The problem of preserving contemporary architecture is a delicate and complex one which, when it comes to architecture built during the Fascist period, involves additional facets and complexities. The first topic discussed in this paper investigates the frail nature of this heritage. Beyond the initial ambitions, geared towards defining ‘apparently immortal’ architecture, there is the intrinsic frailty of buildings produced by the Modern Movement: on the one hand, as regards the ‘durability of materials’; on the other hand, as regards the ‘obsolescence of the meanings’ that originally led to their construction. Indeed, the transformation of these buildings into objects devoid of use is not only connected to the degeneration of materials; it also constitutes the tangible physical manifestation of the end of a ‘great illusion’ (G.K. Koenig). Therefore, the process of accurately understanding and continuously interpreting of these buildings, with their history and the changes they have undergone, becomes the starting point when attempting to preserve this heritage. By illustrating a few examples of Rationalist architecture in Forlì – the Industrial Technical Institute, the Aeronautic College of G.I.L., the Santarelli Kindergarten and the Casa del Balilla, then of G.I.L. – this paper aims to highlight how the investigation of archive and bibliographical sources, combined with direct research carried out on these buildings, constitute distinct but complementary aspects within a broader interpretational process that, starting from an understanding of ‘built architecture’, and not of ‘represented architecture’, leads to respectful, informed and accurate restoration work that can minimise the loss of original matter and incorporate the traces left behind by time in conservation project.

"Il tempo, ininterrotta continuità, ma anche perpetuo cambiamento". La durabilità dei materiali, l'invecchiamento dei significati, le trasformazioni nel tempo: interpretare per conservare il patrimonio architettonico contemporaneo / G. Favaretto. - STAMPA. - (2017), pp. 1048-1056.

"Il tempo, ininterrotta continuità, ma anche perpetuo cambiamento". La durabilità dei materiali, l'invecchiamento dei significati, le trasformazioni nel tempo: interpretare per conservare il patrimonio architettonico contemporaneo

FAVARETTO, GIULIA
2017

Abstract

The problem of preserving contemporary architecture is a delicate and complex one which, when it comes to architecture built during the Fascist period, involves additional facets and complexities. The first topic discussed in this paper investigates the frail nature of this heritage. Beyond the initial ambitions, geared towards defining ‘apparently immortal’ architecture, there is the intrinsic frailty of buildings produced by the Modern Movement: on the one hand, as regards the ‘durability of materials’; on the other hand, as regards the ‘obsolescence of the meanings’ that originally led to their construction. Indeed, the transformation of these buildings into objects devoid of use is not only connected to the degeneration of materials; it also constitutes the tangible physical manifestation of the end of a ‘great illusion’ (G.K. Koenig). Therefore, the process of accurately understanding and continuously interpreting of these buildings, with their history and the changes they have undergone, becomes the starting point when attempting to preserve this heritage. By illustrating a few examples of Rationalist architecture in Forlì – the Industrial Technical Institute, the Aeronautic College of G.I.L., the Santarelli Kindergarten and the Casa del Balilla, then of G.I.L. – this paper aims to highlight how the investigation of archive and bibliographical sources, combined with direct research carried out on these buildings, constitute distinct but complementary aspects within a broader interpretational process that, starting from an understanding of ‘built architecture’, and not of ‘represented architecture’, leads to respectful, informed and accurate restoration work that can minimise the loss of original matter and incorporate the traces left behind by time in conservation project.
2017
RICerca/REStauro. Sezione 6: Ricerca in-formazione
1048
1056
"Il tempo, ininterrotta continuità, ma anche perpetuo cambiamento". La durabilità dei materiali, l'invecchiamento dei significati, le trasformazioni nel tempo: interpretare per conservare il patrimonio architettonico contemporaneo / G. Favaretto. - STAMPA. - (2017), pp. 1048-1056.
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