The conservation knowledge project for a sustainable and optimized intervention: the history, the construction, the materials of the Theodosia Walls in Istanbul

Instructors:

• Nora Lombardini
• Miriam Terzoni

Abstract:

Participants will focus on the methodologies for the knowledge of cultural assets of great historical importance. The students, working in groups, will improve experiences in order to:

• understand the problems of the goods, 
• find solutions for the goods conservation by adopting optimised and sustainable solutions with respect to the social and economic point of view,
• involve the local communities and the local stakeholders, understanding the conservation process in the two directions: bottom-up and top-down.

The aim is to identify the right strategies aimed to the conservation of a very important cultural asset as the Land Wall of Istanbul are, making the process understandable and acceptable for communities, stakeholders and scholars.