THE VENICE CHARTER UNDER REVIEW
Journal Name:
- Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Mimarlık Fakültesi Dergisi
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Abstract (2. Language):
The Venice Charter has provided a set of guiding principles
for the protection of historic monuments and sites since its
adoption in 1964 at the Second International Congress of
Architects and Technicians of Historic Monuments. That
meeting expanded and further advanced those concepts set
forth in Athens Charter of 1931 which had, in effect, led to
the development of major institutions for international
activity in the cultural field.
In recent years, increasing interest in the protection of
historic quarters and sites has led some experts to propose
that the Venice Charter might well be expanded or changed
further to reflect the broader interests in historic
conservation which have continued to emerge over the past
decade.
The author discusses the pro's and con's of this argument by
conducting a critical review of the Venice Charter in order
to point out why and in what respects the charter is now
effective and ineffetive. After a general evaluation of the
charter, each article of the charter is examined through a
set of examples.
In conclusion the author states that the explosion in contemporary
activities and the growing interest in conservation
make it difficult to write another charter which will as
comprehensive and effective as the Venice Charter has been.
Thus, he concludes that the charter should be preserved as
it stands, as an historic monument itself. The Charter
approach in itself may represent a from of idealism which
has little place in a discipline.
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