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SUMMARY:ARCE Lecture: Conserving Cairo 1882-2012
DESCRIPTION:This presentation offers a retrospective view of the histo
 ry of architectural conservation in Cairo. Blessed\, or perhaps cursed
 \, with an astonishing number and variety of historic structures\, Cai
 ro has served as a physical laboratory for different conservation appr
 oaches from the time of the foundation of the "Committee for the Conse
 rvation of Monuments of Arab Art" in 1882 until the present. The lectu
 re addresses many of these approaches ranging from "honest repair" to 
 "Disney-esque" fabrication\, and looks behind them to motivations that
  vary from the aesthetic to the commercial. Recent attempts to quantif
 y Cairo’s architectural heritage\, to devise strategies for its econ
 omically sustainable re-use\, and to expand the scope of preservation 
 efforts to include late-19th and early-20th century buildings will als
 o be discussed in the context of recent civil conflict.
LOCATION:ISAW Lecture Hall
PRIORITY:3
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