Patrimonio modesto desarrollo de lineamientos para la adaptación de nuevos usos en edificaciones patrimoniales en el Centro Histórico de Cuenca

Abstract

Historical downtown areas are the result of years of cultural and social constructions. Due to the growth of the needs of the population, advances in technology, and urban development in cities, these areas are constantly experiencing physical and cultural transformation. These urban processes are a sing of the increase in the economic value, of some of the social areas that involve a change of use in the heritage; at the same time, they have resulted in the revitalization of the historic quarter.

The current objective is to find out if heritage development provides an incentive to the economic, touristic, and political growth while improving living conditions of dowtown spaces and giving dynamism back to historical sites. In this sense, historical downtown Cuenca faces a similar scenario around both the lack of removal of destroyed monumental heritage and the modern heritage valued by a small amount of people. Such actions may increase the risk of loss of the different values of the heritage sites, even compromising the physical stability of the property.

This research seeks to analyze the physical and symbolic changes to which the actual heritage is subjected. It hopes to find a balance between the new uses generated by increased tourist promotion and the conservation of heritage values.

In this way, the investigation proposes an analysis of the spatial changes required to adapt these areas for new use while generating new guidelines for quality architectural interventions, which leads to the conservation of valuable heritage sites.