New Futures – Rethinking Our Urban Heritage
Due to the overwhelmingly positive feedback received from heritage and economics specialist Donovan Rypkema’s 2010 NZ tour, the New Zealand Historic Places Trust has produced a DVD of four of his presentations… These seminars are an invaluable resource for local authority professionals working in planning and heritage, and for community groups advocating for their local historic places.
Get details from the New Zealand Historic Places Trust
Bukchon village deserves resident-friendly policies
(November 5, 2010)
Donovan D. Rypkema, president of Heritage Strategies International, a consulting firm based in Washington, D.C., said “Policies should be for the residents who are living in the area not for tourists,” opposing a possible expansion of commercial shops. He was invited by UNESCO Korea, which organized an international forum on the preservation of urban cultural heritage, Tuesday. The Bukchon Hanok Village received the UNESCO Asia-Pacific heritage award last year.
Read the entire article in Korea Times
UNESCO Asia-Pacific International Forum on the Preservation of Urban Cultural Heritage
(December 7, 2010)
Donovan D. Rypkema…called for better attention not only to maintaining the historic and cultural values of urban heritage sites, but also to their economic value. He emphasized, in particular, the fact that the adaptive reuse of urban heritage sites is a great tool to respond to the negative effects caused by globalization, providing local communities with both stability and continuity.
Read the entire article in VoiceMaker
Two articles about Donovan Rypkema’s visit to Korea (in Korean)
Asiae
Korean Newswire
World leading heritage advocate visiting NZ
November 8, 2010
Internationally acclaimed and respected heritage consultant Donovan Rypkema will be visiting New Zealand from 11-20 November to discuss the revitalisation and reuse of heritage buildings… “Mr Rypkema’s visit will provide a welcome opportunity to discuss the types of planning policies that were most likely to be successful and his perspectives would be of interest to any professionals with interests in this area,” [says New Zealand Heritage Places Trust Chief Executive Bruce Chapman].
Read the entire article in Scoop (New Zealand)
Edificios ecológicos con certificado LEED (LEED-certified Green Buildings) (in Spanish)
October 12, 2010
Donovan Rypkema, an expert in regeneration of historic buildings, asserts that it has become a good excuse to demolish old buildings in the name of energy efficiency and replacing them with expensive new homes built with “green” technologies. (Translation from Spanish)
Read the entire article in Inmodiara