Digital techniques are leading to a drastic reduction in the "distances" between different places and cultures; the contemporary architectural trend is pushing towards a "globalisation" of architecture and building techniques that seems to be eradicating the historical link it has always had with the culture of places. In this situation there is a risk of losing the identity of places, which, in order to respond to the new demands dictated by progress and digitalisation, undergo a radical transformation, denying their relationship with their history and context. Only that part of the heritage which the international community - throughout history - has recognised as such, will survive this process whose aim seems to be to unify architectural trends in the name of ever more imminent progress. The monuments that have made great cities famous will continue to be appreciated as such, but all the small works that have always characterised each culture will be forgotten and erased to make way for an international cultural unification. It is not only the modest architectural artefacts - though rich in historical, cultural and social significance - that are at risk, but the context itself: the place that has always prompted man to modify it in order to appropriate it. This reflection leads us to analyse the emblematic case of a city that has undergone inevitable nineteenth- and twentieth-century transformations and that today, in the name of a much-dreamed-of " recovery " risks seeing many traces of its past erased, which, although minor, are fundamental for the preservation of the place's identity.

Heritage between identity, memory and evolution

MASSIMO MALAGUGINI
2021-01-01

Abstract

Digital techniques are leading to a drastic reduction in the "distances" between different places and cultures; the contemporary architectural trend is pushing towards a "globalisation" of architecture and building techniques that seems to be eradicating the historical link it has always had with the culture of places. In this situation there is a risk of losing the identity of places, which, in order to respond to the new demands dictated by progress and digitalisation, undergo a radical transformation, denying their relationship with their history and context. Only that part of the heritage which the international community - throughout history - has recognised as such, will survive this process whose aim seems to be to unify architectural trends in the name of ever more imminent progress. The monuments that have made great cities famous will continue to be appreciated as such, but all the small works that have always characterised each culture will be forgotten and erased to make way for an international cultural unification. It is not only the modest architectural artefacts - though rich in historical, cultural and social significance - that are at risk, but the context itself: the place that has always prompted man to modify it in order to appropriate it. This reflection leads us to analyse the emblematic case of a city that has undergone inevitable nineteenth- and twentieth-century transformations and that today, in the name of a much-dreamed-of " recovery " risks seeing many traces of its past erased, which, although minor, are fundamental for the preservation of the place's identity.
2021
978-88-492-4088-7
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