Every heritage place was once new, constructed to house families, businesses, congregations and the countless other activities that shape community life. As time passes and histories are written, these places have become part of the cultural heritage of Aotearoa.
But at what moment does this invisible transformation occur? And who decides that it has?
This year’s winter lecture series will explore the:
- chronology and identification of heritage
- contemporary designation of modern and post-modern sites as built heritage.
Featuring talks by:
- representatives from DOCOMOMO New Zealand
- Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga
- the Auckland Council Heritage Unit.
Lecture 1 | Saturday 1 August, 2pm
Julia Gatley - Modern Heritage: A Thing since the 1980s
Looking at a selection of fascinating modernist New Zealand buildings, DOCOMOMO chairperson, Julia Gatley will discuss the work of the organisation and developments in recognising modern heritage.
DOCOMOMO is the international working party for the documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the ‘Modern Movement’ and is the most significant non-governmental organisation devoted to the history, preservation and reassessment of modern architecture.
Julia Gatley is an architectural historian and deputy head of the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland. She is editor of Long Live the Modern: New Zealand’s New Architecture, 1904-1984 and a co-author of Architectural Conservation in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands: National Experiences and Practice.
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Lecture 2 | Saturday 8 August, 2pm
Dr David Bade - Ceramic House, New Lynn & Auckland Unitary Plan Scheduling
Ceramic House in New Lynn was added to Auckland’s heritage schedule in 2024. Heritage specialist Dr David Bade will discuss this groundbreaking dodecagonal building, designed in 1969 by Nevill Price as the headquarters for Ceramco, the company that became Crown Lynn.
Built at the height of the company’s success, as the southern hemisphere’s largest pottery company, this fascinating building was designed to showcase the company’s market dominance - highlighting its products, and accommodating a new computer, a technology which was just coming into use by large businesses in New Zealand.
Bade completed his PhD from the University of Auckland in 2013 before joining the Auckland Council Heritage Unit. He has evaluated numerous historic heritage places across Auckland. As part of his presentation, he will also touch on the Auckland Unitary Plan scheduling process.
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Lecture 3 | Saturday 15 August, 2pm
Alexandra Foster - Becoming Heritage: Modern History and the New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero
The New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero, tells the story of Aotearoa New Zealand through the identification of our most significant historical and cultural heritage across the country.
Heritage Assessment Advisor Alexandra Foster will explore how the histories we recognise through listing are expanding, and the exciting direction being proposed to guide the future of the List.
Alexandra will discuss recent listings linked with literature, architecture, art and NZ identify in the second half of the twentieth century, including Maurice Shadbolt House and Studio, Titirangi, a Category 1 historic place.
Alexandra has worked for Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga for over 10 years’ researching places for the New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero.
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