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Bringing the past to the present: a magical conversation with Matt Pike of TimeZone Productions
The webinar came about after an encounter with world renown story teller in the Southwest of England, Matt Pike. We wanted to share with...
4DHeritage team
Jul 25, 20217 min read


A conversation with Omar El Mekati about Siwa, Hassan Fathy and the Al Ula Oasis in Saudi Arabia
Nicholas Mellor is the founder of 4DHeritage. 4DHeritage is pioneering the use of agile, immersive approaches to enable communities to...
4DHeritage team
Jul 2, 20219 min read


A celebration of earthen architecture
A celebration of mud architecture, its past, its future, and its conservation Mud, mud, glorious mud. It has been used since prehistoric...
4DHeritage team
Jun 20, 20218 min read


Growing up in the Siwa Oasis: Youssef Mekeal in conversation with Nicholas Mellor
Nicholas Mellor is the founder of 4DHeritage. 4DHeritage is pioneering the use of agile, immersive approaches to enable communities to...
4DHeritage team
Jun 10, 20215 min read


Oases: crucibles of prosperity and portals into the past
Oases are magnets for settlement, providing water, agricultural land and materials for building, it’s where water can be found to...
4DHeritage team
Jun 1, 20213 min read


Beach forensics: unravelling the mystery of the sudden appearance of a wreck
In February, a series of the storms on the East Coast of Britain changed the shoreline revealing large fragments of wrecks. What story might they tell? High resolutions images taken with a smart phone, 360 imaging taken with a compact camera and drone based photogrammetry have enabled the site and the woodwork to be shared with local historians and leading specialists from around the world. This has been done in high resolution 2D as an 'orthomosaic image' created from indiv
4DHeritage team
Mar 9, 20212 min read


Learning from the past to sustain our future
How can we sustain our heritage - the history and ideas - that have shaped us, that have given us a shared sense of identity which...
4DHeritage team
Dec 10, 20206 min read


The vital need to conserve both the built heritage and natural environment
Heritage sites such as the Siwa oasis depend on the local community as their guardian, preserving them for future generations....
4DHeritage team
Nov 24, 20204 min read


How and why it is useful to document structures and spaces in 3D?
3D documentation can enable conservationists, teachers and students to explore structures in multiple dimensions – through time and also...
EQI and 4DHeritage
Nov 18, 20203 min read


Ten reasons for investing in cultural heritage even when times are tough
What can heritage stewardship do for communities and countries? The costs of heritage stewardship are often much easier to define than...
EQI and 4DHeritage
Nov 6, 20203 min read


Engaging Young People: Ensuring conservation projects have a lasting impact across the generations
Throughout the world, people, from expert practitioners to young people in the community, are searching for ways of ensuring that both...
EQI and 4DHeritage
Oct 14, 20202 min read


The Ateeq Mosque: A holistic approach to conservation
How might the Ateeq case study with its rich heritage and community based to conservation be used as an educational resource?
EQI and 4DHeritage
Aug 20, 20207 min read


Innovation, Education and Heritage Stewardship in a time of Coronavirus
How international development and cultural heritage protection can learn from each other to build back better in a post-Covid landscape
EQI and 4DHeritage
Aug 4, 20205 min read


How the sea shaped Aldeburgh's history
Half of Aldeburgh has already been lost to the sea, and more may be lost to storms, floods and changing fortunes. The Moot hall, once in the centre of the town, now overlooks the sea. But the sea also gave Aldeburgh its raison d'être, its prosperity and its identity. Aldeburgh’s fortunes have always been shaped by its river and coastline. The estuary provided a place for early settlements from Romans to Vikings. The sea not only was the source of its early wealth, but also it
4DHeritage team
Feb 28, 20202 min read


A design invincible to British warships is on the verge of being lost to the sea
Aldeburgh’s Martello tower is now one of the most exposed to England’s changing shoreline. This blog explores its history as well as the...
4DHeritage team
Nov 7, 20192 min read


An immersive exploration of Thorpeness
How can we learn from the past to gain inspiration for tackling the challenges of today? History and heritage are closely linked to a...
4DHeritage team
Nov 6, 20192 min read


3D modelling for heritage- virtual, physical or a combination of the two?
A virtual 3D model on a screen has the potential for a site to be viewed, explored and analysed from every angle, and the data seamlessly...
4DHeritage team
Dec 30, 20184 min read


Stakeholders and finding new ways of engaging with them
Heritage has many stakeholders; professional and public; local, national and international; and across the generations. All need to have...
4DHeritage team
Dec 11, 20183 min read


Malian heritage experts have a virtual experience of Djenne
On Friday 7th December 2018 the British Library’s Endangered Archive Programme handed over the digital files of the Djenne Manuscripts to...
4DHeritage team
Dec 8, 20182 min read


Focusing on Djenné's Heritage
A large proportion of Djenné’s manuscripts have now been digitally scanned, ready to be stored at the Archives Nationales in Bamako, and...
Alex Colville
Dec 5, 20183 min read
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