Urban and Architectural Heritage

04 Approaches of Dealing with Heritage

 Overview
How? What is heritage and what is not

Why is it important

Types of heritage

Phase 1
Dealing with heritage

1 Identify

2 Document

3 decide handling approach

Phase 2
Keep as is - minor interventions - major intervention

Major intervention in arch and urban

Phase 3
Thematic topics: tourism, economic bene t, sociocultural
bene t, postwar reconstruction
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Dealing with heritage - UNESCO
Dealing with heritage - UNESCO
 Conservation

Preservation

Reconstruction

Restoration

Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment

Regeneration
 Conservation

Preservation

Reconstruction

Restoration

Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment

Regeneration
 Conservation

Preservation

Reconstruction

Restoration

Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment

Regeneration
 Conservation

Preservation

Reconstruction

Restoration

Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment

Regeneration
 Conservation of
Conservation resources: minimize
use so it can last
Preservation
longer
Reconstruction

Restoration

Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment

Regeneration
 Conservation of
Conservation resources: minimize
use so it can last
Preservation
longer
Reconstruction

Restoration

Clearance
Conservation of
Rehabilitation
Heritage: minimize
use to ensure
Revitalization heritage continuity,
its durability and
Renewal structural integrity.”

Redevelopment
‫مقبرة نفرتار‬
‫ي‬

‫تم غلقها مدة طويلة الن الرطوبة الناتجة من انفاس الزائرين اثرت على الجداريا‬
‫ت‬
‫ جنيه لتقليل اعداد الزائرين‬١٤٠٠ ‫االن رسم الدخول‬
Regeneration
 Preservation of fruit:
Conservation adding sugar, water,
and heat to lengthen
Preservation
fruits life
Reconstruction

Restoration

Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment

Regeneration
 Preservation of fruit:
Conservation adding sugar, water,
and heat to lengthen
Preservation
fruits life
Reconstruction

Restoration

Clearance
Preservation of
Rehabilitation Heritage: Add
supportive materials
Revitalization into the existing urban
fabric to prevent
Renewal deterioration… to keep
it intact against factors
Redevelopment
trying to change them
or wear them away
Regeneration
 Conservation

Preservation

Reconstruction

Restoration

Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment

Regeneration
 Conservation

Preservation

Reconstruction

Restoration

Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment

Barcelona - museum of urban history - Roman city, Catalonia

Regeneration
 Conservation Reconstruction of Heritage: Reproduce original old
urban structures which have been lost due to disasters, 

Preservation wars, re and so forth, through archaeological, archival
and literary evidence
Reconstruction

Restoration
Modernization?
•
Clearance

Rehabilitation
Documentation quality?
Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment

Regeneration


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 Conservation

Preservation

Reconstruction

Restoration
•
Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment

Regeneration Dresden Germany - 1945 - 2015



 Conservation

Preservation

Reconstruction

Restoration
•
Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment

Regeneration Lisbon Portugal - before and after 1755 earthquake



 Conservation

Preservation

Reconstruction

Restoration
•
Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment

Regeneration Lisbon Portugal - before and after 1755 earthquake



 Conservation

Preservation

Reconstruction

Restoration

Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment

Regeneration
 Conservation
Restoration of Art: the
repair or renovation of
Preservation artworks that have already
sustained injury or decay
Reconstruction and the attempted
restoration return it to their
Restoration original undamaged
appearance.
Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment

Regeneration
 Restoration of Heritage: Returning a building,
Conservation structure, site or object to appearance of an earlier time
by removing later material and by replacing missing
Preservation elements and details.
Reconstruction

Restoration

Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment

Regeneration
 Restoration of Heritage: Returning a building,
Conservation structure, site or object to appearance of an earlier time
by removing later material and by replacing missing
Preservation elements and details.
Reconstruction

Restoration

Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment

Regeneration Timbuktu - Mali

 Conservation

Preservation

Reconstruction

Restoration

Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment

Regeneration
 Conservation
Clearance of Heritage:
Preservation
the Demolition of
buildings or urban area
Reconstruction (generally in slum areas)
as a part of a
Restoration regeneration process

Clearance Removal or disturbance

of these sites cannot be
Rehabilitation avoided by the
development.
Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment

Regeneration
 Conservation

Preservation

Reconstruction

Restoration

Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment

Regeneration
 Rehabilitation of Heritage: Bring new or modern
functions into the buildings, through repair and
Conservation alterations, while preserving the portions of the property
with signi cant historical, architecture, or cultural values

Preservation AKA reuse, or adaptive reuse

Reconstruction

Restoration

Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment

Regeneration
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 Conservation

Preservation

Reconstruction

Restoration

Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment

Regeneration
 Conservation

Preservation

Reconstruction

Restoration

Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization Revitalization: Social Development

Renewal Renewal: Economic Development

Redevelopment Redevelopment: Spatial/infrastructure Development

Regeneration
 Conservation

Preservation

Reconstruction

Restoration

Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment

Regeneration
 Conservation Revitalization of
Heritage: Bring
Preservation social life into urban
areas through the
Reconstruction
responsible changes
and transformations
Restoration
of urban activity
Clearance pattern

Rehabilitation

Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment

Regeneration
 Conservation

Preservation

Reconstruction

Restoration
‫ القاهرة الفاطمية‬- ‫بيت السحيمي‬
Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment

‫ القاهرة الفاطمية‬- ‫ شارع املعز‬- ‫مهرجان الطبول‬

Regeneration
 Conservation

Preservation

Reconstruction

Restoration

Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment

Regeneration
 Renewal of Heritage: Bring businesses and economic
Conservation activities to the area, but it requires aggressive
interventions to remove deteriorated or obsolete
Preservation buildings to the reuse of the land for new purposes

Reconstruction

Restoration

Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment

Downtown Meriden - Connecticut - USA

Regeneration
 Conservation

Preservation

Reconstruction

Restoration

Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment

Regeneration
 Redevelopment of Heritage: improve physical
environment and infrastructure and make them
Conservation
functional, and to also attract visitors and tourists - might
Preservation
include clearance, restoration, or rehabilitation of some
buildings
Reconstruction

Restoration

Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment
‫مشروع تطوير الدرب االحمر‬
Regeneration
 Redevelopment of Heritage: improve physical
environment and infrastructure and make them
Conservation
functional, and to also attract visitors and tourists - might
Preservation
include clearance, restoration, or rehabilitation of some
buildings
Reconstruction

Restoration

Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment

Regeneration
‫مشروع تطوير الدرب االحمر‬
 Conservation

Preservation

Reconstruction

Restoration

Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization Revitalization: Social Development

Renewal Renewal: Economic Development

Redevelopment Redevelopment: Spatial/infrastructure Development

Regeneration
 Conservation

Preservation

Reconstruction

Restoration
Regeneration of Heritage
Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization Revitalization: Social Development

Renewal Renewal: Economic Development

Redevelopment Redevelopment: Spatial/infrastructure Development

Regeneration
 Conservation

Preservation

Reconstruction

Restoration

Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment

Regeneration
 Regeneration of Heritage: a new approach to prevent
Conservation decay of cultural heritage in most of important historical
areas and deliver wider social and economic bene t
Preservation

Reconstruction

Restoration

Clearance

Rehabilitation

Revitalization

Renewal

Redevelopment

Regeneration
Inner city - Brussels
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