Conservation of architectural heritage and urban contexts - changes and debates in the postwar decades in Mexico
- Autores: Valerie Magar Meurs
- Localización: Conversaciones, ISSN-e 2395-9479, Nº. 11, 2021 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Conversaciones... con Fernando Chueca Goitia y Carlos Flores Marini), págs. 326-350
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Abstract At the end of World War II, the world started to change rapidly, leading to the need to rethink concepts and approaches in the field of conservation. The massive destruction generated during the war, mainly in Europe, was one of the initial concerns. However, especially for historical centers and other urban settlements, other challenges, caused by the pressures of population growth, rural migration and rapidly changing modes of transportation, soon arose. To address this situation, the international institutions founded in the post-war period joined forces to encourage and support the formation of conservation centers and, above all, specialized training courses to prepare the professionals needed for the care and protection of heritage. This text reviews the international context and the existing situation in Mexico in order to analyze some of the approaches proposed for the conservation of built heritage and historic centers during the 1960s and the 1980s.
