Seventeenth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability

Abstract

Contemporary planning practices are often characterized by phenomenon of modernization bringing about drastic transformations in urban fabrics. As per the Vienna Memorandum 2005, contemporary developments pose a challenge for the historic urban landscapes for continuity of historic identities along with the creation of new contemporary futures. These design interventions of alterations, adaptive reuses, conversions, and new development may introduce spatial heterogeneity leading to deviation of historic landscape characteristics and its spatial order, which have sustained over time due to the socio-spatial dynamics and configurations. However, the cognizance of this socio-spatial order is often under-represented in the management and planning of urban environments. This research aims to explore and map a comprehensive list of attributes with respect to the Historic Urban Landscape approach (UNESCO) through the study of archival maps and images to capture and document the memory of the landscape through eidetic datascape methods. These data scapes are different from the quantitative maps which are used in conventional planning practice but represent qualitative data as well as construct an eidetic argument documenting the cognitive boundaries beyond the protected areas. Such datascape will be instantiated in this research by documenting and defining attributes and determinants to represent various data sets to highlight the invisible forces of socio-spatial configurations, spatial segregation, and practice of heritage design.