The Chair Heritage, Cities and Landscapes. Sustainable Management, Conservation, Planning and Design’ focuses on the management and conservation of cultural heritage, as well as planning and design processes, with the aim of promoting a qualified contemporary intervention in heritage resources.

In line with the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN Agenda 2030, the Chair aims to develop innovative and sustained practices for the management and enhancement of cultural heritage.

The Chair also aims to support the management and new nomination of  World Heritage sites in Portugal and internationally, particularly in the framework of north-south cooperation, including countries with heritage of Portuguese influence (Africa, Asia, South America). The project aims to be an open and collaborative platform for cooperation networks in the national and international context (NGOs, higher education institutions, public and private organizations, UNESCO/Unitwin Chairs network, among others).

This Chair is in line with FAUP’s strategy of diversifying its training offer and consolidating high profile scientific research, within national and international collaboration networks. At the same time, it continues to promote good practices in built heritage conservation.

The establishment of the UNESCO Chair follows previous initiatives such as interdisciplinary course ‘Heritage and Landscape. Management, Analysis, Design’, coordinated by FAUP in collaboration with other Faculties of U.Porto (FLUP, FCUP, FEUP), as well as the organization of several research and dissemination meetings by CEAU in partnership with the National UNESCO Commission, Porto City Council and other R&D Units (CITCEM, CIBIO, CONSTRUCT, CES), among others.

The initiatives developed within the scope of this Chair intend to make a relevant contribution in connecting with society, reinforcing the role of heritage as a social construction and intrinsically linked to the identification, appreciation and recognition by the communities.

Objectives

The purpose of the UNESCO Chair “Heritage, Cities and Landscapes. Sustainable Management, Conservation, Planning and Design” is to promote an integrated system of research, training, information and documentation on sustainable management, assessment, planning, conservation and design on heritage, cities and landscapes. It will facilitate collaboration between high-level, internationally-recognized researchers and teaching staff of the University and other institutions in Portugal, as well as elsewhere in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean and in other regions of the world.

The specific objectives of this Chair are to:

- provide education and training at graduate and postgraduate levels on the sustainable management, assessment, planning, conservation and design on heritage, cities and landscapes as well as related disciplines. Moreover, empower students, heritage managers, municipal technicians and communities through participative, inclusive and innovative training and education models;

- undertake jointly with partners interdisciplinary research on the themes of the UNESCO Chair and disseminate their results broadly;

- foster informed debates, circulate good practices, and disseminate and transfer the results in policy and conservation practices in the World Heritage Sites, as well as through conferences and publications;

- promote the implementation of the 2011 UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscapes;

- support the development of new World Heritage Sites nominations notably in Portugal;

- coope actively with UNESCO and other UNESCO Chairs in relevant programmes and activities.

Team

Teresa Cunha Ferreira (Investigador Responsável)
Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto

Rui Fernandes Póvoas (Co-Investigador Responsável)
Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto

Carlos Barroso
Universidade do Minho

Clara Pimenta do Vale
Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto

Daniela Pereira Alves Ribeiro
Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto

Fernando Cerqueira Barros
Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto

José Aguiar
Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto

Laís Pettinati
Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto

Lígia Nunes
Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto

Luciana Rocha
Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto

Maria Leonor Botelho
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto

Mariana Correia
Escola Superior Gallaecia

Nuno Valentim Lopes
Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto

Paula Castro
Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto

Paulo Lourenço
Universidade do Minho

Pedro Freitas
Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto

Bruno Matos
Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto

Ricardo Rodrigues
Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto

Soraya Genin
Instituto Universitário de Lisboa

Teresa Portela Marques
Faculdade de Ciência da Universidade do Porto

Tiago Cruz
Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto

Xavier Romão
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Teresa Cálix
Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade do Porto

David Ordóñez-Castañón 
Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade do Porto

Domingas Vasconcelos 
Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade do Porto

Scientific Board

Rui Fernandes Póvoas (President)
Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto

Francesco Bandarin
UNESCO Advisor

Filipe Themudo Barata
Universidade de Évora

Ana Pereira Roders
TU Delft

Teresa Andresen
Perita do Comité do Património Mundial, UNESCO 2014-2017

Ana Paula Amendoeira
ICOMOS-Portugal, Perita do Comité do Património Mundial, UNESCO 2014-2017