‘Inheriting’ our Cultural Heritage: Changes of paradigm of conservation

Authors

  • Stefano Francesco Musso Full professor of Architectural Restoration – Director of the Specialization School in Architectural and Landscape Heritage /Department DSA of Sciences for Architecture – Polytechnic School – University of Genoa

Keywords:

Cultural heritage, conservation, restoration, ICT

Abstract

The world is quickly and deeply changing, facing new challenges in the built environment. Conservation can play a crucial role for preserving the future of the planet, not wasting but rather continuing to use (or reuse) the depot of physical traces that the previous ages left us, as provisional responsible for them, in cultural ways and respectful. A crucial question rises apropos: are we really ready and able to inherit this impressive mine of knowledge, “identity” and cultural richness? We cannot in fact go on along the paths that have been traced, within the western world and culture, since more than two centuries about conservation/restoration (with all their contradictions and suggestions). We cannot behave as if nothing has changed and ignoring the problems of the contemporary societies, or like they were external to our commitments, interests and responsibilities. The key-lecture will deal with some of the main challenges that the culture of conservation (or “movement”, as someone could call it) will have to face in the near future in order to survive and not to reduce itself to an ancillary role and to an un-influencing condition within the contemporary world. A particular focus will be put for this reason on the crucial role that ICT play also in this field.

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Author Biography

Stefano Francesco Musso, Full professor of Architectural Restoration – Director of the Specialization School in Architectural and Landscape Heritage /Department DSA of Sciences for Architecture – Polytechnic School – University of Genoa

Stefano Francesco Musso, architect and full Professor of Restoration, has been Dean of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Genoa and he is Director of its School of Specialization for Architectural Heritage and Landscape. He is coordinator of the Commission for Building and Heritage of the Athenaeum and teaches "Studio Class" and "Fundaments of Architectural Restoration”. He is member of the Board of the PhD Program in Conservation of Architectural Heritage-Polytechnic of Milan. He is member of the Scientific Committee for Architectural and Landscape Heritage of the Ministry for Cultural Goods. He is past President of EAA (European Association for Architectural Education) and coordinates its Thematic Network on Conservation. He is member of the Scientific Committees of ANCSA (National Association for Historic and Artistic Centers), Assorestauro, the Congresses “Scienza e Beni Culturali”, Brixen and other Congresses. He has been Visiting Professor at NUS (National University of Singapore), Arthesis College-Antwerp, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Granada. He thought in courses organized by UNESCO. He has been external examiner at the UCD-University College Dublin and at the Jon Mincu University in Bucharest, expert for the Research Assessment of Romanian and Greek Universities.

References

Musso, S.F. (2009). Conservation/restoration of built Heritage: Dimensions of contemporary culture, pp. 86-107, in: Bringing the World into Culture. Comparative Methodologies in Architecture, Art, Design and Science, edited by P. Lombaerde and L. Lee, UPA Editions, University Press Antwerp, Belgium.

Kealy, L. (2008). Teaching/thinking/learning/doing: Conservation and creativity in architectural education, in: Teaching Conservation/Restoration of the Architectural Heritage. Goals, Contents and Methods, edited by, S.F. Musso and L. De Marco, EAAE-ENHSA Transactions n. 38 – Leuven.

Musso, S.F. (2007). Teaching Conservation/Restoration: tendencies and emerging problems, in: Teaching Conservation/Restoration..., edited by S. F. Musso and L. De Marco, quoted.

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Della Torre .S. (2007). Cultural Heritage Process Charted: defining competences to decide educational programs, in: Teaching Conservation/Restoration..., edited by S. F. Musso and L. De Marco, quoted.

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Musso, S.F. (2010). Recupero e restauro degli edifici storici: Guida pratica al rilievo e alla diagnostica, EPC Libri, Roma.

Musso, S.F. (2011). Information communication technologies and conservation of cultural and architectural heritage,in Aa. Vv. Safeguard Of Cultural Heritage: a Challenge from the Past for the Europe of Tomorrow, July 11th-13th, 2011, pp. 217-220, Firenze University Press, Florence.

Musso, S.F. (2011b). Innovation in conservation of architectural heritage, in Aa. Vv. Safeguard Of Cultural Heritage: a Challenge from the Past for the Europe of Tomorrow, July 11th-13th, 2011, pp. 223-225, Firenze University Press, Florence.

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08-02-2015

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Musso, S. F. (2015). ‘Inheriting’ our Cultural Heritage: Changes of paradigm of conservation. ICONARP International Journal of Architecture and Planning, 2(2), 84–103. Retrieved from https://iconarp.ktun.edu.tr/index.php/iconarp/article/view/64

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