PMB Public Lecture - Architectural Conservation & You 10 January (Sat)

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The Preservation of Monuments Board is pleased to announced the second event in our series of public lectures.

Architectural Conservation & You: Seeing, Understanding and Acting
Speaker Mr. Ho Weng Hin

Saturday, 10 January 2009, 2pm-4pm
Visitor’s Briefing Room, Level 1 National Library Building Victoria Street

Singapore boasts an incredible array of 55 National Monuments and some 6,800 conservation buildings of architectural and historical merit. What does it mean to preserve or conserve one of these buildings? More importantly, how can one participate and be responsible for the upkeep of a heritage building? Contrary to popular perception, an architectural conservation project need not be a costly and risky affair, but an immensely fulfilling, and even “profitable” undertaking for heritage property owners, conservation architects and builders alike. One does not need to be an owner of a heritage building or a building professional to appreciate and engage in these issues. Join us for an introduction and discussion on the world of architectural conservation.

Instead of the usual Q&A, the talk will be followed by an informal panel discussion among several Singapore based conservation and heritage practitioners, and the audience is invited to participate in this discussion. This event is jointly organized by the Preservation of Monuments Board and the National Library Singapore.

About the Speaker:
Ho Weng Hin is an architectural restoration specialist and architectural historian. He graduated from the Scuola di Specializzazione in Restauro dei Monumenti, University of Genoa, Italy with top honours, and also holds a Master of Architecture degree from the National University of Singapore. A member of Singapore Heritage Society, he has been involved in a number of book projects, including Rethinking Chinatown and Heritage Conservation in Singapore (1998), and Between Forgetting and Remembering: Memories and the National Library (2000). He is currently co-authoring a SHS book “Our Modern Past: Modern Architecture in Singapore 1920s – 1970s”, partially sponsored by the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore. Ho has been also involved in research projects with various government organizations, such as the Centre of Advanced Studies in Architecture (NUS), URA, DesignSingapore, and National Archives of Singapore. Other notable projects include Building Dreams (2002), the ground-breaking info-documentary TV series commissioned by Mediacorp Arts Central. Ho was former Co-editor of Singapore Architect, the bimonthly professional journal of the Singapore Institute of Architects, from 2005 till 2007.

About the Preservation of Monuments Board
The Preservation of Monuments Board (PMB) was established with the enactment of the Preservation of Monuments Act on 29 January 1971, and the Board today is a statutory board of the Ministry of Information, Communications and Arts (MICA). PMB’s responsibilities are to preserve and safeguard monuments as enduring historical landmarks, as they provide a vital link to Singapore’s past. The 55 gazetted National Monuments in Singapore are in the purview of the Board.

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