ICOMOS Philippines is an NGO that is the vehicle for elevating Philippine preservation practice to international standards while respecting the local context.
At the conclusion of the March 2024 activities for the UNESCO Heritage Emergency Fund (HEF) project was a Town Hall Meeting, an assembly of Vigan Homeowners and local stakeholders to voice their opinions on issues on the recovery of Vigan.
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as a result, homeowners, business owners, local government officials, students, and everyday stakeholders are actively participating in the recovery and restoration and are learning more about their heritage along the way.
Upon the successful 3D documentation of heritage structures in the Historic City of Vigan, 15 student teams composed of architecture students from UNP and MSc Conservation Programme students from HKU presented their findings in a knowledge sharing session held on March 13, 2024.
Graduate students from HKU teamed up with fifth-year architecture students from UNP to provide an in-kind contribution to the UNESCO Heritage Emergency Fund project through 3D documentation of 15 heritage structures in the Historic City of Vigan. #IDMS2024 https://t.co/YDTHN8ymQ2
ICYMI, here are some photos of students from the UNP and HKU during their presentations of heritage houses and buildings in the successful 3D documentation of priority ancestral houses and buildings in the Historic City of Vigan on March 13, 2024 in UNP.
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ICYMI, an International forum on heritage conservation and disaster risk management, was held at the University of Northern Philippines (UNP) as a collaboration between UNP College of Architecture & University of Hong Kong (HKU) on Mar 12, 2024.
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To aid in the rehabilitation efforts and recovery of Vigan, there was further documentation of earthquake-damaged houses in the form of a generous in-kind contribution.
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Also, the relationships that were forged between HKU and UNP will, in the near future, provide more bilateral cooperation for the documentation of more ancestral houses in the Historic City of Vigan.
ICYMI, here's the recording of the knowledge sharing sessions on notable practices in heritage conservation and disaster risk management.
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