EWAP Conference 25 October 2024
On Friday the 25 October 2024 the Endangered Wooden Architecture Programme hosted a day event to highlight and to celebrate many of the projects it has funded. The event brought together many EWAP grantees and also other participants interested in wooden architecture. Focused on EWAPs open access database , the day was packed full of interesting presentations concentrated on three themes: the scope and nature of endangerment of the world’s wooden architectural heritage; issues of ethics and community engagement; and the merits and limits of various recording techniques. Group Photo (c) EWAP, 2024 Emily Akpomedaye (c) EWAP, 2024 Prof Marcel Vellinga the Director of EWAP and Dr Arthur Dudley from Arcadia launched the day welcoming everyone and highlighting the aims of EWAP and Arcadia. The first session of the day was chaired by EWAP Advisory Board member Prof Trevor Merchand. Three presenters discussed the nature and scale of the endangered wooden buildings they are working on. Dr Ay