# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 2 # ( AND INTERESTS EXTENDING WELL BEYOND THEIR NORMAL PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 4HEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE PHILOSOPHY OF CONSERVATION AND MATTERS SUCH AS SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE ARCHAEOLOGY RECORDING DATING OF STRUCTURES HISTORIC BUILDING LEGISLATION SURVEY AND INVESTIGATION DECAY MECHANISMS AND THE TECHNICALITIES OF REPAIR METHODS 4HE ACCREDITATION PROCESS FOR #!2% INCLUDES THE SUBMISSION OF FIVE CASE STUDIES WHICH ENABLES APPLICANTS TO SHOW DETAILS OF RELEVANT CONSERVATION MAINTENANCE OR REPAIR WORK IN WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN ENGAGED 4HE CASE STUDIES HAVE TO BE SUPPORTED BY DRAWINGS SPECIFICATIONS SCHEDULES INSPECTION REPORTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS !PPLICANTS ARE ASKED WHAT WERE YOU TRYING TO DO AND WHY DID IT WORK AND WHAT IF ANYTHING WOULD YOU DO DIFFERENTLY NEXT TIME !PPLICANTS NEED TO SUBMIT A STATEMENT OF THEIR CONSERVATION PHILOSOPHY AND SHOW THAT THEY HAVE SOME CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RELEVANT TO CONSERVATION #!2% ACCREDITATION WILL APPLY TO INDIVIDUALS RATHER THAN PRACTICES SO APPLICANTS WILL HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT THEY WERE PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CASE STUDIES PUT FORWARD %ACH APPLICATION FOR ACCREDITATION WILL BE ASSESSED BY A PANEL OF TWO ENGINEERS AND ANOTHER CONSERVATION PROFESSIONAL */(. #5--).'3 -0 @4HIS QUESTION IS TO THE )("# 9OU STATE IN YOUR WRITTEN EVIDENCE h)T IS OFTEN THE AREAS THAT MOST NEED TO USE URBAN DESIGN AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS AS EFFECTIVE REGENERATION TOOLS THAT CONSIDER THEM AS PERIPHERAL AND LOW PRIORITY 4HUS REGENERATION OPPORTUNITIES ARE BEING MISSED THROUGH SIMPLE LACK OF AWARENESS AND LOW LEVELS OF URBAN AND ECONOMIC LITERACYv ) REPRESENT AN AREA OF VERY HIGH DEPRIVATION AND ) KNOW THAT STATEMENT IS BOTH ARROGANT AND INSULTING TO PEOPLE WHO GIVE THEIR LIVES WITH LIMITED RESOURCES TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT AND BUILDINGS IN THE AREA THEY REPRESENT &ACING DEPRIVATION IS A REAL PROBLEM 0EOPLE ARE EXPENDING THEIR EFFORTS AND LIMITED RESOURCES ON MORE PRESSING ISSUES THAN THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SUCH AS HEALTH EDUCATION REDUCTION OF CRIME AND POOR QUALITY HOUSING 7OULD YOU LIKE TO TELL THE COMMITTEE WHY YOU MADE THAT STATEMENT WHICH IS CERTAINLY GOING TO UPSET INDEED INFURIATE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING FOR THE COMMUNITY IN AREAS ) REPRESENT $AVE #HETWYN @) WROTE THOSE WORDS ) LIVE IN AN AREA THAT SUFFERS FROM CONSIDERABLE DEPRIVATION ) WAS BORN IN THAT AREA AND HAVE WORKED IN IT THE WHOLE OF MY LIFE AND CARE VERY MUCH WHAT HAPPENS TO THE AREA 4HE REASON ) WROTE THOSE WORDS IS THAT MANY CITIES HAVE MANAGED TO USE DESIGN AND HERITAGE REGENERATION TO DELIVER A WIDE RANGE OF ECONOMIC BENEFITS BETTER PAID JOBS MORE CHOICE OF EMPLOYMENT MORE CHOICE OF CULTURAL FACILITIES BETTER HOUSING AND IMPROVED SELF IMAGE FOR THE CITY 4HAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT 4HE AREAS THAT ARE SUFFERING MOST FROM DEPRIVATION REALLY NEED TO TAKE THESE ISSUES MOST SERIOUSLY BUT OFTEN BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT DEALT WITH THE KIND OF DEVELOPERS THAT REGENERATED THE CITIES WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT THEY JUST HAVE NOT DEVELOPED THE EXPERIENCE YET 4HIS IS REALLY ABOUT TRANSFERRING BEST PRACTICE AND KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE #UMMINGS @) LIVE IN A DEPRIVED AREA 9OU HAVE SAID THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT AWARE ) FIND THIS ABSOLUTELY ASTOUNDING #HETWYN @-AY ) FINISH MY ANSWER )T IS REALLY ABOUT RAISING ASPIRATIONS )N 3TOKE ON 4RENT WE HAVE MADE GREAT EFFORTS TO IMPORT AN AWARENESS OF HOW DESIGN !CCREDITATION WILL LAST FOR FIVE YEARS AFTER WHICH ENGINEERS WILL HAVE TO SHOW AMONG OTHER THINGS THAT THEY HAVE KEPT THEIR #0$ UP TO DATE 4HE #!2% SCHEME IS NOT INTENDED TO RIVAL MEMBERSHIP OF THE )("# IN ANY WAY )T IS EXPECTED THAT MANY ENGINEERS WHO BECOME ACCREDITED UNDER THE #!2% SCHEME WILL ALREADY BE MEMBERS OF THE )("# OR WILL CONSIDER APPLYING TO JOINING )AN (UME CHAIR OF THE #!2% PANEL AND MEMBER OF THE )("# TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE ,ANDMARK TREATMENT FOR 0UGIN 4HE ,ANDMARK 4RUST HAS BEGUN RESTORING THE 'RANGE IN 2AMSGATE +ENT THE HOUSE THAT !7. 0UGIN DESIGNED AND BUILT FOR HIMSELF IN n AS PART OF HIS VISION OF A MEDIEVAL COMMUNITY 4HE DESIGN ACTED AS THE DIRECT SOURCE FOR MUCH OF THE DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE REST OF THE TH CENTURY 0UGIN BUILT IT HE WROTE @WITH NOT AN UNTRUE BOLT OR JOINT FROM FOUNDATION TO FLAGPOLE 4HE ARCHITECT DID NOT HAVE A SEPARATE OFFICE AND IT WAS FROM THE 'RANGE THAT HE PRODUCED HIS PRODIGIOUS OUTPUT INCLUDING MOST OF THE WORK FOR THE 0ALACE OF 7ESTMINSTER FINALLY DYING HERE IN 4HE ,ANDMARK 4RUST BOUGHT THE HOUSE WITH THE HELP OF A (ERITAGE ,OTTERY &UND GRANT FROM A PROPERTY DEVELOPER WHO HAD HOPED TO CONVERT IT INTO FLATS 4HE PROCESS OF RESTORING THE HOUSE AND INTERIORS BEGAN IN *ANUARY USING PHYSICAL EVIDENCE AND THE ABUNDANT RECORDS OF HOW THE HOUSE WAS DECORATED $ONALD )NSALL !SSOCIATES ARE THE ARCHITECTS !N INTERIOR VIEW OF THE 'RANGE LEFT AND THE NORTHERN ELEVATION BELOW
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