Historical Approach
Historical Approach

Author(s): Ioana E. Zacharias Vultur
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Architecture, History of Art
Published by: Universitatea de Arhitectură şi Urbanism »Ion Mincu«
Keywords: historical research; site understanding; architectural discourse; heritage values; old–new dialogue;
Summary/Abstract: Why is historical research needed in today’s architectural projects? This is because it represents, together with urban planning research, the first form of knowing and understanding the site, the memory, the context, the stages of evolution towards the current situation. Because it supports the formulation of an intelligent, legitimate intervention attitude and of an informed contemporary architectural discourse. Because it identifies, from the overall image to the details, the values of a site or of a building and can even bring to light new elements. Because it supports a type of dialogue between the old and the new, because it is a source of inspiration and gives substance to the architectural message, however conceptually or technologically innovative it might be, in order to solve problems.

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