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B.Arch Programme, IX Semester Theory of Urban Design ARCH503

The document discusses the need for urban conservation. As cities grow exponentially and economic processes shift, local urban strategies are crucial for development planning. Globalization is transforming cities and exposing them to new pressures like rapid urbanization that threatens community identity. Uncontrolled development and climate change also impact urban areas. Urban conservation aims to preserve historic landscapes and views architecture as part of the overall urban setting, making it a complex discipline at the heart of urban studies.

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B.Arch Programme, IX Semester Theory of Urban Design ARCH503

The document discusses the need for urban conservation. As cities grow exponentially and economic processes shift, local urban strategies are crucial for development planning. Globalization is transforming cities and exposing them to new pressures like rapid urbanization that threatens community identity. Uncontrolled development and climate change also impact urban areas. Urban conservation aims to preserve historic landscapes and views architecture as part of the overall urban setting, making it a complex discipline at the heart of urban studies.

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Amity School of Architecture and Planning

B.Arch Programme, IX Semester

Theory of Urban Design


ARCH503
Amity School of Architecture and Planning

Urban Conservation

Contents
Contents
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Why there is a need of Urban Conservation?


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Global processes have a direct impact on the identity and visual


integrity of historic cities and their broader setting, as well as on
the people who live in them.
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While some cities are growing exponentially, others are


shrinking and being radically restructured as a result of shifting
economic processes and new patterns of migration.

To address these issues, local urban strategies are becoming the


key component of urban development planning.
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The increasing globalization of the economy is radically


transforming many contemporary cities, benefiting some
groups, whilst marginalizing others.

In some countries, centrally controlled planning has given way


to decentralization and market-oriented approaches.
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The result is that cities have been exposed to new pressures


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Toong On Church, Chinatown, Kolkata

 Rapid urbanization threatening the sense of place and


Source; https://pune365.com/conservationist-
kamalika-bose-balancing-urbanisation- identity of communities
heritage-conservation/
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 Uncontrolled, poorly conceived and/or badly implemented


urban development
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What South Beach, Miami, would probably look like if temperatures rise by 2 degrees Celsius.
Image courtesy of Nickolay Lamm/ClimateCentral/sealevel.climatecentral.org

 Intensity and speed of changes, including global warming


 
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 Unsustainable consumption of resources.


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Hence there is need to conserve


“Urban Historic Landscape”
which comprise of certain value and significance for different
communities.
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Urban Conservation is not limited to the preservation of single buildings.

It views architecture as but one element of the overall urban setting, making it a


complex and multifaceted discipline.
By definition, then, urban conservation lies at the very heart of urban studies.
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Conservation?
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Heritage?
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Historic Area?
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Historic Area

“Historic and architectural (including vernacular) areas” shall be taken to mean any groups of
buildings, structures and open spaces including archaeological and paleontological sites,
constituting human settlements in an urban or rural environment, the cohesion and value of
which, from the archaeological, architectural, prehistoric, historic, aesthetic or sociocultural
point of view are recognized.

Source; https://whc.unesco.org/uploads/activities/documents/activity-638-98.pdf
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Historic Area Definition

Among these “areas”, which are very varied in nature, it is possible to


distinguish the following “in particular: prehistoric sites, historic towns, old
urban quarters, villages and hamlets as well as homogeneous monumental
groups, it being understood that the latter should as a rule be carefully
preserved unchanged.

Source; https://whc.unesco.org/uploads/activities/documents/activity-638-98.pdf
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Urban heritage?
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Urban heritage

Urban heritage comprises three main categories:


• Monumental heritage of exceptional cultural value;
• Non-exceptional heritage elements but present in a coherent way with a relative abundance;
• New urban elements to be considered (for instance):
The urban built form;
The open space: streets, public open spaces;
Urban infrastructures: material networks and equipment.

European Union research report Nº 16 (2004), Sustainable development of Urban historical areas
through and active Integration within Towns – SUIT
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References;
1. https://whc.unesco.org/uploads/activities/documents/activity-638-98.pdf
2. World Heritage Committee 1976 Recommendation
3. ICOMOS Washington Charter
4. European Union research report Nº 16 (2004), Sustainable development of Urban historical
areas through and active Integration within Towns – SUIT
5. ICOMOS Australia Burra Charter
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Thank You

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