Aims and scope of the WG

Aim of the WG

• Create guidelines and recommendations for maintenance, conservation, adaptation, reuse of modern heritage, adapting it to the new requirements and needs.
• Contribute new and specific insights, as operating architects, to existing guidelines and documents issued by international bodies (UNESCO, ICOMOS, Getty foundation, etc.)

Main area of interest

The WG will focus on three key issues or problematic areas:

Knowledge and understanding

• A focus on modern heritage, a less studied and understood part of heritage.

Recognition and/or attribution of values

• Modern heritage is often neglected or characterized by conflictual values and contrasting collective memories, due to political, historical and social reasons linked to its origins.

Technological and technical possible answers for preserving/adapting modern heritage

• Many difficulties emerge when intervening on modern buildings due to particular characteristics and differences existing in terms of:
  • Scale (single building or architectural complexes and compounds)
  • Typology (residential dwellings, hospitals, offices, productivity, etc.)
  • Constructive features (materials, elements, structures, etc.)
  • Environmental context (place, orography, climate, etc.)