Nicholas Mellor is the founder of 4DHeritage. 4DHeritage is pioneering the use of agile, immersive approaches to enable communities to document and monitor fragile ecosystems and endangered heritage sites. This recognises that this heritage be it natural or built is often vital to their identity and livelihoods. In doing so it is an opportunity for the people of those communities to share their stories. Youssef Mekael is an Architecture master's student in Politecnico di Tori

Oases are magnets for settlement, providing water, agricultural land and materials for building, it’s where water can be found to irrigate crops, the soil, rocks, and palm trees can be used as building materials. It is a perfect example of a self-sustaining community. If prosperity can the risk of attack. The buildings can then be enhanced to become a source of security. We will look closely at two Oases, the Bahla Oasis with its Bahla Fort in Oman and the Siwa Oasis with the

In February, a series of the storms on the East Coast of Britain changed the shoreline revealing large fragments of wrecks. What story might they tell? High resolutions images taken with a smart phone, 360 imaging taken with a compact camera and drone based photogrammetry have enabled the site and the woodwork to be shared with local historians and leading specialists from around the world. This has been done in high resolution 2D as an 'orthomosaic image' created from indiv

How can we sustain our heritage - the history and ideas - that have shaped us, that have given us a shared sense of identity which underpins the cohesion our community? What we can learn from the past and how can it enrich our futures? How can we strengthen the intergenerational learning? These are threads that have been woven into the webinar series, inspired by insights from the Shali restoration and revival project; as well as similar initiatives in other parts of the wor