Revival of conservation sites : a premeditated approach

Abstract EN

Conservation of heritage assets is the scope of attention of many professions related to environment, architecture, planning, economy, and politics.

Greater awareness of the unique character of heritage areas has aroused and advocated the sensitive treatment of those assets.

Several advanced detailed strategies have been identified and implemented in Western Europe where many successful regeneration development, such as heritage projects, can be found whose strategies and implementation processes can be analyzed and adopted for the improvement of similar heritage assets.

The purpose of this paper is to benchmark the key driving criteria of successful heritage-based regeneration projects.

Two case studies in the UK are analyzed based on criteria adopted from the work of the “English Heritage” organization to bring forward effective development schemes in heritage based projects.

The cross analysis of the two case studies elaborates on the involved key parameters associated with a fruitful regeneration of urban conservation projects.

Those parameters include the preparation of a solid economic case for labor, partnership (whether public or private), participation of the local community, early specialized consultation, extending the links with the contextual fabric for permeability, keeping the link with history in a contemporary style that express its time frame, and retaining the grain size to maintain the sensation of place.