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Notice (permalien)

Réf.

41652

Type

conference item

Titre

Everything that gives birth is chaotic: Reflections on the wider approach to setting

Langues

English

Auteurs

Okawa, Naomi

Date

2005

Pages

5 p.

Titre de conférence

15th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Monuments and sites in their setting - conserving cultural heritage in changing townscapes and landscapes’

Lieu de conférence

Xi'an, China

Date de conférence

17 – 21 oct 2005

Mots-clés

historic monuments / setting / conservation of cultural heritage / conservation of historic monuments / historic buildings / surroundings of historic monuments

Résumé en anglais

My proposal starts with a short historical survey of the relations between monument and setting, then examines their chaotic situation at present, and closes with two solutions for it. Before modern times, monument had powerful impact on setting like pyramid and Chinese Imperial mausoleum. Yet, the monuments were obliged to follow the principles inherent in setting. These balanced relations begun to crumble with the advent of the industrial revolution. Concentration of population into metropolises extended them toward outside and upward. The latest development complexes are more powerfully damaging settings, and their service lives are far shorter than decades ago. Gigantic capitals are always seeking more profitable places. Concerning such situation, I will make two proposals. The first is to use more expanded concept of historic heritage that covers not only tangible heritage, also intangible heritage and surroundings. The second is related to regenerating the remains fragmented by such deterioration. Instead of restoration, I propose a new model by using the keyword of DNA as a metaphor

Document joint

1-28.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)