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Recognising before protecting: Value Analysis as a method for understanding the role and legacy of undeclared Twentieth-Century Architecture

  • Irene Ruiz Bazán
  • Aliki Kalomenopoulou
  • Jordan Lazoroski
  • Carol El Farraji

This paper examines value analysis as a preliminary method for recognising, conserving, and reusing twentieth-century architecture that remains undeclared, weakly protected, or culturally contested. Grounded in values-based conservation, it argues that significance must be understood before intervention. Through three student-led research contributions developed within ARURCOHE Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Architectural and Urban Contemporary Heritage - on Athens, Brno, and Beirut - the paper shows how value analysis reveals architectural, urban, social, political, environmental, and memory-related roles that can guide proportionate conservation and adaptive reuse.

  • Keywords:
  • Twentieth-Century Architecture,
  • Value Analysis,
  • Undeclared Heritage,
  • Adaptive Reuse,
  • ARURCOHE,
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Irene Ruiz Bazán

Politecnico di Torino, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-8132-1732

Aliki Kalomenopoulou

Technical University of Crete, Greece - ORCID: 0009-0005-9978-7329

Jordan Lazoroski

Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia

Carol El Farraji

Politecnico di Torino, Italy

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Recognising before protecting: Value Analysis as a method for understanding the role and legacy of undeclared Twentieth-Century Architecture

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Irene Ruiz Bazán, Aliki Kalomenopoulou, Jordan Lazoroski, Carol El Farraji

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10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0.37

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2026

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ReUso 2026 - New heritage and future strategies. Perspectives on conservation and promotion

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14th International Congress Barcelona-Girona, 4-7 November

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Alessandro Scarnato, Marisa García Vergara, Ángeles Layuno Rosas

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