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HERITAGE Asia – Pacific (heritAP)

A Network of Heritage Practitioners supported by WHITRAP Shanghai

Mr Ashley DE VOS
Country: Sri Lanka
Major(s):

Architect, Landscape Architect, Architectural conservation & Heritage Management, Urban Renewal.

Institution/Organization:

Ashley de Vos Consultants 131. WAD Ramanayake Mawatha, Colombo 02, Sri Lanka

Position/Title:

Chairman/MD

Professional/Research Area(s):

Traditional Architecture, Colonial Architecture, Transmigration of design ideas, Archaeology.

Short Resume:

Trained as Architect, Landscape Architect, Conservation and Heritage Management, Faculty University of Moratuwa (UOM) in Architecture, Landscape architecture, Conservation and integrated design. Council Member of the UOM and Board Member of the Arthur C. Clarke Centre for modern technology, Director Conservation UNESCO Cultural triangle Jetavana Stupa and Monastery conservation project (WH Project), Conservation of the Galle Fort (WH project) Advisory Board of the Department of Archaeology, Sri Lanka. Member of the PATA team advising the Government of India on Northern Buddhist sites. Visiting Faculty at the International Centre for Conservation, Rome (ICCROM), Italy (!982/1994), University of Baghdad, Iraq (1984). East West Encounter, East West Centre, University of Honolulu. (1995). Institute of South Asian Studies, University of Amsterdam. (1990). Lahore College of Arts, Lahore. (2000). The National Centre for Conservation, Restoration & Museum Sciences, Havana, Cuba (2001). Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU) & Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Nara – Japan (2009). Indus Valley University, Karachi. (2010). BUET University, Dacca and East West University, Dacca. (2012). Report on structural stability of Axel Munte Villa at Anna Capri, Italy. Report on stability of Ashrifia Mosque, Taiz, Yemen. Investigation on the conservation and rehabilitation of the mud Souk at Balha, Oman. Conservation of the Dutch Period Museum and the Dutch Hospital, Colombo.