2006 US/ICOMOS Intern with NPS HABS/HAER

Serra Akboy (Turkey)
National Park Service
HABS/HAER

Lubbock, Texas and
New York City
 

"It was fascinating to find out that even though people belong to different cultures, there are always many common grounds to talk about.  What is more, if these people happened to be architects, these grounds are subjected to ceaseless conversations."

Serra Akboy
2006 US/ICOMOS
 Intern to the National Park Service
 

This internship was funded by the National Park Service HABS/HAER Division with additional support from private donors.
National Park Service, HABS/HAER
Lubbock, Texas and New York City

Serra Akboy worked with a team from the National Park Service and Texas Technical University to document the Statue of Liberty and Liberty Island through laser scanning.  After orientation, her internship began in Lubbock, Texas to learn about the laser scanning process, then continued on Liberty Island in New York Harbor for fieldwork.  After two weeks there, the team returned to Lubbock to process the laser-scanned data.

The US/ICOMOS International Intern Exchange Program is funded by a variety sources.  Each of the host organizations in the U.S. contributed funds that cover a substantial portion of the costs for interns from overseas.  Grants from private foundations and individual donors supported the internships for U.S. preservationists traveling overseas, with additional support from some of the overseas host organizations.  The 2006 overseas internships were supported by the Keepers Fund for Historic Preservation, Marpat Foundation, Royal Oak Foundation, Samuel H. Kress Foundation, and contributions from numerous individuals.