Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Architectural Reconstruction

Zoltán Somhegyi is an art historian, holding a Ph.D. in Aesthetics and a Habilitation (venia legendi) in Philosophy. Currently he is Associate Professor of Art History at the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary.Lisa Giombini is a Research Fellow in Aesthetics in the Department of Philosophy, Communication, and Performing Arts at Roma Tre University.

• Rethinking, restoring, readapting: An introduction to the philosophy of architectural reconstruction PART I: Theoretical inquiries 1. Theory and practice in heritage decision-making 2. Lives and afterlives of architectural objects 3. Integrity in cultural heritage preservation: Unveiling the challenges 4. Preservation as a moral disposition: The values embedded within cultural heritage 5. Narrative meaning and the reconstruction of architectural heritage 6. Questioning heritage PART II: Applying theories 7. Regenerating heritage processes and practices in historical reconstruction 8. Narrative and the legitimacy of change to historic buildings 9. How to conserve a fake ruin? Heritage dilemmas between aesthetics and practice 10. Heritage, biophilic reconstruction, and climate change 11. The use of light installations in architectural reconstruction: New technological solutions for the public sphere 12. Reusing Roosevelt? Tainted monuments and the architectural reuse strategy PART III: Areas and districts 13. Aesthetics in a renovated city: Historical view of mundane Cityscape in Modern Japan 14. The transformation trap: Redeveloping the historic Chinese Baroque area in Harbin 15. The question of Al Seef in Dubai. A case of historicist architecture compared to the global principles of architectural heritage 16. The Swahili House - a heritage in the East African City 17. Post-war ruins: Relics of the past or unwanted "urban scars." Reconstruction of the dissonant heritage of the Recovered Territories in Poland 18. Architectural reconstruction reconsidered: Cases from the postwar reconstruction of Germany 19. Miami Art Deco architecture, climate change, and puzzles for historic preservation PART IV: Buildings 20. "This magnificent pile". The cathedral of Trondheim from ruin to heritage 21. The restoration of Chartres Cathedral: Theories and practices 22. "To build still more deliberately": Architectural reconstruction and the house that Thoreau built 23. When memory fades and resources run dry: Three cases of neglect and loss 24. Restoration and adaptive reuse of the Fişekhane (cartridge factory) in Istanbul – a case of sustainable rehabilitation in the context of a profit-seeking real estate development scheme 25. An imitation game: Restoration and intangible heritage at the Bletchley Park Huts, UK 26. Architectural conservation in Nairobi: The Don Bosco shrine