Earthen Architecture in Iran and Central Asia

Provisional Programme

Day 1: Saturday, 12 November 2005

9.00-9.30 Registration
9.30-10.00 Tim Williams: Welcome & the life of Robert Byron

Session 1: Central Asia
10.00-10.30 Natalia Turekulova & T Turekulov: Earthen construction in the steppe belt of Central Asia
10.30-11.00 Horst Schroeder, Schwarz, J, Chakimov, Sh A, & Tulaganov, B A: Traditional and actual earthen architecture in Uzbekistan
11.00-11.15 Discussion
11.15-11.45 Break
11.45-12.15 Tim Williams: Conservation of earthen buildings at Merv, Turkmenistan
12.15-12.45 Enrico Fodde: The conservation of the second Buddhist Temple, Krasnaya Rechka, Kyrgyzstan
12.45-13.00 Discussion
13.00-14.30 Lunch (during lunch there will be a special screening of the film "Water and systems of irrigation in Central Iran" which lasts" 30 minutes)

Session 2: Iran
14.30-15.00 Seyed Hossein Barshan: The use of mudbrick in the defensive wall of Gorgan
15.00-15.30 Mohammad Mir Kahlaf: Elements and characteristics of traditional Persian houses in central Iran
15.30-15.45 Mike Corfield: Management plan for Bam: issues of reconstruction of damaged earthen architecture
15.45-16.00 Discussion
16.00-16.45 Break
16.45-18.00 Keynote speech: Abdolrasool Vatandoust & Eskandar Mokhtari: The earthquake in Bam December 2003 - Conservation strategies and future plans
18.00 Wine reception and poster session

Day 2: Sunday 13 November 2005

Session 3: Techniques & approaches
9.30-10.00 Paul Jaguin & Charles Augarde: Applications of geotechnical engineering principles to historic rammed earth buildings
10.00-10.30 Richard Hughes: The conservation of historic flat soil roofs
10.30-11.00 David Gandereau: Methodological approach for the conservation of archaeological sites in Iran & Central Asia
11.00-11.15 Discussion
11.15-11.45 Break

Session 4: Conservation & management - broad issues
11.45-12.15 Tim Williams: Strategies for conservation and display of archaeological excavations
12.15-13.00 Sjoerd van der Linde & Henry Fletcher: Interpretation of earthen archaeological sites: opportunities & approaches
13.00-13.15 Discussion
13.15-14.30 Lunch
14.30-15.00 Francis Childe & Roland Lin Chih-Hung: UNESCO safeguarding archaeological and earthen structures and sites along the Silk Roads in Central Asia
15.00-15.30 John Hurd: Towards a regime for the sustainable, ethical and regionally maintainable conservation, presentation and interpretation of large archaeological sites on the Ancient Silk Roads of Central Asia
15.30-16.00 Louise Cooke: Towards a sustainable approach to earthen architecture in archaeological contexts - conserving the values of earthen architecture
16.00-17.00 Discussion