Impact

Since 2000 ArCHIAM has been working with various government bodies and local communities in the Middle East, India and North Africa to influence and develop pioneering heritage policies and shape heritage focused community cooperative development and its visibility.

ArCHIAM’s work has helped government and private stakeholders realise sustainable tourism and heritage management goals through project implementation, and professionals across this global region and the UK to build capacity in the cultural heritage sector.

Impact Areas

Impact on Public Policy & Services

Influencing change in heritage policy, strategy and approaches in Oman, through the government adoption and dissemination of policy document that has shifted government approach towards heritage management, conservation and sustainable tourism approaches and principles.

Social and Economic Impact

Helping developing unique community cooperative initiative in Oman, with active role in heritage management and sustainable tourism, working closely with the local community and the government.

Helping community and government and private stakeholders realise sustainable tourism development and heritage management goals, through detailed planning, architectural design (restoration, rebuilding and new development), and adaptive reuse measures.

Impacting on wider society, culture and creativity, through enhanced/altered public perception of Omani history and heritage, and through high-quality contemporary design interventions within historic and museum contexts.

Impact on Professional Groups & Services

Capacity building within the government, private sector, NGOs and academic sectors in Oman, Sri Lanka, India, Morocco and the UK, through training of early and mid-career government employees and professionals in the private sector in heritage management, heritage best practice dissemination, adaptive reuse methods and skills development.

Academic Impact

Academic impact through the dissemination of new, world-leading knowledge, and through the altered academic understanding from development and use of course material for wider educational purposes.

Changing Policy
New Omani Government Policy
Heritage Management
Omani Heritage Settlement Management Plans
Capacity Building
Educational Lectures & Workshops

Community Empowerment
Misfat Al Abriyin Cooperative Establishment
Tourism Development
Misfat Al Abriyin, Oman
Knowledge Dissemination
National Museum of Oman

MIT Exhibition

Partners

Government Bodies

Cultural Institutions & Organisations

Academic Institutions

Financial Institutions

Practices & Businesses

Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning
Oman
Ministry of Heritage and Tourism
Oman
Ministry of Diwan of Royal Court
Oman
Ministry of Regional Municipalities
Oman
Muscat Municipality
Oman
Konnagar Municipality
India

Aga Khan Trust for Culture
Switzerland
Aga Khan Documentation Centre@MIT
USA
Getty Conservation Institute
USA
National Museum of Oman
Oman
Qatar National Library
Qatar
Victoria Memorial Hall Kolkata
India
INTACH-Hooghly Chapter
India
Terrachidia
Spain
The King’s Foundation
UK
The Ismaili Centre Dubai
UAE
British Council
Sri Lanka
Association Ouled Driss de développement et de préservation de patrimoine materiel et immatériel
Morocco

Faculty of Architecture,
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Heidelberg University
Germany
National Institute of Advanced Studies
India
Mysore School of Architecture
India
Dipartimento di Architettura, Design e Urbanistica, Università degli Studi di Sassari
Italy
Dipartimento dArTe, Universita’ degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria
Italy
South Eastern University
Sri Lanka
Department of Architecture,
BRAC University
Bangladesh
School of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University
UK
MIT Architecture
USA