Roebuck Street Research Studio

HOF Commonwealth Traineeship Application

Deadline for applications: 11:59pm GMT on Tuesday 15 November 2022

To apply and find out more – Hyderabad Application — The Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Commonwealth Heritage Skills Training Programme (chstrainingprogramme.org)

Organised with the Roebuck Street Redevelopment Project and the Tulane University School of Architecture, Historic Preservation Program, the Commonwealth Heritage Forum has developed the Roebuck Street Research Studio opportunity as part of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Commonwealth Heritage Skills (CHS) Training Programme. The objectives of this programme include building capacity on the technological aspects of built heritage conservation and sharing knowledge and experience among university students from Barbados, the US and UK.

The CHS Training Programme will offer 6 Hamish Ogston Foundation Commonwealth Traineeships to fund the attendance of UK-based participants on this course – who will work alongside 12 students from Tulane University and 10 students from the University of the West Indies.

The output of this programme is a heritage conservation management plan for Roebuck Street in Bridgetown, Barbados. The 650-meter street was laid out in the seventeenth century by British settlers and is presently situated within a UNESCO World Heritage designation comprising the historic Bridgetown and its garrison. Join Dr. Brent Fortenberry, Director of Historic Preservation at Tulane University, and use digital technologies such as drones, LiDAR and 3D scanning to identify and document the existing architectural heritage of Roebuck Street. Working alongside local stakeholders and heritage groups, you will analyse the remaining structure and contribute to a conservation management plan to aid in the restoration of this historic area.