Conservation vs Innovation? Should we (still) Teach Restoration in Architecture?

Authors

  • Donatella Fiorani Sapienza Università di Roma

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14633/AHR337

Keywords:

Conservation, Digitalization, Specialization, Innovation, Internationalization

Abstract

The essay aims to introduce this special issue, devoted to the teaching of restoration, critically analyzing the following papers and the topics investigated in detail: digitization, internationalization and the interaction between discipline and specialism. The question that opens the paper, with a deliberately provocative adverb, accompanies an examination of the changes that the discipline itself (and the way of teaching it) has undergone, as a consequence of the technical progress of the last years. In particular, digital tools are introduced in their ambiguities, trying to highlight the potential (and the risks) of digitization, not only in the phase of data acquisition and in-depth knowledge, but also in the process of conserving heritage. Here, more than ever, the field is confused and intertwined between research and teaching, and Restoration needs to re-appropriate this crucial and experimental issue. Moreover, internationalization is outlined considering the transmission of 'transversal' knowledge and, more generally, the interaction with different cultural realities. Finally, the specialism in training, represents a further challenge, forcing Restoration to accept the existing innovative requests in order to orient them correctly. In conclusion, it seems that only the opening of Restoration to the future can represent the final guarantee of effectiveness in the transmission of its foundational principles.

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Published

2022-04-11

How to Cite

Fiorani, D. (2022). Conservation vs Innovation? Should we (still) Teach Restoration in Architecture?. ArcHistoR Architecture History Restoration - Architettura Storia Restauro, 9(16), 42–57. https://doi.org/10.14633/AHR337

Issue

ArcHistoR (Extra n. 9/2021): La didattica per il restauro. Strumenti, internazionalizzazione, competenze

Section

vuoto1

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