Conservation of Architectural Heritage. New Urban Perspectives: Conceptual, Methodological, Technical and Management Advances
A special issue of Architecture (ISSN 2673-8945).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2024) | Viewed by 12360
Special Issue Editors
Interests: urban and heritage rehabilitation; architectural dimension of tourism; territory and landscape; digitalisation and emerging technologies for citizenship
Interests: urban regeneration of deprived areas; assessing heritage values and cultural policies; urban and territorial sustainability
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent decades, a heritage notion based on the social construction of heritage has been consolidated by shifting attention from the material concreteness of objects to the subject that demands them. We are also facing a process notably influenced by the speed at which changes, and social transformations are performed nowadays, especially concerning the necessary contribution of cities to sustainability and resistance in the face of climate change. Therefore, the monumental approach of the last century has given way to increasingly broader and more complex heritage considerations that are advanced through new values and meanings.
This conceptual advance has been accompanied by revising the tools and procedures used in urban and architectural heritage. Conventional techniques and methodologies of analysis, representation, diagnosis, and intervention strategies are being updated, incorporating new technologies and frameworks for research and conceptual reflection. These advances necessarily involve new methodologies that encourage the active participation of citizens, reinforcing a strong sense of belonging and community identity.
Accordingly, this Special Issue aims to address new forms of analysis, evaluation, and diagnosis of heritage sites. These urban areas are undergoing complex transformation processes derived from the new ways of living in the contemporary city, which puts them at risk. The interpretation of these processes still has excessively sectorial visions, even controversies and contradictions when it comes to dealing with the heritage dimension in managing urban phenomena. Added to this are the disciplinary and geographical tendencies and inertias associated with the diversity and complexity of urban heritage and the weight of the architectural dimension, which contribute to hindering the transmission of knowledge, debate, and compelling articulation of the work.
In this context, tourism is presented as a driving force for heritage consolidation and urban regeneration. This process has its ups and downs in vulnerable areas such as heritage sites, and the benefits of this relationship are indisputable. Still, tourism use poses serious problems when it becomes the predominant activity in environments not explicitly designed for tourism. The massive concentration of tourists and the difficulties this can entail for the proper functioning of the city, the possible risks of gentrification, or the loss of the value of authenticity are just a few examples.
The discussions in this Special Issue will focus on (but are not limited to) the following thematic areas:
- Conceptual advances in urban and architectural heritage
- Identification and characterisation of new heritage typologies.
- The value of authenticity in the recovery of heritage areas.
- The contribution of cultural heritage to sustainability and climate resilience.
- Tourism as a driver for the recovery and consolidation of heritage sites.
- The impact of tourism activity and gentrification processes in urban heritage areas.
- HBIM and GIS for cultural heritage preservation.
- Implementation of artificial intelligence and big data in heritage studies.
- Citizen involvement in heritage and conservation strategies.
- Innovative citizen participation and multilevel governance in heritage.
- Collaboration, conflicts, and mediation between urban and heritage agents.
Dr. Carlos J. Rosa Jiménez
Dr. Daniel Navas Carrillo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- authenticity
- citizen participation
- cultural heritage, governance models
- heritage sites, heritage tourism, innovative methodologies
- new technologies
- theoretical approaches
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