How can good stewardship of cultural heritage pay off?

Reusing and continuing to use existing buildings helps preserve resources, cultural heritage values and local identity. At the same time, transformation can be challenging and requires knowledge, flexibility and good collaboration.

What prevents more people from choosing reuse, and how can transformation become economically viable? The Directorate for Cultural Heritage invites you to a morning seminar exploring how we can build on what already exists.

The programme opens with “The Daily Sermon”, followed by short presentations on economics, risk and implementation in transformation projects, reuse in practice, heritage management, and the relationship between cultural-historical and economic value.

Programme

08.00 – Doors open
Coffee and mingling

08.15–08.40 – The Daily Sermon

What if the values of a place came first?
On cultural heritage, identity and the economics of place
Einar Kleppe Holthe, Natural State

09.00 – Welcome
Anette Morvik Robberstad, Vignir Freyr Helgason and Tobias Bang, the Directorate for Cultural Heritage

Part 1: Experiences and professional perspectives

“Reuse as a method – lessons from reuse practice”
Wenche Andreassen, BUILT arkitekter

“Is the risk really that great? How to manage uncertainty, lack of knowledge and costs in transformation projects”
Knut Halvor Hansen, Natural State

“Portfolio analysis and holistic value assessment of parsonages for reuse”
Antoine Fadel, Allstad

“The significance of cultural heritage values when areas are transformed – the role of the City Antiquarian”
Vidar Trædal, the City Antiquarian of Oslo

Part 2: Open conversation – what does it take to choose transformation?

The presentations form the basis for an open conversation in which participants are invited to discuss opportunities, bottlenecks and what it will take for more people to choose transformation and reuse rather than building new.

Open fishbowl discussion: Economy and conservation – compatible interests?

The conversation takes the issues raised in the presentations as its starting point and looks more closely at the challenges and opportunities involved in encouraging developers and contractors to choose transformation.

The programme ends at 11.30. You are very welcome to stay and explore the exhibition in the church afterwards!

Contributors

Anette Morvik Robberstad – the Directorate for Cultural Heritage
Anette is an architect and senior adviser specialising in architecture, urban development and place development, and will be the main host of the event.

Vignir Freyr Helgason – the Directorate for Cultural Heritage
Vignir is an architect and senior adviser specialising in architecture, urban development and place development, and will lead the fishbowl discussion.

Tobias Bang – the Directorate for Cultural Heritage
Tobias is a designer and adviser working with the Directorate for Cultural Heritage’s climate- and reuse-related initiatives.

Einar Kleppe Holthe – Natural State
Einar is a founder and CEO with extensive strategic leadership experience in place and urban development, combining expertise in economics and sustainability with strong competence in implementation and operations.

Knut Halvor Hansen – Natural State
Knut is a strategic adviser with experience from complex transformation projects, particularly within costs, risk and implementation.

Wenche Andreassen – BUILT arkitekter
Wenche is an architect MNAL, partner and professional lead at BUILT, working with the reuse of existing buildings with a particular focus on early project phases.

Antoine Fadel and Trond Sundby – Allstad
Antoine is an architect and team leader for new uses at Allstad, with experience in rehabilitation, reuse and the development of listed and heritage buildings and environments.

Vidar Trædal – the City Antiquarian of Oslo
Vidar Trædal represents the City Antiquarian of Oslo.