Built on Modernism: The theoretical basis of contemporary heritage preservation in the Spanish architectural scene

Autores/as

  • Anna Nóra Kóródy Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Architecture, Department of History of Architecture and Monuments
  • Zorán Vukoszávlyev Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Architecture, Department of History of Architecture and Monuments, associate professor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/arq.2017.131.02

Resumen

Modernity and heritage preservation are sometimes regarded as opposite ideas; however, the two concepts are inseparably linked throughout the 20th century. The 50th anniversary of the organization ICOMOS (founded in 1965) provided an opportunity to revise the connection of monument protection and modern principles, a duality that accompanied the last century of architecture. The general reform of monument preservation movements was triggered by the destruction of the World Wars, followed by the global identity crisis coming from the modernist city reconstructions all over Europe. Due to the ignorance of the desire for historic continuity, late-Modern architecture caused intense social criticism in several European countries. However, the special historic-cultural background of the Iberian Peninsula created a scenario of architectural trends and a development of monument protection that differed from other parts of Europe. This study investigates the history of architectural heritage preservation in Spain, analyses the parallel methodologies and interactions of Modernism and monument protection from a theoretical point of view, reflecting on the specific conditions of the country during the 20th century, giving a general view of the strong embeddedness of heritage preservation in Modernism.

Keywords: built heritage, contemporary architecture, Modernism, rehabilitation, Spanish architecture, theory of monument preservation.

Biografía del autor/a

Anna Nóra Kóródy, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Architecture, Department of History of Architecture and Monuments

PhD in architecture, monument protection specialist. She graduated from the Faculty of Architecture, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BUTE) with Diploma Prize in 2011. She was awarded the MTA-OTDT Pro Scientia Golden Medal by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences for her scientific research achievements as a student, the Scholarship of Pro Progressio Foundation (as a graduate and as a postgraduate student), the Apáczai Scholarship for PhD students and the Campus Hungary Scholarship. She received her PhD degree in 2017. She lectured at different departments of the Faculty of Architecture at BUTE, and she is the secretary of the Csonka Pál PhD School (BUTE). She works as an architect at the Forster Gyula National Centre for Cultural Heritage Management. She studied in Spain supported by different research grants. Her research focuses on contemporary Spanish architecture and on the rehabilitation of built heritage.

Zorán Vukoszávlyev, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Architecture, Department of History of Architecture and Monuments, associate professor

PhD in architecture, monument protection specialist. He graduated in 1996 from the Faculty of Architecture, Budapest University of Technology and Economics(BUTE). He was awarded Diploma Prize, MTA-OTDT Pro Scientia Golden Medal, Eötvös Scholarship of the Hungarian State and Bolyai Scholarship of Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He received his PhD degree in 2003. At present, he is associate professor at the Department for History of Architecture and of Monuments (BUTE). He is a lecturer of contemporary architecture and sacral architecture and a supervisor on PhD-program of BUTE. He is author of architectural issues, curator of contemporary architectural exhibitions and lecturer of several international conferences on contemporary architecture (Bangkok, Ourense, Washington, Kielce, Venice, Brüxelles). He co-edited the book ‘New Lutheran Churches’. He authored the book ‘Contemporary Dutch Architecture’ and co-authored ‘Contemporary Portuguese Architecture’. He is the secretary of the Scientific Board of Architecture at the Hungarian Academy of Science, he is a member of presidency at the Association of Hungarian Architects and he is a member of the World Heritage Commitee of the UNESCO Hungarian National Board.

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Publicado

2017-06-28

Cómo citar

Kóródy, A. N., & Vukoszávlyev, Z. (2017). Built on Modernism: The theoretical basis of contemporary heritage preservation in the Spanish architectural scene. Arquitetura Revista, 13(1), 9–20. https://doi.org/10.4013/arq.2017.131.02

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Vol. 13 Núm. 1 (2017): Jan-Jun

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