Symposium objectives

The objective is to bring together PhD researchers and their supervisors that are active in the field of building restoration/preservation, within a 2 day symposium (Thursday and Friday). The symposium aims to be highly interactive to exchange knowledge within ongoing and recently finalized PhD researcher. Therefore, the format will only contain 1 parallel session, in which researchers have the opportunity to present their work during about 30-40 minutes. Subsequently, a 15 minutes discussion period is foreseen. For that reason, the number of participants will be restricted to a maximum of 20 presenting authors.

To enhance discussion, the contribution of each of the participants will be available for download on beforehand and will be bundled within a printed copy of proceedings the participants will receive upon arrival.

Who should attend?

The PhD Symposium is intended to bring together knowledge and enhance its transfer on an international level. Therefore, researchers in the field of building preservation are aimed at to deliver contributions: PhD researchers, post-doc researchers and their promoters, and people active within this field. All people, active in the field preservation are invited to the symposium to optimize both knowledge transfer and viable feedback in between the academic and practitioner.

Organizing Committee

The symposium is organized within the framework of international collaboration in between research institutes active within the field of the architectural built heritage and WTA-International, and its regional divisions: WTA-D, WTA-CH, WTA-NL/VL, WTA-CZ, WTA-H, WTA-A.

Chairman: prof. dr. ir. L. Schueremans

Technical committee :

  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Garrecht, TU Darmstadt;
  • Prof. Dr.- Ing. Rostislav Drochytka, TU Brno;
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Gerdes, Hs Karlsruhe;
  • Prof. dr. ir.-arch. Koenraad Van Balen, K.U.Leuven.
Topics

The symposium scope includes but is not limited to:

  1. Timber and timber protection;
  2. Surface technology
  3. Natural stones
  4. Brick/stone masonry
  5. Historic mortars
  6. Concrete
  7. Basic principles
  8. Statics
  9. (half)-timbered houses
  10. Monitoring
  11. Non-destructive testing ;
  12. Strengthening and repair, consolidation;
  13. Assessment of existing structures