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Réf.
41732
Type
conference item
Titre
Changing perspectives in planning for historic centres
Langues
English
Auteurs
Piccinato, Giorgio
Lieu de publication
Paris
Pays de publication
France
Maison d'édition
ICOMOS
Date
2005
Pages
4 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 town centres / urban renewal / town planning / conservation of historic towns / planning / town and country planning
Résumé en anglais
How are historic values being perceived by the citizen?. My assumption is that such values can be saved only through a process of social recognition and interpretation. Social interaction is crucial to the process of building shared values: it is dialogue that will help winning the battle for conservation. Taking into consideration people attitudes towards their own past, instead of teaching them how to think, could help in designing more effective policiesUnfortunately, in most countries recently opened to market economy the main trend appears to privilege renewal vs. conservation: the appeal of modernistic icons is still much too strong. But is it the traditional experts’ approach the correct one? The whole process is based on the assumption that the knowledge of the experts wins over any other, and that the main problem is to explain and articulate that same knowledge. It can be demonstrated that things do not work this way whenever the preferences of other social groups, biased toward different goals, are not taken into account.
However, since a few decades, planners seem having adopted an advisory role, rather than a more official (and enforcing) one. They insist on offering small solutions today to great permanent problems, linking advice to specific local conditions, choosing different “planning styles” for different problems. This requires an attitude from the planner that is at the same time humble and curious, in order to gain support or to adapt his early objectives.
However, since a few decades, planners seem having adopted an advisory role, rather than a more official (and enforcing) one. They insist on offering small solutions today to great permanent problems, linking advice to specific local conditions, choosing different “planning styles” for different problems. This requires an attitude from the planner that is at the same time humble and curious, in order to gain support or to adapt his early objectives.
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