Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Social Values of Public Spaces for Heritage Restoration in the Middle East
In recent years, many Middle East countries have experienced unprecedented urban development and growth in infrastructure and transport, thanks to the discovery and exportation of oil. In these areas, the construction booming has produced a heated debate about the directions to follow for the growth of many countries. The intent is to balance two opposite trends: from one side the innovative construction of new buildings and from the other side the restorationRestoration of historical heritageHeritage to keep the identityIdentity of the nation alive. Simultaneously to such debate, while cities are growing, publicPublicspacePublic space is shrinking and declining worldwide. The paper discusses some significant examples of recently completed heritageHeritagerestorationRestoration projects and shows the growing need to strengthen the value of local traditions and culture also through the enhancement of publicPublicplacesPlace linked to the heritageHeritage. In particular, the social valueSocial value linked to publicPublicplacesPlace is significant for the historical growth of urban centres, as collective placesPlace for social recognition and union, for the country's identityIdentity, for the collective development of a society. The analyses of some completed restorationRestoration projects in the Middle East show that heritageHeritage conservation is linked to preserving the placePlaceidentityIdentity of the together with the values of a publicPublic, social, and cultural space.
Social Values of Public Spaces for Heritage Restoration in the Middle East
In recent years, many Middle East countries have experienced unprecedented urban development and growth in infrastructure and transport, thanks to the discovery and exportation of oil. In these areas, the construction booming has produced a heated debate about the directions to follow for the growth of many countries. The intent is to balance two opposite trends: from one side the innovative construction of new buildings and from the other side the restorationRestoration of historical heritageHeritage to keep the identityIdentity of the nation alive. Simultaneously to such debate, while cities are growing, publicPublicspacePublic space is shrinking and declining worldwide. The paper discusses some significant examples of recently completed heritageHeritagerestorationRestoration projects and shows the growing need to strengthen the value of local traditions and culture also through the enhancement of publicPublicplacesPlace linked to the heritageHeritage. In particular, the social valueSocial value linked to publicPublicplacesPlace is significant for the historical growth of urban centres, as collective placesPlace for social recognition and union, for the country's identityIdentity, for the collective development of a society. The analyses of some completed restorationRestoration projects in the Middle East show that heritageHeritage conservation is linked to preserving the placePlaceidentityIdentity of the together with the values of a publicPublic, social, and cultural space.
Social Values of Public Spaces for Heritage Restoration in the Middle East
The Urban Book Series
Azzali, Simona (Herausgeber:in) / Mazzetto, Silvia (Herausgeber:in) / Petruccioli, Attilio (Herausgeber:in) / Mazzetto, Silvia (Autor:in)
21.04.2021
20 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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