Wooden handwork/Wooden Carpentry: European restoration sites

Prosjekt:  Wooden handwork/Wooden Carpentry: European restoration sites

The contribution intends to present how the research on wooden cultural heritage can promote policies in European Countries through a concrete approach of transfer of knowledge from theory to practice in the field of restoration, re-use, technological innovation in wooden constructions with special care to environmental aspects.

"Wooden Handwork / Wooden Carpentry: European Restoration Sites" was a 3- year EU Culture 2000 Project with partners from 9 European Countries. The approach was multidisciplinary, involving National Boards of Antiquities, architects, engineers, researchers, SMEs, carpenters, universities. The general objectives were addressed to the conservation and preservation of the Heritage of knowledge and practice of wood-working: enhancement of cultural differences and interaction among scientists and craftsmen; implementation of workshops on different European sites; realisation of prototypes. 3 books were published.

Europeiske partnere:

• Politecnico di Torino (leder) (IT
• Norsk Institutt for Kulturminneforskning NIKU (NO)
• County  Administration of Gavleborg (SE)
• Faculty of Applied Sciences MonS (BE)
• Gotland University College, Visby (SE)
• Laboratoire de Rheologie du Bois de Bordeaux (FR)
• Meri Lappy Institute, Lapland (FI)
• National Board of Antiquities  (FI)
• National Technical University of Athens (GR)
• Technical Research Center of Finland (FI)
• University of Oulu, Dpt. of Architecture (FI)
• University of Porto, Dpt. of Engineering (PT)

Varighet: 2000-2003

Tilskudd fra Kultur 2000: Ca. 2 845 00 kroner