Historic Centers: The Authentic DNA of Cities
Cities will not stop changing as long as they exist : they expand, concentrate, develop density and empty themselves. It is in their founding centre where the genes of their true identity can be found. Even when all western historical centres share some architectonic and urban characteristics, indep...
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Revista INVI
2004
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| Tóm tắt: | Cities will not stop changing as long as they exist : they expand, concentrate, develop density and empty themselves. It is in their founding centre where the genes of their true identity can be found. Even when all western historical centres share some architectonic and urban characteristics, independently from their geographical co-ordinates, each one has a set of essential marks that make them unique and unrepeatable. It is true that all Latin American cities have a common pattern established by the Spanish conquerors but they slowly moved towards specific models that allow us to tell them apart. Thus, Quito is clearly different from La Havana and Bahía is unlike Lima. Santiago, on the other hand, still keeps some of the characteristics that in its era of splendour – at the end of the 19th century- gave some degree of unity to its historical centre. Threats are multiple today, in times when globalisation is starting to set a anonymous and universal mark . The mission, for those who are responsible for modifying cities – and thus influence the historical centres- is to defend their original traces which are, in the end, their true DNA. |
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