Time passes by, nature changes, wars occur, tragedies happen. However, one of the only things that survive in this world, is our heritage. Heritage buildings are the trademarks of our numerous beautiful cities and our ancestors. These historical buildings give richness and uniqueness to our beautiful cities, which reflect our society’s identity. And the reason why these historical buildings should be preserved is the charm and character they bring to a neighborhood that new building don’t. These heritage buildings play another role as well. They are reminders of our history and our past. Having these buildings will allow people to understand where they come from, where they are, and where they are heading to. When people understand …show more content…
There is a worldwide desire to protect and preserve artistic, architectural, and historical testimony. The best way to protect our art and architectural treasures is to sensitize not just the government and the responsible authorities but also the locals, the visitors, and the neighbors. They all must come to realize that our heritage is an irreplaceable and a unique testimony and that the responsibility of handing this on to the following generations must be borne by everyone. (The protection of historic buildings and their artistic contents against crime and wilful damage, 1995) However, what is being in Lebanon is remarkable and a clear indication of how slight and little the general public knows about its cultural and structural heritage. Increasing the population's involvement with this heritage is vital and important because then the public will react more rapidly when this heritage is threatened. Our heritage is not exclusive to be possessed by a few; it belongs to the whole community. (The protection of historic buildings and their artistic contents against crime and wilful damage, …show more content…
“We copied the wrong model, the one of the Gulf cities, while we should had reflected on the Mediterranean countries,” says Georges Zaioun, as cited by (Lebanese heritage suffers as 80% of Beirut’s oldest buildings are demolished, 2013) who worked for UESCO for many years. However, the destruction of our heritage is one of the reasons that is effecting our best economic resource, tourism. Beirut used to be filled with tourists wherever you went, what restaurant you had dinner in, as well as every nightclub inside Beirut. “This policy of urban development is economically beneficial to the promoter, but in both the short- and long-run, the Lebanese public is on the losing end.” Says Ingea as cited by (Lupo, 2013). Taking example, Achrafieh which is located on a hill in the eastern part of Beirut. Achrafieh is characterized by its narrow streets, plus it is divided into numerous smaller
...buildings they make. Those walls hold stories that are unique and they cannot be repeated. Taking care of those buildings helps humans to preserve the lives and stories of the people who lived in them earlier.
What makes our country so beautiful is certainly due in-part to New Orleans culture, the amazing artistic, musical – think of the birth-place of jazz, and the glistening Mississippi. A landscape incredibly gorgeous and people rich in tradition with roots from Europe and elsewhere, provides a dynamic yet firmly rooted people that strongly influences all of America today. Moreover, every person no matter where they may hail from should stop to consider the question “Should we re-build?” At the very moment this enters in consciousness all one needs to truly do is to consider, the what if’s. What if this was my town, my city, my home? The answer is obvious! Of ...
For years on end, countries have been fighting with big museums from other countries for ancient artifacts that belong to the original countries. The argument of whether or not the museums should be able to keep them still remains. It is the right of the country to have their own artifacts. It is imperative for countries to be able showcase their historical artifacts, therefor museums should return them to their rightful owners.
Duncan’s (1991) analysis of western museums is defined through the theme of “durable objects” as a criterion to judge the heritage of American and European art as a ritual of the modern state. In this manner western art museums are built like “temples” as a symbolic and figurative representation of greatness of western culture throughout the world: “[They] are more like the traditional ceremonial monuments that museum buildings often emulate—classical temples” (Duncan 90). This interpretation of American/European museums defines a dominant source of cultural heritage that ritualizes
In particular, when discussing the possession of cultural heritage, Appiah believes that from the point of view of cosmopolitanism, cultural and artistic objects do not belong to a particular nation or country, because artists absorbed the essence of diversified civilization and culture in the process of its creation. Therefore they should belong to all mankind. For exam...
Ur was located in what is now known as Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq. It once was a city situated “...in the middle of the Euphrates on the edge of the Persian Gulf” (Smiley 2015). The oval city had harbor entrances in several location. The location of the remains of the city of Ur are now located inland, due to changes in climate when the ice. The city was surrounded by a moat, which has since dried up. As with many Sumer cities, Ur was a polytheistic culture. Each family had personal deities, and each city had a deity thought to protect the city as a whole (Smiley
Today, memorials are built with the purpose of remembering and connecting with the past. Although memorials and monuments are unique landscapes, it must be noted that memorials are often dedicated to those who have been victimized, while monuments offer a celebration or remembrance of a specific person or event. However, both do not fail in shaping the world as it is today. People remember, people learn, and people move on. In memorializing an event and in creating a monument, one should consider its location, cost, and meaning. Failing to do so might provoke controversy among those who are innocent and those who are against it.
In conclusion, the controversy of demolishing the original American Folk Art museum’s has been finalized without remorse. According to Diller Scofido+Renfroshas no reasoning could have been found for the integration of the American Folk Art Museum. However, preservation is essential to architecture in the 21st century. It disciplines architecture. Preservation of the American Folk Art Museum will make the site meaningful by keeping the qualities that make it what we call architecture. My opinion is that there are ways to integrate the buildings. Diller Scofido+Renfroshas could have redesigned for a better integration without demolishing the neighboring building ruining a cultural institution. Diller Scofido+Renfroshas is portraying an egotistical and disrespectful opinion towards architecture.
Thebes - Thebes first became the capital of Egypt around 2135 BC. It served off and on as capital until around 1279 BC. Thebes and Memphis generally rivaled each other as the largest and greatest cities in Egypt. Thebes was an important political and religious city. It housed several major temples including the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak. The Valley of the Kings is located near the city of Thebes.Cites can’t happen automatically, they start off as villages and make their way up to become cites. They start off as villages and then slowly form into towns and then cites, but the houses arent made of stone, instead the are made of mud bricks. It can be extremely useful, if the house gets destroyed from a flood instead of clearing
In order to create innovative public architecture, considered to be the most civic, costly, time intensive and physical of the arts, the project holds a degree of risk, strife, and negotiation . Overcoming these tasks and creating worthy public architecture is a challenge designers try to accomplish, but are rarely successful. The people involved in a potential public building, can be larger than the building itself. Public architecture tries to please all, even the doubters and critics, but because of the all these factors, a building is closer to failing than succeeding.
...troversy as all countries have lost, to a great or lesser extent, treasures of national renown and significance over time. Wars, theft, treasure seeking, changing boundaries and migration have all in some way contributed to this diaspora of art. There is clear evidence that the historic placing of objects in locations remote from their origin has on occasion afforded protection and preservation, The Elgin Marbles in The British Museum being a case in point. However, given the overarching principle of self determination it is difficult to argue that serendipitous historic placement is sufficient reason for items of true national heritage to be kept indefinitely. A world-wide system of touring exhibitions and cultural exchange, with context being provided by the originating society may provide the natural progression to the accessible widening of people’s experiences.
Buildings reflect the values and ideas of society within periods. The role of architecture in shaping society and vice versa largely depends on the period in question and who or what affects first. The Enlightenment, and the subsequent period the Post-Enlightenment, reflect the biggest change for current ideas regarding architecture and society and current theories. At the same time, individual identities and understanding of society, progress and truth all follow a similar evolving path. It is during this dramatic shift in thinking that the role of architecture to society and the idea of progress and truth becomes a more complex relationship. How this relationship works and its implications is based on the theory that there is a direct link between the two. One cannot develop without the other. Who leads whom and to what extent they influence each other is evident in architectural trends and pioneering works by architects such as Robert Venturi, Frank Gehry amongst others.
As Nuttgens eloquently expressed, architecture is a “vital…expression of the experience of mankind.” It is more than just buildings used for storage, housing, religious purposes, simple functionality; it is a great manifestation of the commonality of man, the great connecting factor of humankind. However, it can be argued that the ancient and classic forms or architecture are in essence more “profound…lasting… [and] inexhaustible” than those of their modern counterparts, because of some key differences in the ways ancient and modern architecture are practiced.
A city has to be beautiful, though the definition of “beauty” is so vague. The beauty can be physical, such as enjoyable parks, streetscapes, architectural facades, the sky fragment through freeways and trees; or it can be the beauty of livelihood, people, and history. As landscape architects, we are creating beautiful things or turning the unpleasant memorial.