Declaration on the Conservation of Historic Urban Landscapes (2005)

The 15th General Assembly of States Parties to the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, Paris, 10-11 Oct.

Preface: The Declaration on the Conservation of Historic Urban Landscapes(2005) was adopted by the General Assembly, which based on the Vienna Memorandum on the Conservation of Historic Urban Landscapes of 2005.

Adopts the principles expressed by the Vienna Memorandum on the Conservation of Historic Urban Landscapes as follows:

  • Continuous changes in functional use, social structure, political context and economic development that manifest themselves in the form of structural interventions in the historic urban landscape may be acknowledged as part of the city’s tradition, and require a vision of the city as a whole with forward-looking action on the part of decision-makers, and a dialogue with the other actors and stakeholders involved.
  • The central challenge of contemporary architecture in the historic urban landscape is to respond to development dynamics in order to facilitate socio-economic changes and growth on the one hand, while simultaneously respecting the inherited townscape and its landscape setting on the other. Living historic cities,especially World Heritage cities, require a policy of city planning and management that takes conservation as a key point of departure. In this process,the historic city’s authenticity and integrity, which are determined by various factors, must not be compromised.
  • A central concern of physical and functional interventions is to enhance quality of life and production efficiency by improving living, working and recreational conditions and adapting uses without compromising existing values derived from the character and significance of the historic urban fabric and form. This means not only improving technical standards, but also a rehabilitation and contemporary development of the historic environment based upon a proper inventory and assessment of its values, as well as the addition of high-quality cultural expressions.
Category
Declaration
Date

2005

Promulgation

The 15th General Assembly of States Parties to the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, Paris, 10-11 Oct.

Descriptions

  • It is adopted by the General Assembly, which based on the Vienna Memorandum on the Conservation of Historic Urban Landscapes of 2005.
  • It emphasizes the need to properly contextualize contemporary architecture in the historic urban landscape and stresses the importance of undertaking studies to analyze the impact on cultural, visual or other values when contemporary interventions are being planned.

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http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001413/141303c.pdf

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