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From 2021 to 2025, the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) funded the project \"Discovering Patterns of Damage and Conservation Practice\". As part of this initiative, the project team, led by Gabriela Krist, undertook a research trip to the site in 2024 to evaluate conservation efforts carried out over the past 15 years. They also conducted interviews with local stakeholders, including members of the Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust (KVPT), residents, artists, craftsmen, and tour guides. \nOne of the main objective of the project was to assess the sustainability of foreign-led conservation projects and their impact on local professionals and communities. Another key focus was the documentation and analysis of traditional conservation practices and principles upheld by local academics and craftsmen. \nThe findings were presented and discussed at a symposium hosted by the project team in December 2024 at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Stakeholders from Patan were invited to Vienna to share their perspectives alongside international experts, fostering dialogue on the current challenges of heritage conservation in Nepal. Central to these discussions was the role of traditional conservation methods and the involvement of local communities in preserving cultural heritage. \nIn summer 2025, an anthology on conservation in Patan will be published by the project team."}]}],"dce:subject":[{"@type":"skos:Concept","skos:prefLabel":[{"@language":"eng","@value":"Patan"}]},{"@type":"skos:Concept","skos:prefLabel":[{"@language":"eng","@value":"Patan Darbar Square"}]},{"@type":"skos:Concept","skos:prefLabel":[{"@language":"eng","@value":"Institute of Conservation"}]},{"@type":"skos:Concept","skos:prefLabel":[{"@language":"eng","@value":"IoC"}]},{"@type":"skos:Concept","skos:prefLabel":[{"@language":"eng","@value":"Conservation"}]},{"@type":"skos:Concept","skos:prefLabel":[{"@language":"eng","@value":"stone conservation"}]},{"@type":"skos:Concept","skos:prefLabel":[{"@language":"eng","@value":"metal conservation"}]},{"@type":"skos:Concept","skos:prefLabel":[{"@language":"eng","@value":"cultural heritage"}]},{"@type":"skos:Concept","skos:prefLabel":[{"@language":"eng","@value":"Nepal"}]},{"@type":"skos:Concept","skos:prefLabel":[{"@language":"eng","@value":"UNESCO World Heritage Site"}]},{"@type":"skos:Concept","skos:prefLabel":[{"@language":"eng","@value":"FWF"}]},{"@type":"skos:Concept","skos:prefLabel":[{"@language":"eng","@value":"Austrian Science Fund"}]},{"@type":"skos:Concept","skos:prefLabel":[{"@language":"eng","@value":"Austrian Development Agency"}]},{"@type":"skos:Concept","skos:prefLabel":[{"@language":"eng","@value":"ADA"}]},{"@type":"skos:Concept","skos:prefLabel":[{"@language":"eng","@value":"collection care"}]}],"dce:title":[{"@type":"bf:Title","bf:mainTitle":[{"@language":"eng","@value":"Cultural Heritage Conservation and Evaluation on Patan Darbar Square, Nepal"}]}],"dcterms:subject":[{"@type":"skos:Concept","rdfs:label":[{"@language":"deu","@value":"ÖFOS 2012 -- GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN (6) -- Kunstwissenschaften (604) -- Kunstwissenschaften (6040) -- Konservierung und Restaurierung (604018)"},{"@language":"eng","@value":"ÖFOS 2012 -- HUMANITIES (6) -- Arts (604) -- Arts (6040) -- Conservation, restoration (604018)"}],"skos:exactMatch":["oefos2012:604018"],"skos:notation":["604018"],"skos:prefLabel":[{"@language":"deu","@value":"Konservierung und Restaurierung"},{"@language":"eng","@value":"Conservation, restoration"}]}],"dcterms:temporal":[{"@type":"edm:TimeSpan","skos:prefLabel":[{"@language":"eng","@value":"2009–2025"}]}],"dcterms:type":[{"@type":"skos:Concept","skos:exactMatch":["https:\/\/pid.phaidra.org\/vocabulary\/GXS7-ENXJ"],"skos:prefLabel":[{"@language":"eng","@value":"Collection"},{"@language":"deu","@value":"Collection"},{"@language":"ita","@value":"Collezione"}]}],"edm:rights":["http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/"],"frapo:isOutputOf":[{"@type":"foaf:Project","foaf:homepage":["https:\/\/nepalresearchproject.uni-ak.ac.at"],"frapo:hasEndDate":["2025-05-31"],"frapo:hasFundingAgency":[{"@type":"frapo:FundingAgency","skos:prefLabel":[{"@language":"eng","@value":"Austrian Science Fund (FWF)"}]}],"frapo:hasProjectIdentifier":["P 33985-G"],"frapo:hasStartDate":["2021-01-01"],"rdfs:comment":[{"@language":"eng","@value":"Embedded in the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal, the Darbar Square in Patan, since 1979 UNESCO World Heritage site, is renowned for the unique brick, timber, and stone architecture and its highly developed craftsmanship. Its historic setting, comprising pagoda and sikhara-style temples and the Royal Palace, dating from the 16th to the 18th century, is still widely preserved. For these reasons the complex has been subject of ongoing architectural and art historical research. At the same time scientific research into conservation issues, with the aim of clarifying sources and mechanisms of decay and advancing conservation practice, was so far rather neglected; although the architectural legacy has been constantly threaten by earthquakes (e.g. the recent great earthquake 2015), challenging climatic conditions, inappropriate interventions, neglect, and urban development. Therefore, the aim of this project is to examine the conservation culture in Patan and to study the potential of conservation practices in the Nepalese context to slow down material deterioration, and mitigate risks. Weathering behaviour as well as sources and patterns of damage of the main local building materials are examined. Combined with the results of a comprehensive risk assessment a clear picture of the actual threats is generated. For the first time, historic (traditional) and current conservation materials and methods are systematically studied and assessed to make reliable statements on adequate sustainable and widely accepted preservation practices. To meet the research objectives, a systematic approach is undertaken comprising archival research, literature survey and interviews as well as extensive fieldwork followed by laboratory investigations. Methods and tools from the fields of heritage science, conservation science, natural science, and social science are used. The research is largely object-based, whereby selected monuments on the Darbar Square are examined. The project results are not only beneficial for the World Heritage site as they can be incorporated in sustainable conservation, long-term preservation and management strategies; the project also provides methodological approaches for evaluating conservation practices and documenting built heritage, which are applicable at other heritage sites in similar conditions.The project beneftis from the qualified Austrian-Nepalese core research team comprising senior and pre-doc scientists both from the Institute of Conservation, University of Applied Arts Vienna, and the Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust. Their long-term practical work experience on site and established networks of international researchers are of additional value. Project leader and former head of the Institute Gabriela Krist provides professional expertise in the study and conservation of tangible cultural heritage with international work experience in India, Mongolia, and Nepal."}],"skos:prefLabel":[{"@language":"eng","@value":"Discovering Patterns of Damage and Conservation Practice"}]}],"rdam:P30004":[{"@type":"ids:doi","@value":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.57752\/uaav_collectionconservationpatan"}],"role:led":[{"@type":"schema:Person","schema:familyName":[{"@value":"Krist"}],"schema:givenName":[{"@value":"Gabriela"}],"skos:exactMatch":[{"@type":"ids:orcid","@value":"0000-0002-4782-6438"}]}]}