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LATER STAGE CONTRACTOR PRESENTATION

These slides have been prepared as a practical tool for engaging the contractor in living heritage in the later stages of a project.

They are designed to act as an eight-page living heritage introduction, and template sheets have been included at the end where you might add your own project specific slides. You might want to continue the presentation by scheduling the living heritage features in your design and the materials, processes, people and details in place to safeguard it through the construction phase.

They are editable so you can use what you find useful and edit or discard everything else.

You can delete this slide when you have read it.

HOW TO USE THIS RESOURCE

The Space, If_Do

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LIVING HERITAGE

WHAT DOES IT MEAN AND WHY DOES IT MATTER HERE?

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Pavillion on the Green, Fisher Cheng Architects

Living heritage refers to places, traditions, practices, skills, and cultural meanings that remain actively used and valued by communities today. Examples may include community gathering spaces, craft traditions, religious practices, markets, cultural landscapes, and local stories.

Designing with living heritage means understanding what gives a place meaning to its community and ensuring that change strengthens, rather than erases, those relationships.

Research has shown that the construction phase is the time when design features to protect living heritage are most vulnerable.

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LIVING HERITAGE AROUND THE WORLD

WHAT IS THE WIDER CONTEXT?

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PORET Kindergarten, Studio Anna Heringer

For many years, international heritage policies focused mainly on protecting important buildings, monuments and historic sites.

This meant that some forms of culture were overlooked, especially traditions, skills, knowledge and ways of life that are passed between people.

In 2003, UNESCO introduced the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage to help recognise and protect this heritage.

The convention highlights the importance of cultural practices, local knowledge, crafts, storytelling, music, celebrations and other traditions that communities value and keep alive.

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Found at : https://ich.unesco.org/en/dive

LIVING HERITAGE AROUND THE WORLD

UNESCO INTERACTIVE CONSTELLATION OF LIVING HERITAGE

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LIVING HERITAGE HERE IN THE UK

WHAT IS THE NATIONAL CONTEXT?

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After two decades of discussion, the UK ratified the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention in March 2024.

The UK framework includes UNESCO's five categories of intangible heritage: oral expressions, performing arts, social practices, nature-based knowledge, and traditional crafts.

It also recognises two additional categories that are particularly relevant in the UK context: sports and games, and culinary practices.

A key principle is that heritage must be living and community-led. It is not enough for a practice to have historical significance; it must still be meaningful to the people who pass it on.

Manchester Museum, Purcell

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Found at : https://livingheritage.unesco.org.uk

INVENTORIES OF LIVING HERITAGE IN THE UK

LIVING HERITAGE HERE IN THE UK

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CASE STUDY 1

MANCHESTER JEWISH MUSEUM, CITIZENS DESIGN BUREAU

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Manchester Jewish Museum, Citizens Design Bureau

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SPACES WERE TESTED on site allowing the community to give the best possible feedback.

ADAPTABLE SPACES and well-placed services mean that the building can continue to evolve.

FOOD became a central design driver and a way to connect with Jewish heritage.

CASE STUDY 1

MANCHESTER JEWISH MUSEUM, CITIZENS DESIGN BUREAU

Manchester Jewish Museum, Citizens Design Bureau

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CASE STUDY 2

WENTWORTH WOODHOUSE, DONALD INSALL ASSOCIATES

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Wentworth Woodhouse, Donald Insall Associates

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ENGAGEMENT identified living connections beyond the aristocratic history of the house.

PUBLIC ACCESS and ‘gathering’ become part of the estate’s changing historical significance.

REPAIR and conservation works are opened up as part of the visitor experience.

CASE STUDY 2

Wentworth Woodhouse, Donald Insall Associates

WENTWORTH WOODHOUSE, DONALD INSALL ASSOCIATES

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