Programme
 

Monday, 10 September.

Morning

Opening Session

- Welcome speech by Mr.Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO
- Speech by Mr. Nabil Kassis, Minister and Coordinator General of the Project Bethlehem 2000,
  Representative of the Palestinian Authority

- Address by Prof. Michael Petzet, President of ICOMOS International
- Address by Prof. Giorgio Croci, Chairman of the Scientific Committee: Culture and science: technical aspects

  Session 1 - Conservation and restoration of monuments
This session includes the techniques and technologies used in the construction of buildings and in the conservation and restoration works, the analysis of the causes of damage and decay, the equipment used for the diagnosis and safety assessment.

Chairman: Fritz Wenzel (Germany)
Reporter: Walid Shariff (Palestine)

Case studies
- The discovery in March 2001 of 103 statues of Buddha buried in an Angkor monument:
  the Banteay Kdei temple by Yoshiaki Ishizawa
(Japan)
- Hagia Sophia by Zeynep Ahunbay (Turkey)
- The Cathedral of Strasbourg by C. Schmuckle-Mollard (France)
- The Great Mosque of Querouan by Mourad Rammah (Tunisia)

    Afternoon
Session 1 (continued)
Chairman: Saleh Lamei (Egypt)
Reporter: Giora Solar (Israel)

Selected papers
- Typological analysis of Palestinian traditional court house by Eman Assi
- Abutments and Buttresses in brick and stone in the 18th and 19th Centuries by Bianca Codacci-Pisanelli
  (Italy)
- Structural behaviour of the Pyramid of Chephren by Giorgio Croci (Italy)
- Diagnostic studies on Küçük Ayasofya Mosque - The Church of Sts. Sergius and Bacchus, Istanbul
  by Gorun Ozsen (Turkey)
- Geographical survey on the vault of Scarsella of the S. Giovanni Baptistery in Florence by Giovanni Santarato
  
(Italy)
- The structural behaviour of the Colosseum by Alberto Viskovic (Italy)
- The Mallorca Cathedral by Pere Roca (Spain)
- The Church of Nativity by Qustandi Shomali (Palestine)
- An Engineering evaluation of the acqueduct of Carthage - Zaghouan by Taha Abdallah
- The impact of traffic - induced vibration on the acqueduct of Carthage Zaghouan, Tunisia by EL Shabrawy A.
- Strenghtening and restoration of eastern churches by Ramiro Sofronie (Romania)
- The Homer Building by Martina Teresa Driscoll (USA)
- Restoration of the Collegiata di Martina Franca by Nicola Berlucchi (Italy)
- Six thousand years, and more, of Corbelling - Age of Stone shelters by Borut Juvanec (Slovenia)

Session 2 - Historic towns
This session includes the problems related to the preservation of ancient towns.

Chairman: Jukka Jokilehto (Finland)
Reporter: Shadia Touqan (Palestine)

Case studies
- Bethlehem by Mrs Nada Al-Hassan (Palestine)
- The Palestinian traditional house by Catherine Weill-Rochant (France)
- Quito by Arga Dora Arizago Guzman (Ecuador)
- Akko by Arieh Rahamimoff (Israel)


Tuesday, 11 September.

Morning
Session 2 (continue)
 

Selected papers
- Dialoguing ancient and new structures. Restoring the Vescovado of Istia d'Ombrone
  by Giovanni Fontana Antonelli (Italy)
- Kulla : A traditional Albanian House Type in Kosovo by Sahar Rassam (Lebanon)

Report by Shadia Touqan (Palestine)

Session 3 - Archaeological Sites

This session includes the problems of decay and damage of the archaeological sites, the conservation criteria, and the problems of management, preservation and maintenance.

Chairman: Hamdan Taha (Palestine)
Reporter: Clairy Palyvou (Greece)

Case studies
- Angkor by Takeshi Nakagawa (Japan)
- The Central archaeological area of Rome by Maria Antonietta Tomei (Italy)
- Masada by Ze'ev Margalit (Israel)
- Multimedia productions related to archaeological sites by Clifford Ogleby (Australia)

Report by Clairy Palyvou (Greece)

Selected papers
- Conceptual and technological issues in site preservation: reconstructing Tel Beersheba by Ze'ev Herzog
  
(Israel)
- The re-formation of arena floor deck in the Colosseum in Roma by Alberto Viskovic (Italy)
- The project for the conservation of "Domus Tiberiana" on the Palatine Hill in Roma
- The Arcades of the Emperor Severus in the Roman Palatine South-West substructions of the Palatine Hill
  in Roma
- Studies and designs for restoration and valorisation of the Domus Aurea by Carlo Giavarini (Italy)
- Restoration and functional re-use of the Cento Camerelle in Hadrian's Villa by Stephano Gizzi (Italy)
- Material conservation and legibility: the double aim of architectural structural intervention
  by Giovanni Manieri Elia
(Italy)
- Medieval Indian temple architecture: Synthesis and digression by Choodamani Nandagopal (India)
- The structural system of Prehistoric megalithic temples of the Malte by Gennaro Tampone (Italy)

Afternoon
Session 4 - The influence of soil in the structural behaviour
This session includes the various aspects of interaction soil-structure. Different causes of soil settlements and the influence on the structures - Remedial measures - Case histories

Chairman: John Burland (UK)
Reporter: Carlo Viggiani (Italy)


Case studies
- The Tower of Pisa by Michele Jamiolkowski (Italy)
- Mexico City by Guerra Zaldivar (Mexico)
- Urban planning of the area surrounding the Tower of Pisa by Jean Barthelemy (Belgium)
- Samarkand by Barry Lane (UNESCO)

Report by Carlo Viggiani (Italy)

Selected papers
- An early example of the use of underexcation to stabilise the tower of St. Chad, Wybunbury in 1832
  by Glynis Johnston
(UK)
- Restoration and strengthening of Kmer brick temple in the Historical City of Angkor, Cambodia
  by Valter Maria Santoro (Italy)
  Session 5 - Architectural Heritage in seismic areas
  This session includes a survey of damage that earthquakes produce on historic buildings and monuments. Preventive measures and strengthening criteria. Innovative techniques and technologies.

Chairman: David Look (USA)
Reporter: George Manos (Greece)

Case studies
- Guatemala by Mrs Blanca Nino Norton (Guatemala)
- Italy by Lucciano Marchetti (Italy)
- Kobe by Hiromichi Murakami (Japan)
- Earthquake Performance and Protection of Hagia Sophia Museum and Suleymaniye Mosque by Eser Durukal
  (Turkey)
- Innovative technologies by Gabriella Castellano (Italy/FIP)


Wednesday, 12 September.

Morning
Selected paper
- Preserving "Baixa Pombalina" though low intrusive seismic rehabilitation methods. The Comrehab project
  by Vitor Coias e Silva
(Portugal)

Report George Manos (Greece)

Session 6 - Architecture of the 20th Century and perspectives for the third Millennium
 

The first part of the session includes the problems of conservation and restoration of 20th century buildings.

Chairman: Maija Kairamo (Finland)
Reporter: Andrea Urland (Slovakia)

Case studies

- Weimar by Dr. Seifert (Germany)
- Brasilia by Cyro Correa Lyra (Brazil)
- Barcelona by Antoni Gonzales (Spain)
- Chicago by Stephen Kelley (USA)

Report by Andrea Urland (Slovakia)

Selected papers
- The Pier Luigi Nervi's architectural work by Nicola Ruggieri (Italy)
- Seeking for a new value of cultura heritage and sustainable regional development by Asaichi Miyikawa (Japan)
- Renovation of the roof terrace plaza at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts by Ed Gerns (U.S.A.)
- The International Power style in the modern movement by Kyle Normandin (U.S.A.)

  Session 7 - Heritage and developement
 

Selected papers
- Heritage of Architecture of Assam. Need for conservation by RD Choudhury (India)
- "Changes in the building technology in Israel from ancient times until the 20th century and their influence
  on everyday life" by Y. Schaffer
(Israel)
- Architectural heritage at risk : Petra by Giorgio Croci (Italy)

Afternoon
  Room IX - Round-table on regional project proposals
Chairman : Prof. Petzet (ICOMOS)
Reporter : Fabricio Ago (Italy)

Room XII - Parallel Session on Brancusi "The restoration of the endless column"
Chairman : Dan Haulica (Roumania)

Moderators : Giorgio Croci (Italy)
                     Ramiro Sofronie (Roumania)

Reporter : Stephen Kelley (USA)

Speakers : Dan Haulica (Roumania)
                  Marielle Tabart (France)
                  Mihai Radu (Roumania)
                  Stephen Kelley (USA)

Closure of the Congress
    Prof. Croci, Chairman of the Scientific Committee
Prof. Petzet, President of ICOMOS International
Representative of the Palestinian Authority
Mounir Bouchenaki, Assistant Director-general for Culture