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wards a common framework for wood architectural heritage conservation
in Slovenia: A preparatory overview
Tim Mavrič 1
1. InnoRenew CoE, Livade 6, 6310 Izola
The conservation of wooden architectural heritage in Slovenia has not yet been the subject of a
comprehensive critical analysis. On the one hand, Slovenia is a country that has been historically rich
with forests, which results in centuries-long traditions of wood use and timber construction. Additionally,
the diverse geography and diverse cultural influences result in a sizable measure of regional variation
across the country’s territory, which additionally enriches these traditions. On the other hand, there is a
considerable variation of conservation approaches that derive from the diverse basic education fields from
which practitioners emerge, ranging from art history, through ethnology, to architecture and engineering.
Because of these diversities, there exist also diverse and divergent approaches used by practitioners to
address the problem of conserving historic wooden structures. Thus, there exists the need to analyze,
compare and critically evaluate the current approaches to achieve a common framework for wooden
architectural heritage conservation in Slovenia. This should include conservation guidelines emanating
from common principles, that will take the nature of wood as an organic and renewable building material
into account. However, to achieve this goal it is of paramount importance to have a full overview of
the international theoretical and regulatory framework for wooden architecture conservation that has
been developed through the main international scientific and professional forums of the field – UNESCO,
and its official advisory body ICOMOS. Additionally, the Slovene legal framework for cultural heritage
protection must be thoroughly considered and understood, since it represents the basis of all heritage
conservation in Slovenia. A short overview of the existing literature will also enlighten the best practices
developed in the past. These overviews will lead to a discussion on possible approaches towards a
unified conservation framework for wooden architectural heritage in Slovenia, with the main challenges
exposed.
Keywords: conservation, wooden architecture, wooden heritage
Acknowledgement
The author gratefully acknowledges receiving funding from the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of
the European Union, H2020 WIDESPREAD-2-Teaming #739574 and the Republic of Slovenia.
References
Larsen, K. E., Marstein, N., 2016. Conservation of Historic Timber Structures, An ecological approach. Oslo, 2016.
Source: http://openarchive.icomos.org/id/eprint/1656/1/Conservation_of_Historic_Timber_Structures-2.pdf,
24th Feb 2021.
Doktrina 2: mednarodne listine in dokumenti ICOMOS. Združenje za ohranjanje spomenikov in spomeniških območij
ICOMOS/SI, Ljubljana, 2014. Source: http://www.icomos.si/files/2015/06/doktrina2.pdf, 24th Feb 2021.
Cultural heritage protection act 2008 (Slovenia). Official gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, n. 16/08, 123/08, 8/11.
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in Slovenia: A preparatory overview
Tim Mavrič 1
1. InnoRenew CoE, Livade 6, 6310 Izola
The conservation of wooden architectural heritage in Slovenia has not yet been the subject of a
comprehensive critical analysis. On the one hand, Slovenia is a country that has been historically rich
with forests, which results in centuries-long traditions of wood use and timber construction. Additionally,
the diverse geography and diverse cultural influences result in a sizable measure of regional variation
across the country’s territory, which additionally enriches these traditions. On the other hand, there is a
considerable variation of conservation approaches that derive from the diverse basic education fields from
which practitioners emerge, ranging from art history, through ethnology, to architecture and engineering.
Because of these diversities, there exist also diverse and divergent approaches used by practitioners to
address the problem of conserving historic wooden structures. Thus, there exists the need to analyze,
compare and critically evaluate the current approaches to achieve a common framework for wooden
architectural heritage conservation in Slovenia. This should include conservation guidelines emanating
from common principles, that will take the nature of wood as an organic and renewable building material
into account. However, to achieve this goal it is of paramount importance to have a full overview of
the international theoretical and regulatory framework for wooden architecture conservation that has
been developed through the main international scientific and professional forums of the field – UNESCO,
and its official advisory body ICOMOS. Additionally, the Slovene legal framework for cultural heritage
protection must be thoroughly considered and understood, since it represents the basis of all heritage
conservation in Slovenia. A short overview of the existing literature will also enlighten the best practices
developed in the past. These overviews will lead to a discussion on possible approaches towards a
unified conservation framework for wooden architectural heritage in Slovenia, with the main challenges
exposed.
Keywords: conservation, wooden architecture, wooden heritage
Acknowledgement
The author gratefully acknowledges receiving funding from the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of
the European Union, H2020 WIDESPREAD-2-Teaming #739574 and the Republic of Slovenia.
References
Larsen, K. E., Marstein, N., 2016. Conservation of Historic Timber Structures, An ecological approach. Oslo, 2016.
Source: http://openarchive.icomos.org/id/eprint/1656/1/Conservation_of_Historic_Timber_Structures-2.pdf,
24th Feb 2021.
Doktrina 2: mednarodne listine in dokumenti ICOMOS. Združenje za ohranjanje spomenikov in spomeniških območij
ICOMOS/SI, Ljubljana, 2014. Source: http://www.icomos.si/files/2015/06/doktrina2.pdf, 24th Feb 2021.
Cultural heritage protection act 2008 (Slovenia). Official gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, n. 16/08, 123/08, 8/11.
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