You can watch the eleventh Parlour LAB here!

LAB 11 explores the conception of heritage in the context of the built environment, with a focus on the Asia Pacific.

Kelly Greenop and Chris Landorf discussed digital cultural heritage as a new method of archiving and experiencing heritage. Amanda Achmadi presented her work finding the blind spots and interconnectivities in late-nineteenth-century built environments across the Asia Pacific, which provides a forgotten context of built heritage discourse in the region now.

Key messages from the discussion about the methods, contribution and potential of rethinking heritage within contemporary practice include:

Heritage is about “hold[ing] onto some things we hold dear a little bit longer” (Kelly Greenop)
Tangible heritage becomes meaningless without the intangible
Find out the different and alternative stories connected with important places
Practicing architects are in a position to open conversations with clients and advocate for telling these alternative stories through architecture to create meaningful places