Planned Conservation of 20th-century Architecture. Research in Italy and Brazil

This book deals with the planned conservation of modern architecture and proposes a comparative discussion between eight research programs recently completed in Italy and Brazil as part of the “Keeping It Modern” program by means of which the Getty Foundation supported the drafting of conservation management planning for major architectural masterpieces of the 20th-century worldwide, between 2014 and 2020. The scientific results of this program are maturing, and also resulting in publica- tions promoted by universities and research centers involved by the Getty Foundation. Within this framework of initiatives, we dedicate this book to the comparison among research projects carried out in Italy and in Brazil, starting from the distinctive char- acteristics that modern architecture has gained in the two countries and evaluating the impact of Conservation Management Plans on the cultural scenario of each country and on the corresponding protection systems. We asked the co-authors to recon- sider the research experience faced within the KIM program, but overcoming their description and proposing to describe instead its specific reflection about the role that management plans play for 20th-century architecture and about how the outcomes of this experience have contributed to the debate on the conservation of contemporary architecture. Finally, the book presents many transversal topics and highlights numerous simi- larities in approach between the two countries, but also profound differences in the way of understanding the conservation of 20th-century architectural heritage.