- ReUso 2026 - New heritage and future strategies. Perspectives on conservation and promotion
- A cura di Alessandro Scarnato, Marisa García Vergara, Ángeles Layuno Rosas
The untold heritage. Twentieth-century architecture between failed protection and collective awareness
- Giorgia Ranieri
- © 2026 Author(s) |
- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0.99
The notion of ‘new heritage’ poses a substantial temporal paradox for contemporary society: how can one determine what is worthy of preservation in the absence of a shared cultural consensus that has been shaped by the passage of time? The present paper analyses the issue in the light of the Faro Convention, which shifts the definition of heritage from institutions to communities, without preestablished categories, producing ambivalent effects on 20th-century architecture, which is often lacking in legal recognition and genuine public legitimacy. The absence of an established cultural history thus becomes a source of profound conceptual difficulty: without interpretative tools, communities cannot recognise the value of recent architecture nor desire its preservation.
- Keywords:
- “New” heritage,
- Faro convention,
- Architectural conservation,
- XX century Built heritage,
- Heritage communities,
“Gabriele d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy - ORCID: 0009-0006-8255-995X
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Titolo del capitolo
The untold heritage. Twentieth-century architecture between failed protection and collective awareness
Autori
Giorgia Ranieri
Lingua
Inglese
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0.99
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Titolo del libro
ReUso 2026 - New heritage and future strategies. Perspectives on conservation and promotion
Sottotitolo del libro
14th International Congress Barcelona-Girona, 4-7 November
Curatori
Alessandro Scarnato, Marisa García Vergara, Ángeles Layuno Rosas
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0
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