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>X-Sender: [log in to unmask] >Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 14:01:52 +0100 >To: [log in to unmask] >From: Mirko Petric <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: HELP SAVE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE >Mime-Version: 1.0 > >SUPPORT URBAN PLANNING, OPPOSE COMMERCIALISM! > >The Palace of Diocletian in the southern Croatian port of Split is an >UNESCO-protected world heritage monument. It was built as a villa for the >abdicated Roman emperor 17 centuries ago, and in the course of time >developed into what is now the historic core of the city of Split. >Architectural historians consider it one of the best preserved late Roman >villas, but also cherish the elements of the medieval city as well as the >layers of the subsequent historical styles found in the eclectic makeup of >the Split city core. > >Urban planning and construction in such an environment obviously require >utmost carefulness. However, Split City Hall and City Council have recently >made legal a plan, initiated by the local monument conservation authority, >according to which potential building sites in the city core should be >offered for commercial exploitation to the best bidder. According to the >plan, the funds obtained by selling sites to the developers should be >reinvested into monument preservation. However, the plan does not include >precise guidelines as to the nature of the potential construction, nor >stipulates an architectural competition as a method of obtaining the best >(i.e. least intrusive) solutions in this highly sensitive cultural context. > >We, the undersigned, strongly oppose such a plan and demand that there be a >wide public, professional and scholarly discussion before it is >implemented. You can support this initiative arguing against >commercialization endangering cultural heritage of the highest order, by >sending a mail with your name and professional designation to the following >e-mail address: > >[log in to unmask] > >Please forward this mail to potentially interested persons. > >Photographs of the current state of the parts of the Palace can be viewed >at: http://www.arhitektura.info/ARHIT/prilozi/palaca1.htm > >The plan adopted by the Split City Hall, as well as the photographs of some >previously planned new buildings, can be viewed at: >http://www.arhitektura.info/~split/urbs/bastina/06%20SEkvadrant/cursus_sonorum. >htm > Julia Cassim Research Coordinator Small Business Programme The Helen Hamlyn Research Centre Royal College of Art Kensington Gore London SW7 2EU tel:+44-(0)207 590 4582 (dir) fax:+44-(0)207 590 4244 >Helen Hamlyn Research Centre www site: http://www.hhrc.rca.ac.uk ----------End of Message---------- Run by SURFACE for more information on research, consultancy and MSc. in Accessibility and Inclusive Design programme visit www.surface.uk.co Archives for the Accessibuilt discussion list are located at www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/accessibuilt.html