Wido Quist Email & Phone Number

Wido Quist, PhD, is associate professor in Heritage & Technology and leading the section of Heritage & Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at TU Delft. Liveability of cities and buildings is one of the main themes in architecture today and addressed by Heritage & Architecture. Heritage & Architecture is concerned with heritage-based redesign, including preservation and renewal and adaptive re-use of existing architecture. His research and education concentrates on the architectural and technical aspects involved in the growing need for the conservation and transformation of buildings and sites, specifically those of cultural significance.I was trained as architect and building engineer at TU Delft and defended my PhD-thesis in 2011. My research interests contain among others history of conservation, preservation theory, 20th century building materials, natural stone and concrete. Iam involved in education of bachelor, master and PhD students in architecture with a specific focus on intervention in existing buildings in general and building conservation in particular. I am Secretary General of DOCOMOMO_International and chairman of DOCOMOMO_Netherlands and was for a long time board-member of WTA NL-VL. Amongst others I'm a member of the Career Development Committee of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment as well as responsible for the Architectural Design part of the BSc curriculum. I'm a member of the organizing committee of bi-annual Flemish-Dutch symposium on Natural Stone as well as member of the Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Construction History and member of scientific committee of the International Docmomomo Student Workshop.

Listed skills include Historic Preservation, Conservation Issues, Architecture, History, and 13 others.