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PARABOW is about the Preservation and Reconstruction
of Ancient Buildings of Wood. Our project involves partners from eight
European Countries who share the ambition to preserve, study, interpret
and build examples of our common heritage in wooden architecture. This
web site is part of the plan to bring the skills and knowledge of the
participants together by establishing a platform for the dissemination
of the information acquired as well as a tool for communication. Visitors
are welcome to follow our progress in these pages and to add their comments,
questions or suggestions.
European Co-operation
PARABOW is funded by the European Union as a 'RAPHAEL' project.
The participants come from both business and educational backgrounds
and include carpenters and museum workers, foresters and tree scientists,
communicators and architects. The project has begun in the field of
archeology and will finish with at least one re-constructed building
within the funds available. During the two years scheduled for PARABOW,
a manual of our activities will be prepared as source information for
future re-construction projects and as course material for university
study.
Re-construction
or artifact
Wooden buildings from early history, have left very little evidence
of their former existence when compared to the wealth of information
about stone structures and remains. The merits of re-construction as
an issue falls part way between the historians and archaeologists and
the history consumers; sometimes these groups have opposing views, but
they are all people for whom culture and heritage is important.
There is a compromise between historical accuracy and practicalities
of re-construction. The debate has already begun.
Aiming for the imagination
PARABOW's aim in the re-construction of wooden buildings from
early history is to stimulate the imagination and create a tactile environment
in which history can come alive.
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