Book, Vernacular meta space in the contemporary city[LS]

Language: Brazilian Portuguese. To what extent can the new erase history? One of the most discussed issues in debates involving established or soon-to-be established urban space concerns the heritage represented by environments that bring in their constitution - or destitution - exemplary elements of the formation of an urban identity. The importance of monuments, the relevance of the physical environment as a value for a society and a nation, the notion of conservation, the relationship between history and contemporaneity are factors that stir new urban theories and permeate public actions in new and old cities. In '(Meta)Vernacular Space in the Contemporary City', Marisa Barda, master in History and Fundamentals of Architecture, with extensive experience in urban restoration and conservation, discusses the topic with remarkable analytical depth. Examining the main sources of argument, it leads us to the idea that the city, like culture, cannot survive without the recording and preservation of its memory, which, in turn, is far from being represented only by its landmarks, but the essential thing is to preserve the vectors of formation and the places - built or not - that synthesize and characterize that community, in order to maintain an intimate connection between the citizen and their place in the world.