International Committee
documentation and conservation
of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the
modern movement
V Ê *À Vii` }ÃÊÓÊUÊDecember 2009
MIRROR OF MODERNITY The Post-war Revolution in Urban Conservation Joint Conference Docomomo International and The Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland Friday and Saturday, 1 and 2 May 2009 Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland
Proceedings under the scientific direction of Miles Glendinning
Front cover: Present-day view of the Market Place and the monumental, timber-built Knochenhauer-Amtshaus in Hildesheim - in fact, a 1980s facsimile reconstruction of a building completely destroyed in 1945 by bombing, and replaced for over two decades by a modernist hotel on the site.
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Urban conservation and the international conservation charters: a theoretical overview by Ruxandra Stoica ( ÂŽ
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p.8 to 12
(A)political buildings: ideology, memory and Warsaw’s ‘Old’ Town by MichaĹ‚ Murawski (King’s College, Cambridge)
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p.13 to 20
The Cultural Logic of Reconstruction: critical history lessons in/of the post-socialist city
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p.21 to 22
Twentieth-century architecture in Quebec City: the dilemma of integration in a ‘colonial jewel’
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p.23 to 28
Pursuits of Deeper Purpose: The Reconstruction of Fortress Louisbourg, Nova Scotia by Anne RainesĂŠÂ ÂŽ
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p.29 to 36
The Loi Malraux and the urban-conservation revolution in 1960s France LÞÊ"Â?ÂˆĂ›ÂˆiÀÊ Âœ`iĂŒĂŠÂ VÂœÂ?iĂŠ`iĂŠ Â…>ˆÂ?Â?ÂœĂŒ]ĂŠ*>Ă€ÂˆĂƒÂŽ
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p.34 to 41
The postwar rise of conservation in England: heroic struggle or technocratic evolution?
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p.42 to 43
Area conservation as socialist standard-bearer: a plan for the historical centre of Bologna in 1969
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From Porta Pia to Porta del Popolo: modernity and antiquity face-to-face in postwar Rome
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LÞÊ ˆ>˜iĂŠ7>ĂŒĂŒiĂ€ĂƒĂŠÂ, -É ÂœVœ“œ“œŽ A European overview: the 1960s and 1970s
by Dennis Rodwell (architect-planner, consultant in cultural heritage)
by John PendleburyĂŠÂ1Â˜ÂˆĂ›iĂ€ĂƒÂˆĂŒĂžĂŠÂœvĂŠ iĂœV>ĂƒĂŒÂ?iÂŽ
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by Maristella Casciato (Chair, Docomomo International)
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The contemporary challenge: urban conservation issues in present-day China by Zhu RongĂŠÂ-V…œœÂ?ĂŠÂœvĂŠ iĂƒÂˆ}˜]ĂŠ ˆ>˜}˜>Â˜ĂŠ1Â˜ÂˆĂ›iĂ€ĂƒÂˆĂŒĂžÂŽ
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Docomomo International is a non-profit organization dedicated to the DOcumentation and COnservation of buildings, sites and neighborhoods of the MOdern MOvement. It aims at: - Bringing the significance of the architecture of the modern movement to the attention of the public, the public authorities, the professionals and the educational community. - Identifying and promoting the surveying of the modern movement’s works. - Fostering and disseminating the development of appropriate techniques and methods of conservation. - Opposing destruction and disfigurement of significant works. - Gathering funds for documentation and conservation. - Exploring and developing knowledge of the modern movement.
EDITORS
Maristella Casciato iÊ`½"À}i Ý SCIENTIFIC EDITOR
Docomomo International wishes to extend its field of actions to new territories, establish new partnerships with institutions, organizations and NGOs active in the area of modern architecture, develop and publish the international register, and enlarge the scope of its activities in the realm of research, documentation and education.
Miles Glendinning
COORDINATION AND PRODUCTION
iÊ`½"À}i Ý i >ÕÀiÊ Õ iÌ
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Àj`jÀ µÕiÊ ÕÃÃ>Ì
ORIGINAL DESIGN
Agathe Desombre, Paris
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Docomomo International est une organisation non gouvernementale dont la mission est la DOcumentation et la COnservation de l’architecture, des sites et du patrimoine bâti du MOuvement MOderne. Ses objectifs visent à : - Révéler l’importance du mouvement moderne à l’attention du public, des autorités, des professionnels et de la communauté scientifique. - Identifier et promouvoir l’ensemble des oeuvres du mouvement moderne. - Aider au développement et à la dissémination des techniques et des méthodes de conservation. - S’opposer à la destruction et à la défiguration des oeuvres architecturales importantes. - Collecter des fonds pour la documentation et la conservation. - Explorer et développer la connaissance du mouvement moderne. Docomomo International se propose également de développer ses activités vers de nouveaux territoires, d’établir de nouveaux partenariats avec des institutions et des organisations actives dans le domaine de l’architecture moderne, de compléter et de publier l’inventaire international et d’élargir ses actions dans le cadre de la recherche, de la documentation et de l’éducation.