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The Sydney Opera House – a modern heritage site’s response to climate change

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Titel: The Sydney Opera House – a modern heritage site’s response to climate change
Autoren: Laura Matarese, Emma Bombonato
Quelle: Built Heritage, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2025)
Verlagsinformationen: SpringerOpen, 2025.
Publikationsjahr: 2025
Bestand: LCC:Architecture
Schlagwörter: Sydney Opera House, Climate change, Climate action, Heritage management, Tangible values, Intangible values, Architecture, NA1-9428
Beschreibung: Abstract This paper addresses how the Sydney Opera House (hereafter ‘Opera House’), an UNESCO World Heritage site, has responded to climate change over the past three decades to become a more sustainable heritage site. The implementation of climate actions is critical to conserving and strengthening the Opera House’s cultural heritage significance—the building and its function as a performing arts centre and place for the community. The paper points out that climate action has been, and continues to be, achieved at the Opera House by the organisation’s responsibility for its custodianship by (1) bringing the Opera House team together to tackle climate change through good governance; (2) inspiring positive change in the community through creative programming and engagement; (3) holding the organisation accountable by setting and achieving environmental performance benchmarks; (4) implementing practical mitigation measures that also respect heritage values; and (5) applying a participatory approach to climate risk and adaptation planning. The paper argues that the tangible heritage values of the Opera House (e.g. the building and site) were not adversely affected by the engagement and mitigation actions and that these actions were, in fact, conserved and strengthened the site’s intangible heritage values (e.g. its use). This paper aims to provide an example of sustainable management and climate action by a cultural organisation that serves as the custodian of a heritage site.
Publikationsart: article
Dateibeschreibung: electronic resource
Sprache: English
ISSN: 2662-6802
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2662-6802
DOI: 10.1186/s43238-025-00185-0
Zugangs-URL: https://doaj.org/article/b6be23912c4f44aaa92b84184ef46b15
Dokumentencode: edsdoj.b6be23912c4f44aaa92b84184ef46b15
Datenbank: Directory of Open Access Journals
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Abstract:Abstract This paper addresses how the Sydney Opera House (hereafter ‘Opera House’), an UNESCO World Heritage site, has responded to climate change over the past three decades to become a more sustainable heritage site. The implementation of climate actions is critical to conserving and strengthening the Opera House’s cultural heritage significance—the building and its function as a performing arts centre and place for the community. The paper points out that climate action has been, and continues to be, achieved at the Opera House by the organisation’s responsibility for its custodianship by (1) bringing the Opera House team together to tackle climate change through good governance; (2) inspiring positive change in the community through creative programming and engagement; (3) holding the organisation accountable by setting and achieving environmental performance benchmarks; (4) implementing practical mitigation measures that also respect heritage values; and (5) applying a participatory approach to climate risk and adaptation planning. The paper argues that the tangible heritage values of the Opera House (e.g. the building and site) were not adversely affected by the engagement and mitigation actions and that these actions were, in fact, conserved and strengthened the site’s intangible heritage values (e.g. its use). This paper aims to provide an example of sustainable management and climate action by a cultural organisation that serves as the custodian of a heritage site.
ISSN:26626802
DOI:10.1186/s43238-025-00185-0