"THE TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE HERITAGE THAT EXISTS FROM PREVIOUS GENERATIONS PROVIDES A LINK BETWEEN PEOPLE AND THEIR PAST"
Centre for Cultural Heritage Preservation “CCHP” held a session with the board members of the House of Hope association in Beit Jala to discuss the operational plan of the building after rehabilitation, and faulty practices in restoration and solutions. The meeting was held at the association's headquarters on Friday, April 8, 2016, where Arch. Issam Juha welcomed the audience and spoke about the goal of the meeting and the value of these traditional buildings and methods of conservation.
Arch. Faten Lafi from CCHP presented a presentation on the rehabilitation and maintenance included several important topics such as considerations to be taken into account in the rehabilitation operations, basic principles of the rehabilitation and maintenance of traditional buildings and a review of a case study of the most common problems in the traditional buildings and how to deal with them.
