Certified Urban Heritage Professional

Course Info

Length: 1 Week

City: Dubai

Type: In Classroom

Available Dates

  • Jan-13-2025

    Dubai

  • Mar-17-2025

    Dubai

  • May-12-2025

    Dubai

  • July-14-2025

    Dubai

  • Sep-15-2025

    Dubai

  • Nov-10-2025

    Dubai

Dates in Other Venues

  • Feb-03-2025

    Barcelona

  • Feb-10-2025

    London

  • Mar-17-2025

    Istanbul

  • Mar-17-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Mar-17-2025

    Barcelona

  • Mar-17-2025

    Paris

  • Mar-17-2025

    Singapore

  • Mar-17-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Apr-14-2025

    London

  • June-16-2025

    Amsterdam

  • June-16-2025

    Paris

  • June-16-2025

    Istanbul

  • June-16-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • June-16-2025

    London

  • June-16-2025

    Barcelona

  • June-16-2025

    Singapore

  • Aug-11-2025

    London

  • Sep-15-2025

    Paris

  • Sep-15-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Sep-15-2025

    Barcelona

  • Sep-15-2025

    Istanbul

  • Sep-15-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Sep-15-2025

    Singapore

  • Oct-13-2025

    London

  • Dec-15-2025

    Istanbul

  • Dec-15-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Dec-15-2025

    Barcelona

  • Dec-15-2025

    London

  • Dec-15-2025

    Singapore

  • Dec-15-2025

    Paris

  • Dec-15-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

Course Details

Course Outline

5 days course

Introduction to Urban Heritage  

 

  • Definition and scope of urban heritage
  • Discussing the significance of urban heritage in the context of urban development
  • Understanding the historical evolution of urban heritage
  • Exploring different types of urban heritage: natural and built heritage
  • Challenges of urban heritage
  • Exploring international frameworks and policies for urban heritage

Historical Research and Documentation


  • Identifying the significance of historical research and documentation of urban heritage
  • Describing historical research methodologies
  • Exploring documentation techniques for urban heritage
  • Understanding the digital documentation of urban heritage
  • Key components of an urban heritage archive
  • Utilizing historical research and documentation for urban planning
  • Understanding documentation standards and regulations

Preservation and Conservation Planning


  • Definition of urban heritage conservation
  • Overview of global conventions related to preservation and conservation
  • Describing conservation strategies:


  1. Preservation
  2. Restoration
  3. Rehabilitation
  4. Adaptive reuse


  • Steps of creating conservation plans
  • Tools and methods for assessing urban heritage sites
  • Discovering restoration strategies for urban heritage
  • Adaptive reuse strategies of heritage building

Urban Heritage Design and Development


  • Overview of urban heritage design and development
  • Principles of urban heritage design and development
  • Best practices for designing sensitive interventions and alterations to heritage buildings
  • Key considerations for designing and developing urban heritage:


  1. Resect the original architecture character
  2. Harmony with the existing build environment


  • Principles of sustainable design
  • Best practices for integrating sustainable design into heritage structures

Urban Heritage Management


  • Definition and significance of urban heritage management
  • Best practices for managing urban heritage
  • Discovering advocacy strategies for urban heritage conservation
  • The importance of engaging communities in urban heritage projects
  • Methods for funding urban heritage projects
  • Course evaluation and feedback