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SUMMARY:ENAC Seminar Series by Prof. Annika Seifert
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Annika Seifert \n13:00 - 14:00 Prof. Annika Seifert \n
 Professor\, Lucerne University of Applied Science\n\nOf Old Values and New
  Validities. Heritage as Resource\n\nHistorical Structures survive because
  we preserve them\, commit ourselves to taking care of them. Practising ar
 chitects thus tend to think of “built heritage” as a precious but labo
 rious obligation from the past. Heritage in this view is a task to be addr
 essed in adherence of a set of cultural and technical values and rules. Es
 pecially in the face of climate change\, resource crisis and global injust
 ices\, it is time we expand this literally conservative approach with a di
 fferent understanding – that of heritage as a resource: The reason we ca
 re for our architectural heritage is that it means something to us as indi
 viduals or as societies\; the reason we assign value to certain structures
  is that they give us something in return – they are a precious resource
  to us. Heritage is always a resource of knowledge\; it bears traces of i
 ts time and  history\, it can convey construction skills and spatial prac
 tices to learn from. Much more recently\, we have begun to once more under
 stand existing fabric at large as a material resource\, which\, regardless
  of the perceived cultural significance of a building\, embodies energy an
 d emissions\, which we can continue to use as whole structures or in the f
 orm of components to reduce the need for climate-harmful new construction.
  Finally\, architectural heritage has always been a resource for design\, 
 transporting meaning\, cultural orientation and identity\, which provide a
  rich pattern of reference which can inform our design practice across sca
 les – as an important way of rooting a design in its place and context\,
  aesthetically\, socially\, even economically.\n\nShort bio: \n\nAnnika S
 eifert\, *1979\, Dipl. Arch. ETH SIA AAT\, practises in Dar es Salaam and 
 Zurich with APC Architects (www.apc-tz.com)\, founded in 2010 in Tanzania\
 , her focus lying on climate-adapted design\, re-discovery of traditional 
 construction methods and research and rehabilitation of historical structu
 res.  In 2012\, as part of a strong local movement\, she co-founded the D
 ar es Salaam Centre for Architectural Heritage\, DARCH\, in Tanzania. As i
 nterim manager for DARCH\, she initiated and collaborated in research and 
 publications\, exhibitions and public events\, aiming at a de-colonized un
 derstanding of architectural heritage and history and its role for contemp
 orary societies in East Africa. At the same time\, she advocates for a dif
 ferentiated view of African architectural heritage and its cultural roots\
 , in the Global North. Annika Seifert has lived in East Africa for seven y
 ears and is currently based in Zurich\, where she lives with her partner a
 nd their three children. Since 2016\, she has been teaching as professor a
 t the Architecture Institute of Lucerne University of Applied Science with
  a focus on sustainable construction and adaptive reuse of existing fabric
 .\n 
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