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Introduzione a Centro storico, problemi e prospettive. Genova.
No full textIl saggio introduce al volume dedicato dall'ANCSA al centro storico di Genova, evidenziandone la struttura e i criteri per la sua costruzione e fornendo al contempo alcune chiavi possibili di lettura dei diversi contributi e delle specificità del centro storico, del suo stati attuale e delle prospetitive del suo futuro. Il saggio, a firma dei due curatori del volume, offre così già in partenza due punti di vista disciplinari differenti (urbanistico e dle restauro) ma fortemente integrati tra loro, a conferma della cifra di fondo dell'opera
Conservation-Demolition
No full textThis book presents the papers written by 34 participants following the 7th Workshop on Conservation, organised by the Conservation Network
of the European Association for Architectural Education in Prague,
Czech Republic in 2019. All papers have been peer-reviewed. The Workshop was attended by 51 participants from the following countries: Belgium,
Czech Republic, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom.
Hosting institution
Faculty of architecture CTU in Prague
Organising Committee
Petr Vorlík, Tomáš Efler, Gabriela Thompson, Irena Fialová, Petra Boudová, Jana Bukačová, Martin Čtverák, Tereza Poláčková, Pavel Směták,
Helena Ballošová, Veronika Vicherková
Scientific Council
Rodica Crișan, Donatella Fiorani, Giovanna Franco, Loughlin Kealy, Stefano Francesco Musso, Petr Vorlí
Constructing / Conserving / Destroying
No full textIt may seem a paradox, but it is perhaps necessary to rethink “destruction” as a constitutive element of constructing and, in some way, also of conserving / restoring our architectural and urban heritage. It is almost unavoidable, if only to go beyond that widespread common sense of “useless and definitive annihilation”, that the term seems to arouse. Reconsidering it, of course, does not certainly mean to encourage the diffusion of destructions, but it responds to the need for understanding the mul-tiple and contradictory – or conflicting – meanings of the word, thus revealing some less negative aspects and consequences of it. On the other hand, destruction can really take on extremely variable connotations and meanings and we should always take into account a fundamental difference between an imposed destruction and a thoughtful and intentionally guided on
Conservation/Adaptation. Keeping alive the spirit of the place. Adaptive re-use of heritage with symbolic values
No full textAdaptive reuse can be described as ‘the process of wholeheartedly altering a building by which the function is the most obvious change, but other alterations may be made to the building itself, such as the circulation route, the orientation, the relationship between spaces; additions may be built and other areas may be demolished. In context, besides retaining the material values of buildings or sites, an important aspect of reuse is the preservation of immaterial significance. This is particularly important in the case of symbolic buildings or sites where the spirit of the place is important, such as those with social, political, commemorative or religious meaning, or those with a negative or ‘infected’ history. The book addressed some difficult questions: how to combine the reanimation of such a building or site with the transmission of its material and immaterial values? What are the limits and opportunities in the adaptive reuse of this type of ‘sensitive’ heritage? How is the genius loci – the spirit of place – to be preserved? Is it the adaptive reuse the right way to answer to the need of conservation in architecture? The results of this research seem to demonstrate that the conservation approach is better satisfied with other types of intervention
An Integrated Approach for an Archaeological and Environmental Park in South-Eastern Turkey: Tilmen Höyük
No full textAt Tilmen Höyük we carried out an experience in Inclusive Archaeology, which describes an approach based on an integration of views, techniques and methods. Multidisciplinarity, interdisciplinarity and hybridization become part of an anthropological perspective in which archaeology is seen as fully integrated within the broader frame of social sciences. Inclusive Archaeology is based on openness, towards local and regional communities (science does not live in isolation but has an impact on and needs feedback from those communities), towards the scientific community (dissemination of newly produced data is the core mission of scientists), towards the global community (digital technologies must be used to build new forms of integrated datasets which may be used freely through the web). The Turco-Italian Archaeological Expedition at Tilmen Höyük tried this approach when several technologies were still in their infancy (digitally speaking) and can now offer after several years a rare follow-up of the results obtained at the time and managed since
Are we all pilgrims? The cultural heritage and sustainable tourism
No full textDoes it suffice to travel towards a religious destination to be regarded as pilgrims? Does it
show that the travellers have undertaken a process of religious conversion and are seeking
to express specifically Christian values? If we ask ourselves what a pilgrim is in the 21st
century and look for the answer in the principal contemporary publications we find that the pilgrim is one
who seeks a “divinising purification, through a sacred path that connects mankind with
divinity”1. A pilgrim is very different from a tourist and even from a ‘religious tourist’, as
stressed by Paolo Asolan in his review of the volume by Carlo Mazza in Lateranum, the
journal of the Faculty of Sacred Theology of the Pontifical Lateran University. In that volume we find a concise but effective definition of religious tourism
that expresses the difference between the two experiences. “In the varied and multiple
forms of mobility, the typical phenomenon of religious tourism acquires a substantial and
indicative significance. By allusion, it recalls the ancient and traditional practice of pilgrimage,
of which it preserves profound traces, which reveal a historical, cultural and religious
continuity of undoubted symbolic and practical significance in the experience of contemporary
man”2. Pilgrimage and religious tourism3 are, in fact, profoundly different, both
in their purpose and the ways they are practised. The pilgrim is one who is seeking the
answers of faith and experiences travel as an opportunity for the encounter with God. By
contrast, the religious tourist also enjoys choosing itineraries and encountering different
cultures, while hoping to engage in a dialogue that favours growth and knowledge. But today
the boundary between pilgrimage and religious tourism is increasingly narrow. People
rarely go to Lourdes, Fatima, Santiago, Rome, S. Giovanni Rotondo, Assisi or Loreto, without
living in the town and exploring its environs. They want to understand the culture of
the places they visit and see the regions in which they are set and their natural beauties
Authentic, tangible, intangible: tourist vs. heritage? Reflections on the impacts of tourism on the conservation of sites
No full textCultural tourism is a way of use heritage from the past facing a strong development in last decades. “Valorisation” of Heritage is relying over this dynamic too often without considering the consequences it may bring.
If on the one hand an increasing flow of tourists might contribute to the economical relaunch of marginal areas, on the other negative effects could affect the preservation of Heritage and harm local communities.
Besides well-known consequences related to the impact of great number of tourists concerning physical conservation of cultural heritage, the issue of “iper-restoration” is present. This phenomenon is given by the willingness to provide an “ideal monument” to the tourist, together with the concentration of resources on selected heritages, causing the abandonment of others.
There is a sort of competition between tourists and local communities for natural resources, which are by definition scarce, to achieve an economic benefit that is mainly prerogative of international companies.
Tourism in great presences can cause the loss of functional mixitè of places. Furthermore, it could compromise the transmission of local communities’ traditions, knowledges and experiences, harming their intangible heritage.
The contribution proposed reflects over these dynamics starting from some experiences conducted in emerging Countries, where the aforementioned effects have severe consequences over preservation of Heritage that might influence the European context also.
The case studies of Haghpat and Sanahin in Armenia and Luxor in Egypt (research experiences conducted in 2015 and 2009 respectively) will represent an occasion to questioning about the role of tourism and local communities in preservation and use of Heritage, considering also the intangible aspects strongly related to it
ACCESSIBILITY TO CULTURAL HERITAGE BETWEEN TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE
No full textTalking about accessibility, an effective conservation strategy of cultural landscapes must take into account both for tangible and intangible heritage. Going beyond the traditional concept of accessibility as a strategy for overcoming an architectural barrier, it is crucial to expand the concept and turn it into the ability to enable interaction with heritage in its entirety.
While, on the one hand, the Council of Europe, with the “Faro Convention” (2005), introduced the concept of heritage communities, on the other hand ICOMOS has recognized, with the “Charter for the Interpretation and the Presentation of Cultural Heritage Sites” (2008), the central role of the conceptual value of heritage. Community has thus acquired a new role, which has recovered the value of the responsibility linked to the society/culture relationship. It is not possible to effectively preserve cultural heritage without the active engagement of communities.
In order to foster community participation and to ensure the function of global pedagogy of cultural heritage, it is necessary to establish methods that make ‘integrated accessibility’ a fundamental condition. It is necessary to overcome the purely compensatory use of ICTs, but rather to promote a broader vision of policy making and strategic actions: physical, cognitive, sensorial and semiotic accessibility must be taken into account in a holistic strategy for heritage conservation.
Interpretation, accessibility and correct communication are the basis for new paradigms of tourism, based on the values of sustainability and inclusion. Heritage conservation responsibilities, global sustainability and new market trends have introduced the theme of experiential tourism, enabling the integration of material and immaterial heritage into an economic framework.
The article analyses criticalities and potentialities for the development of cultural tourism models in relation to tangible and intangible heritage, addressing the issue of full accessibility as the cornerstone of each model of development
Accessibility as a design resource for tourist enhancement of lesser-known cultural sites from the perspective of tourism
No full textThe topic of accessibility can be an operational tool and, at the same time, the side-effect of habitat regeneration processes respect to which tourist enhancement of lesser- known cultural sites can be significant.
In a broader sense, accessibility expresses the ability of an environment to guarantee everyone - regardless of age, gender, cultural background and physical, sensorial or cognitive abilities - an independent life. Accessibility concerns the exercise of the inviolable rights of an individual, such as the freedom of movement and of self-determination, and is a very illuminating reading key to raise the level of permeability and of social inclusion of a community.
In the specific debate about cultural heritage regeneration, accessibility has increasingly come to acquire the role of a civility indicator that our era will leave to the future (Colm Murray, “Report on the group reflection and discussion regarding the visit to Kilkenny City”, “CONSERVATION/TRANSFORMATION” Workshop Proceedings EAAE Transactions on Architectural Education N. 52 – Dublin/Kilkenny 17th-19th September 2009, page 49), and of a 'value' able to guarantee social cohesion and access to culture and beauty, a “means to foster civil and economic development of the Country” (MiBAC Decree on March 28th, 2008).
In many areas of our country, naturalistic and cultural tourism is seen as a 'strong' development factor. This factor can thus lead to the effective implementation of the demands for accessibility.
This formulation recalls the idea of the ‘common good' which is based on two main principles: the empowerment and participation in human development processes.
Particularly, a privileged scenario to study are the lesser-known cultural sites: tourist destinations with strong unexpressed potential, sometimes accompanied by depopulation and decay phenomena or undergoing major reconstruction operations. For these places, accessible tourism might represent an opportunity to match ethic and economic profit and also a factor of tourist attractiveness and competitiveness
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