中国香港荔枝窝乡村文化景观（Lai Chi Wo Rural Cultural Landscape）和印度新德里桑德苗圃（Sunder Nursery）荣获首届可持续发展特别表彰奖

曼谷，2020年12月16日—中国香港荔枝窝乡村文化景观的创意复兴和印度孟买新德里历史桑德苗圃的革新管理荣获新设立的可持续发展特别表彰奖。

此外，桑德苗圃还荣获今年联合国教科文组织亚太区文化遗产保护卓越项目奖。

在今年奖项的角逐中，共有7个项目获得国际评审委员会成员的认可。评审团于十一月发布审议结果。这是该奖项有史以来首次全程线上完成发布。评审团评估了来自亚太地区9个国家的48项参选项目。

评审团高度赞赏荔枝窝乡村景观：“（该项目）用先驱性的方式振兴了一度废弃的乡村文化景观。该项目用以自然为本的方案，从经济、社会、环境等可持续发展关键领域出发，为历史悠久的客家农业聚落的整体复兴提供支持。该项目通过多管齐下的策略，将遗产实践的观念从传统意义上聚焦于物质层面的保护转变为涵盖多层面的灵动的遗产。”

2020年度两项大奖获得者桑德苗圃，因下列理由被授予可持续发展特别表彰奖。“（该项目具有）将蛮荒之地变身为新德里中心城市绿洲的变革性影响。它对生态修复也给予了同样的关注。因此它强调了文物保护不应仅仅关乎遗迹本身，唯有参透自然与文化之间的关键纽带并不断给予其滋养，才能实现真正意义上的可持续发展。”“桑德苗圃整体的革新为遗产修复制定了全新的标准，并在印度公私合作方面起到了催化剂一般的榜样作用。” 该项目在保护类别奖项中的最高成就因此广受赞誉。

其他获奖名单包括：

杰出项目奖：

古鲁瓦约奥尔寺庙庙宇剧院（Koothambalam at Guruvayoor Temple）（印度喀拉拉邦，德里久尔市）

优秀项目奖：

平遥柴油机厂（中国山西）

阿马尔·辛格学院（印度斯利那加）

塞瓦萨丹协会马拉巴里厅大楼 (印度孟买)

创新项目奖：

周口店北京人遗址1号考古点防护棚（中国北京）

如你所知，文化自然与遗产和17项可持续发展目标紧密结合。作为联合国唯一一个负责遗产的机构，联合国教科文组织主张把遗产当作可持续发展的驱动力。

                                             ——联合国教科文组织曼谷办事处主任Shigeru Aoyagi先生

联合国教科文组织于今年早些引入了新的特别表彰奖和一套全新的评审标准，用以在2030议程框架内表彰文化遗产对可持续发展的突出贡献和作用。

自2000年以来，联合国教科文组织亚太区文化遗产保护奖计划一直致力于表彰区域内对遗产结构和建筑成功实现修复、保护和改造的个人或组织的行动价值。通过鸣谢在修复和完成历史遗产再适应方面的个人努力，该奖项鼓励其他物产所有者在他们的社群内以个人或者公私合作的方式开展保护项目。获奖项目清晰诠释了对多样评审标准的理解与运用，例如与地域精神的呼应，技术成就，恰到好处的使用和再适应，还有该项目与本地社群的融合，以及为进一步加强周遭环境的可持续性做出的贡献。

2020 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation - Winners announced

Lai Chi Wo Rural Cultural Landscape of Hong Kong SAR, China and the Sunder Nursery in New Delhi, India wins the inaugural Special Recognition for Sustainable Development

BANGKOK, 16 December 2020 – The innovative revitalization of the Lai Cho Wo Rural Cultural Landscape in Hong Kong SAR, China and the transformative management of the historic Sunder Nursery of New Delhi, Mumbai have received the newly introduced Special Recognition for Sustainable Development.

The Sunder Nursery was also recognized as the Award of Excellence in this year’s UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation.

A total of seven projects have been acknowledged by an international panel of Jury members in this year’s Awards. The Jury deliberation was carried out in November, conducted fully online for the first time in Awards history. The Jury reviewed 48 entries from nine countries from the Asia-Pacific region.

The Jury applauded the Lai Chi Wo Rural Landscape project for its “pioneering approach to reviving a once-abandoned rural cultural landscape. The project upholds the key dimensions of sustainable development – economic, social and environmental – in undertaking the holistic rejuvenation of the historic Hakka agricultural settlement using nature-based solutions …Through its multi-pronged strategy, the project transforms notions of heritage practice from its conventional focus on material conservation to encompass living heritage in all its manifestations.”

The Sunder Nursery, winner of two Awards from the 2020 cycle, was awarded the Special Recognition for Sustainable Development for its  “transformative impact in turning a barren site into an urban oasis in the heart of New Delhi … it pays equal attention to ecological restoration, thus underscoring the message that heritage conservation is beyond monuments and is only truly sustainable when essential linkages between nature and culture are profoundly understood and nurtured.” The project’s highest level of achievement in the Awards’ conservation category was praised for its “comprehensive renewal of the Sunder Nursery ensemble [that] sets a new bar for heritage restoration and serves as a catalytic model for public-private partnerships in India”.

Other Awardees include:

Award of Distinction

Koothambalam at Guruvayoor Temple, Thrissur, Kerala, India

Award of Merit

Pingyao Diesel Engine Factory, Shanxi, China

Amar Singh College, Srinagar, India

Malabari Hall Building, Seva Sadan Society, Mumbai, India

New Design in Heritage Contexts

Protective Shelter at the Locality 1 Archaeological Site of Zhoukoudian Peking Man Cave World Heritage Site, Beijing, China

As you know, culture, nature and heritage are embedded across many of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. As the United Nation’s only agency with a mandate for heritage, UNESCO advocates using heritage as a driver for sustainable development.

                                              ——Mr. Shigeru Aoyagi, Director, UNESCO Bangkok

UNESCO introduced the new Special Recognition earlier this year together with an updated set of Awards Criteria to acknowledge more prominently the role and contribution of cultural heritage to sustainable development within the broader of framework of Agenda 2030.

Since 2000, the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation programme have been recognizing the efforts of private individuals and organizations that have successfully restored, conserved and transformed structures and buildings of heritage value in the region. By acknowledging private efforts to restore and adapt historic properties, the Awards encourage other property owners to undertake conservation projects within their communities, either independently or by seeking public-private partnerships.

Awarded projects reflect a clear understanding and application of various criteria, such as the articulation of the spirit of place, technical achievement, appropriate use or adaption, and the project’s engagement with the local community and its contribution to enhancing the sustainability of the surrounding environment and beyond.

For further information about the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation and upcoming events, please see: 

https://bangkok.unesco.org/theme/asia-pacific-heritage-awards

Call for Entries for the 2021 UNESCO Awards will be made in early 2021, and further details will be available on the awards website.