PROGRAMME

DRAFT PROGRAMME

(subject to change) 

 

Thursday 5^th September

Optional pre-conference self-service three-course evening meal and bar at Westlain Restaurant, Falmer Campus

Friday 6^th September

Morning

Conference session: ‘Sustainability: lime in traditional and modern practice’

Programme will include:

Maria-Elena Calderon, Building Conservation Team, Historic England

Traditional lime renders and limewash

 

Ashley Courtney, Cambridge

Rubble worship is a church disease 

 

Laura Morgante, Peregrine Bryant Architects, London

Cocciopesto in Chelsea: rediscovering an ancient technique at the Royal Hospital Chelsea

Ben Bosence, Local Works Studios, Lewes, East Sussex

Lime and the circular economy: some recent projects

 

Damien Condon, Calx Renders, Ireland

Evolution of dry slaking process on a commercial scale

Thomas Köberle, Technical University of Dresden, Germany

Mix hot – use hot: the benefits of hot-applied mortar and limewash

Mette Randrup Midtgård, National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark

Replicating medieval wall painting plaster: the impact of slaking method and mixing ratio

 

LUNCH

 

The conference programme is still being finalised and is subject to change.

Selection of one afternoon activity

Option 1: Practical skills demonstrations workshop

Option 2: Conservation in Action at Charleston

Option 3: Sustainable construction – The Brighton Waste House

Option 4: Lancing College Chapel

Evening

Drinks reception followed by fish, chips and ice cream in the Palm Court Restaurant on the Palace Pier in Brighton. This grade II* listed pier dates from 1899 and is a third of a mile long. As the sun goes down, enjoy a glass of Prosecco and some seaside favourites from the west facing Palm Court restaurant.

Saturday 7^th September

Morning

Conference session: ‘Aggregates and additives’

Speakers will include:

David Wiggins, Clach Conservation Engineering, Kendal, Cumbria

The impact of microporous aggregates on the carbonation rate of air lime mortars

Richard Ball, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Bath

Pozzolans: research update

Thirumalini Selvaraj, Vellore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India

Indian Heritage structures and organic lime mortars

 

Tom Pollard, County Tipperary, Ireland

Curiosity meets the chemist: a modern approach to understanding traditional practice

Liz Laycock, Sheffield Hallam University

Bower Spring Cementation Furnace: black ash and lime mortar

LUNCH

The conference programme is still being finalised and is subject to change.

Selection of one afternoon activity

Option 1: St Peter’s Church, Brighton

Option 2: Closed-loop construction – demonstrations and workshop

Option 3: Alfriston Clergy House and village tour

Option 4: Practical skills demonstration workshop

Evening

Drinks reception, Baker Memorial Lecture and dinner in Westlain Restaurant, Falmer Campus, followed by fund-raising auction in aid of the BLF Bursary Fund.

Baker Memorial Lecture

Dinner in Westalain Restaurant, Falmer Campus

Fund-raising auction in aid of the BLF Bursary Fund

Sunday 8^th September

Members session: presentations from members and updates from overseas lime forums, followed by lunch.

Lunch

Conference closure and goodbyes until the next BLF event!