Contemporary heritage in the historic city of Seville. The preservation of the Modern Movement (1925-1975) through urban planning

Abstract

The concept of heritage has not stopped progressing since the beginning of the 20th century until today. Among other advances, it has managed to overcome the historic value of antiquity as the main criteria used for considering an element as heritage. As a result, the concept of contemporary heritage has emerged to refer to the patrimonialization process of buildings constructed throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. It includes those that emerged from the Modern Movement (1925-1975). This work analyzes the evolution in recognition of this emerging heritage in the case of Seville, the Andalusian capital (Spain). Its preservation was analyzed from an urban eminent approach, through the urban planning instrument of special preservation plan. The research focuses on analyzing the progressive insertion of contemporary heritage into the urban preservation planning, based on the year in which the plan for each sector of the city is developed (26 sectors in total). Consequently, the work identified the main criteria differences in safeguard of both consolidated and contemporary heritage as a problem, especially in the case of those at risk of disappearing.

Keywords:
Modern Movement; Contemporary heritage; Special protection planning; Seville; Urbanism