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VALUES
- cultural value
- artistic value/aesthetic value
- historical value
- value of authenticity
- value of antiquity
- functional/social value
- economic value
Examples of cultural assets
- monumental architecture
- works of art
- minor or popular architecture
- military and defensive architecture
- witnesses at work (tools)
- witnesses of industrial production
- witnesses to agricultural culture
- witnesses to the gastronomic culture
HERITAGE: set of assets acquired by inheritance by title …:
- set of family assets
- set of State assets
- set of municipal assets…)
CULTURE: set of lifestyles, customs, knowledge and degree of artistic, scientific, industrial
development, in an epoch, social group, etc.
CULTURAL HERITAGE: set of assets that have to do with the culture of a people, nation, city, society…, it implies the cultural identity of a people
CULTURAL IDENTITY:
Preservation is a way of keeping the VALUES OF CULTURAL IDENTITY.
To preserve , we should know the CATALOG.
*All goods contained in catalogues must be protected and preserved.
What should be perserved ?
Protection of values
Protect not only the physical architectural heritage but also its
values (historic, artistic, antiquity, functional, economic…
Physical conservation
Every aspect of a building must be taken care of:
- matter
- construction techniques
- shapes, dimensions
- colours, materials, textures
- character
- use
- environment
- meanings…
Enhancement (valorisation):
Make the building show and explain its values.
How to perserve ?
Legislative instruments :
- Protecting
- Inventorying
- Cataloguing:
Actions of intervention :
- Preservation
- Maintenance
- Repairing
- Consolidation
- Renovation
- Adaptation
- Reconstruction
- Anastylosis
- Restoration