Abu Dhabi Culture and Tourism launches the international training session for the conservation of clay architecture 2025
Abu Dhabi, January 27 / WAM / The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, in cooperation with the Getty Institute for the Preservation of Heritage, launched the international training session for the conservation of clay architecture for the year 2025, after the success of the previous two versions in 2018 and 2022.
The two previous versions attracted participants from 19 countries, including Morocco, Saudi Arabia and India, and on a broader scale of the Middle East and North Africa.
The program, which lasts for a full month, dates back in its third edition, which will be held in Al Ain City in the Emirates and the city of Nizwa in the Sultanate of Oman from January 25 to February 23, 2025, where the clay for thousands of years remained used as a building material in many regions in the world, including the Arabian Peninsula.
Despite the practices and efforts currently exerted to protect and preserve these important sites, clay buildings are subjected to extinction all over the world due to their neglect, destruction, or replacement of their natural elements with modern ones.
The Middle East, North Africa and South Asia possesses the majority of mud architecture in the world, and though there are limited training opportunities available to professionals working in the region in the field of preserving and preserving clay architecture.
The preservation of clay architecture was very popular, as more than 100 requests were received to participate in the 2025 course, and 20 participants were chosen from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, who enjoy various backgrounds in areas such as archeology, architecture, material science and urban planning engineering.
Since 2017, the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi has cooperated with the Getty Institute, a leading global institution in the field of heritage preservation. This session is a strong confirmation of the commitment of the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi to promote, preserve and protect the clay architecture, which represents a distinctive feature of the architectural identity of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and it is also a global joint construction tradition.
The curriculum is cooperatively designed, and it provides professionals with a unique opportunity to refine their skills and gain practical experience in this specialized field through learning and practice in the clay heritage sites in Al Ain and Nazwa in the Sultanate of Oman.
The training course offers 14 experts and a pioneering teacher in the field of muddles, including many historical environmental management experts in the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi.
The curriculum covers a variety of topics, including theory and principles related to preservation, damage mechanisms, preservation interventions, material testing, website management, and heritage planning.
This year, the course added a study unit related to climate change and disaster risk management, and in addition, educational materials for the course, which have been improved over the past three courses will be collected, and published in English and Arabic as a resource and a valuable reference.
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