La conservación y restauración de la arquitectura contemporánea: paradojas y contradicciones

The progressive amplification of the concept of heritage during the last century led to consider as monuments not only cathedrals or the most traditional buildings in historic architecture, but also the most relevant instances of contemporary architecture. The identification and assessment of the 20th century buildings logically led to their conservation and restoration in the most necessary cases. However, intervention on them has provoked a deep debate in which even a specific way to restore this architecture has been posed