where they had the
restoration experience.
In
conclusion,“We restore and build relations” is the motto of the Regional
Restoration Camps. It hold up both ends of this phrase, with a variety of
ethnic and professional backgrounds by both conducting restoration projects on
historic buildings in need and building relations amongst people. In order to
fulfill this goal, the aims of the Camps are to educate the next generation of
restoration professionals by incorporating hands-on training into university curricula and ensuring high quality
standards, peace-building through building relations amongst participants from
countries around the Balkans, valuing and preserving our common heritage – by
promoting a ‘right to culture’ and raising community awareness – by illustrating
the value of cultural heritage to quality of life and economic development. In
these way, the promotion of the city is increased by the participants.
Xhoana Kristo
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