By Ana Pastor Pérez (The University of Barcelona) and Elizabeth Robson (The University of Stirling) From 21–23 April, colleagues from the Deep Cities project were busy participating in the Nordic Theoretical Archaeology Group (or TAG) meeting, hosted by the Museum of Cultural History and the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History, both part of the […]
Reflections on Heritage and Urban Planning – Exhibition in Florence
From March 31 until April 21 citizens and visitors to Florence can experience the Deep Cities exhibition at Biblioteca delle Oblate e Archivio Storico Comunale. It is well known that cities are constantly changing. As such, cities arecomposed of added historic layers that, over time, transform into heritage whichmerits conservation. Within the conservation process, heritage […]
Heritage as architectonic concept
By Andreas Heier, Senior Landscape Architect, Snøhetta In Snøhetta we always strive to let the projects interact and adapt to its specific context, being the natural or build landscape. The surroundings always come with its own inherited values and history. No projects are the same, other than that they in some way or the other […]
Towards a deep cities ethography of Sant Andreu de Palomar
By Jesús Martín Alonso, Ana Pastor Pérez and Margarita Díaz-Andreu For months the pandemic has delayed the beginning of the fieldwork in the area around the Fabra i Coats factory, in the Sant Andreu de Palomar neighbourhood in Barcelona (for our work in L’Hospitalet, see our previous blog). Sant Andreu de Palomar, a village until […]
The Historical Archive of the Municipality of Florence: excellence and memory of a public service
By Andrea Biondi (University of Florence), Doc. Francesca Gaggini (Responsible for the Archives and SDIAF Professional Organizer of the Municipality of Florence) and Doc. Giuseppe Cuscito (retired Archives Professional Organizer of the Municipality of Florence). The Historical Archive of the Municipality of Florence is an Associate Partner for the Deep Cities project in Florence, Italy. […]