Article
Centro cívico de Guatemala, patrimonio moderno en peligro
Fecha
2018-01Registro en:
1390-7263
10.18537/est.v007.n012.a04
1390-9274
Autor
Fuentes Padilla, Sonia
Institución
Resumen
The Ministry of Culture and Sports in Guatemala is conscious that modern
heritage is already susceptible of being recognized, protected and divulged,
requested DoCoMoMo Guatemala, to lead the technical committee to do the
proposal to declare the Civic Center as National Heritage (2014). Therefore a
workshop was organized to achieve the recognition of the Civic Center´s
uniqe values and therefore the official recognition as Heritage of our Nation.
Unfortunately, two years ago it was revealed that the government
threatened against all the initiatives explained above to elevate this Civic
Center to become candidate in the UNESCO´s Indicative List by proposing an
invasive proposal of about 6 massive buildings in the site where the actual
Central Train Station located nearby Civic Center and that is already declared
as National Heritage. The management of the Architectural Heritage and its
validation should be done by participatory and inclusive actions. A group of
professionals and patrimonial managers propose a counterproposal focused
on the valorisation and revitalization of the heritage but not to its destruction.