Conservation of Architectural Heritage (CAH) : Embodiment of Identity.

ISBN:

9783030955649

Title:

Author:

Versaci, Antonella.

Personal Author:

Versaci, Antonella.

Edition:

3rd ed.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 pages)

Series:

Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation Series

Contents:

Intro -- Scientific Committee -- Word of the Conference Chair -- Introduction -- Contents -- Importance of Architectural Heritage Conservation -- 1 Protection, War and Reconstruction: The Case of the Ecclesiastic Buildings in Abruzzo -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Protection and Preventive Safeguard on the Ecclesiastical Heritage -- 3 War Destruction in Abruzzo -- 4 The Theme of Reconstruction: New Scenarios in the War's Aftermath -- 5 General Criteria, Methodological Basis, and Operational Practice of Post-War Reconstructions in Abruzzo -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- 2 Revival of Traditional Water-Based Architecture: Cases of Stepwells in India -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Functional Value of Water -- 1.2 Cultural Value of Water -- 1.3 Water as Heritage in Functional and Cultural Terms -- 2 Literature Review -- 2.1 Existing Literature on Water as Heritage in India -- 2.2 Architectural Conservation in India -- 2.3 Heritage and Community -- 3 Methodology -- 3.1 Values -- 3.2 Authenticity and Integrity -- 3.3 Sustainability -- 4 Water as Heritage in Indian Context -- 4.1 Water-Based Architecture in India -- 4.2 Traditions and Philosophies Around Water in India -- 5 Case Studies -- 5.1 Conservation of the Hazrat Nizamuddin Baoli, Delhi -- 5.2 Conservation of Panna Meena ka Kund, Jaipur -- 6 Discussion -- 7 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 3 Silk Road Architectural Heritage and Polycentric Tourism Development -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Architectural Heritage and Tourism Development -- 3 Brief Overview of the Silk Road Legacy -- 4 Polycentric Networking and Tourism Development -- 5 Methodological Approach -- 6 Silk Road Architectural Heritage Polycentric Tourism Networking -- 6.1 Study Area -- 6.2 Silk Road Architectural Assets in the Study Area -- 6.2.1 Cocoon Houses -- 6.2.2 Industrial Heritage Monuments.

6.2.3 Stations and Trade Centers -- 6.2.4 Passages and Stops -- 6.3 Silk Road Architectural Heritage Database -- 7 Polycentric Tourism Networking Perspectives Based on the Silk Road Architectural Heritage -- 7.1 Morphological Polycentricity Analysis -- 7.2 Functional Polycentricity Analysis -- 7.3 Polycentric Networking Research Analysis Results -- 8 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 4 Cultural Heritage and Urban Identity in Bangladesh: A Look at "JOBBAR'S BOLI KHELA", An Indigenous Festival -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 2.1 Cultural Heritage and "Sense of Identity" -- 2.2 Traditional Festival and Spatial Configuration in Historic City -- 2.3 Cases of Festivals -- 2.3.1 Dragon Boat Festival, China -- 2.3.2 Naadam, Mongolia -- 2.4 Festivals in Bangladesh -- 2.4.1 Boishabi -- 2.4.2 Mangal Shobhajatra on Pahela Baishakh -- 3 Methodology -- 3.1 The Case of "Jobbar's Boli Khela" -- 3.1.1 History and Presence -- 3.1.2 Urban Influence -- 3.2 Participants -- 3.3 Survey Data Analysis -- 4 Discussion -- 4.1 Inclusion as National Cultural Heritage -- 4.2 Why Conserve? -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 5 The Effects of Architectural Heritage Conservation on Social Problems. The Case of the Palace of the Marqués de Rozalejo -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology and Case Study -- 2.1 Analysis and Identification -- 2.2 Formulation of the Proposal -- 2.3 Proposal Analysis -- 2.4 Short- and Long-Term Considerations -- 3 Results and discussion -- 3.1 Technical Feasibility -- 3.2 Programmatic Viability -- 3.3 Operational Feasibility -- 4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 6 Methodologic Process for the Reconstruction of the Colonial City of St. Augustine in Florida Between the Sixteenth and Eighteenth Centuries -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction.

2 Analysis of Historical-Architectural Cartography and Planimetry. The Expression of the Graphic Language -- 3 Analysis of Archaeological Reports -- 4 Results -- 5 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 7 Overview on Historic Municipal Markets of Karachi-Pakistan -- Abstract -- 1 History of Karachi -- 2 History of Municipal Markets in Karachi -- 3 Introductions to Urban Revitalization -- 4 History of Urban Revitalization -- 5 Significance of Urban Revitalization -- 6 Attributes/Planning Features of Karachi's Historic Municipal Markets -- 7 Present Situation of These Markets or Analysis on Each Case -- 7.1 Empress Market -- 7.2 Cunningham Market -- 7.3 Soldier Bazaar Market -- 7.4 Boulton Market -- 7.5 Lambert Market -- 7.6 Lyaree Market -- 7.7 Fish Market -- 8 Reasons for Transformation -- 9 Methodologies of Urban Revitalization of Historic City Centers or Historic Urban Cores -- 9.1 Adaptive Reuse and Cost Recovery -- 9.2 Integrated Area Development -- 9.3 Full Commercialization of Historic City Centers -- 9.4 Transfer of Development Rights -- 9.5 From Socialism to Real Estate Development -- 9.6 Modernization of Commercial Activity -- 9.7 Revitalization of Historic Inner-City Areas for Tourism -- 9.8 Conservation of Historic Monuments -- 10 Revitalization Initiatives -- 10.1 Legislative and Administrative Aspect -- 10.2 Social Aspect -- 10.3 Economic Aspects -- 10.4 Urban Aspects -- 11 Conclusion -- References -- Identification of Architectural Heritage Conservation -- 8 The Development of the Remedial Conservation via Surface Consolidation: The Historical Synthesis -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Development of Experiences and Changes of Theoretical Reflections -- 2.1 The Birth of Surface Solidification (First years of Mid-Nineteenth Century) -- 2.2 Novel Conservation Approach (1870s-1900s).

2.3 Science in Conservation - the First Voice (Beginning of Twentieth Century) -- 2.4 Industrialized Chemistry - a Helpful Hand (1920s-1960s) -- 2.5 The Urge for Change (Mid-60s-mid-80s) -- 2.6 Rehearsal of the Innovative and Evaluation of the Old (Last Quarter of Twentieth Century) -- 2.7 New Perspective, New Possibilities (from 2001 till Today) -- 3 Conclusions -- References -- 9 Approach Toward Reversing the Trends of Dying Town of Sidhpur with Heritage Regeneration -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The State of Built Heritage -- 3 The Opportunities of Heritage Tourism-Based Urban Regeneration -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Bibliography -- 10 Medinet Habu and Western Thebes's Sacred Landscape: Traditional Identity Multifaceted Through Time -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Thebes: An overview -- 2.1 Topography -- 2.2 The Western Bank in Focus -- 3 Thebes as a Cosmic Landscape -- 3.1 The Traditional Cosmic Vision -- 3.2 Thebes: The Home City of Amun-Re -- 3.3 The Ritual Link: Theban Festivals -- 4 Medinet Habu -- 4.1 The Mortuary Cult -- 4.2 The Complex -- 4.3 The Coptic Transformation -- 5 Contemporary Western Luxor and Digital Heritage -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- 11 Researchers of Architectural Heritage Between History and Everyday Life: Methods, Problems, and Individual Practices -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Architectural Heritage Research in Lithuania After the Second World War: Methods and Problems -- 2.1 How Architectural Heritage Research Formed After the Second World War in Lithuania -- 2.2 The First Decade After the Second World War: Between History and Everydaylife -- 2.3 Architectural Heritage Intrusive Research Methods Problems -- 3 Individual Practices: Vilnius Low Castle Old Arsenal -- 4 Conservation Versus Rebuilding: The Problems of Authenticity -- 4.1 Authenticity Delicasy Against Heritage Maintenance.

4.2 Heritage Falsification in Form of the History Materialization: Rebuilding of Vilnius Low Castle Old Arsenal -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 12 The Morphological Study on Heritage Architecture: A Planning Proposal for the Left Street in Nanjing, China -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review of Morphology Study -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Case Study-The Left Steet Area in Nanjing, China -- 4.1 Case Area -- 4.2 Morphological Study of Case Area -- 4.3 The Analyses of Morphological Characteristics -- 5 Discussion and the Control Planning Proposal -- 6 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Management and Conservation of Architectural Heritage -- 13 Architecture of (De)Colonization-Heritage, Identity and Amnesia in an African City: Maputo's "City of Cement" -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Maputo's Modern Heritage: Whose Heritage? -- 1.2 Modernization and "Cult of Monuments" Under the Portuguese Estado Novo Dictatorship (1933-1974) in Lourenço Marques -- 1.3 Recent Urban Developments and Planning Regime in Maputo's City of Cement -- 2 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 14 25 Years of Cultural ICMS in Minas Gerais, Brazil: Trajectory, Perspectives and Challenges -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Beginning of Preservation and Management of Cultural Heritage in Brazil (Eighteenth-Twentieth Centuries) -- 3 Management and Preservation of Brazilian Cultural Heritage (1937-2020) -- 4 Management of Cultural Heritage in Municipalities of Minas Gerais (1995-2020) -- 5 The Results of 25 Years of Cultural ICMS -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- 15 Questioning the Re-functioned Monastery Buildings in Northern Cyprus -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Multi-cultural History of Cyprus -- 2.1 History of Cyprus Before 1974 -- 2.2 Cyprus in 1974 and Its Division -- 2.3 European Union Process of Cyprus in 2004.

3 Religion and Architecture in Cyprus.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Subject Term:

Historic buildings-Conservation and restoration.

Heritage tourism.

Added Author:

Cennamo, Claudia.

Akagawa, Natsuko.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2022

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Springer International Publishing AG,

2022.

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Summary

This book discusses the fundamentals and practical applications of heritage conservation as an important tool of a city's development. It presents case studies that demonstrate how to achieve a balance between the promotion of tourism industry and the generation of income while also seeking optimum sustainable methods for Conserving the City's Tradition and Identity. The book in hand offers useful insights to a wide array of audience aware of the need to preserve the architectural beauty of cities, such as architects, policymakers, investors and even the wide public who is interested in ways of conserving and protecting cultural sites.

Author Notes

Antonella Versaci is a researcher and assistant professor at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, University "Kore" of Enna, where she is responsible of the "Laboratory of Restoration of Architectural and Cultural Heritage" and teaches "architectural restoration" and "laboratory of architectural restoration" within the Master of Architecture.

She is also an associate researcher at the Institut Parisien de Recherche Architecture Urbanistique Société (IPRAUS), a research laboratory of the ENSAPB--National Superior School of Architecture of Paris-Belleville (UMR 3329 Ausser).

Her research applies to the issues of safeguarding and conservation of historic buildings and landscape, with particular attention to cultural heritage spread across the territory and to the protection of historic centers, as well as to their survey, diagnosis, classification and valorization.

In 1996, she earned a master's degree in Building Engineering at the University of Messina and, the following year, obtained a scholarship for postgraduate specialization courses abroad.

She then attended in Paris two courses of specialization in urban preservation, strategic planning and management earning both degrees. In 2005, she received a Ph.D. degree cum laude in "Architecture" from the University of Paris VIII, with a dissertation on the legislation on historic centers in France.

From June 2004 to September 2008, she was a UNESCO International staff member, responsible for numerous cultural projects in Southeastern Europe, including those related to the creation of a School of Restoration in Tira na (Albania) and to a Center for Digitization of heritage cultural in Skopje (FYROM).

She is the author of over 90 refereed publications.

Claudia Cennamo has been Ph.D. in Science and Technique in Historic and Modern Architecture at the University of Rome La Sapienza since 1996. She has been a researcher in the field of Structural Mechanics since 2002 and has carried out didactic activity at the Department of Architecture and Industrial Design of the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, since the academic year 2004/2005. At present, she is an associate professor, and with her research group, she works in the field of safeguard of architectural heritage and historical masonry structures, especially by using calculation methods for unilateral materials. She is the author and co-author of about 150 papers regarding the issue.

Natsuko Akagawa is tenured at The University of Queensland. She is the author of heritage conservation in Japan's cultural diplomacy: heritage, national identity and national interest (Routledge 2014), the seminal work theorising Heritage and Cultural Diplomacy. She is a co-editor of Safeguarding Intangible Heritage (Routledge 2019) and Intangible Heritage (Routledge 2009), internationally influential studies on Intangible Heritage. She is the expert member for International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM).