Project Terra and UNESCO Chair on Earthen Architecture, Constructive Cultures, and Sustainable Development; 2000

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To promote earthen architecture as a valuable form of heritage and new construction, it is important to establish it as a recognized field of study. Short-term courses over the past decade have served to develop a network of professionals dealing with earthen architecture and its conservation, but few long-term, professional education programs exist. The Project Terra partners aim to foster the development of such programs through collaboration with universities and other training institutions. As a means to this end, the Unesco Chair on Earthen Architecture, Constructive Cultures, and Sustainable Development has been established at CRATerre-EAG, which will serve as a hub for a network of institutional collaborators, aka the Terra Consortium. The Terra partners are currently seeking partners interested in developing long-term educational programs in earthen architecture and its conservation. Through this initiative, institutions will work cooperatively with CRATerre-EAG, ICCROM, and the GCI, as well as with other institutions and universities, to develop faculty and curricula in this field of study.

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International Centre for Earth Construction-School of Architecture of Grenoble (CRATerre-EAG), Getty Conservation Institute, and International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and the Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM). 2000. Terra Consortium: Guidelines for Institutional Collaboration: A Program of Project Terra and the Unesco Chair on Earthen Architecture, Constructive Cultures, and Sustainable Development. Villefontaine, France: CRAterre; Rome: ICCROM; Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute. http://hdl.handle.net/10020/gci_pubs/terra_consortium