The cluster explores sustainable cultural heritage in the Middle East, North Africa, and the UK, encompassing both tangible and intangible cultural heritage, with a particular focus on diasporas. Additionally, it examines the adaptive reuse of built heritage and zero-carbon retrofit of heritage buildings. Members of the cluster cover core teaching in the Master's programme in Sustainable Heritage Management, which serves as a hub, combining the expertise of staff and professionals to offer a unique experience for students.
The Heritage cluster has long-standing engagement with twentieth-century architectural and built heritage. Examples include extensive work on the architectural style of Brutalism, including the particular case study of Preston Bus Station that has won a number of national and international heritage awards. Current projects include research on the heritage potential of twentieth-century healthcare architecture and the re-use of military structures in Iraq.
The cluster also investigates how advanced methods such as digital surveying and analysis can be used to enhance and critique our understanding of heritage assets. These tools largely relate to existing works of architecture, but are also applied to damaged, destroyed and unbuilt projects. The latest digital technologies are also used by members of the cluster to support the acquisition and archiving of visual culture objects as well as the interpretation of heritage content through virtual museums and exhibitions.
Members of the Heritage Cluster include:
Asterios Agkathidis
Ataa Alsalloum
Soumyen Bandyopadhyay
Barnabas Calder
Alistair Cartwright
Fei Chen
Luca Csepely-Knorr
Emma Curtin
Rosa Urbano Gutiérrez
Marco Iuliano
Iain Jackson
Juliana Kei
Richard Koeck
Ranald Lawrence
PJ Lee
Christina Malathouni
Simon Pepper
Francesca Piazzoni
Giamila Quattrone
Mark Swenarton
Nwola Uduku
Nick Webb
Junjie Xi
Patrick Zamarian
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