The pre-industrial architectural heritage conservation

Abstract

The process of meeting human needs is linked to the development of pre-industrial architecture. This preindustrial architecture and all its elements form an architectural machine. Its spaces are a maquinicista heterotopia, because they contain other spaces within, giving a duplication of meanings. Machinery and production process of the pre-industrial architecture are part of this and therefore heritage. This article presents some criteria for the conservation of preindustrial architectural heritage. The hypothesis is that these criteria can be obtained from the conceptual analysis of what this heritage means, and the appreciation of the development of technology it represents. This is explained by a deductive analysis of historical processes around these buildings, showing the elements of the pre-industrial architecture as a heritage.