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Tesis de maestría 2026 Acceso abierto

Musealization of a residential unit in modern housing complexes: a preservation strategy

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House museums have been subject to extensive research in the last thirty years; however, a systematic study of units turned into house museums within collective housing complexes, with the specificities that are brought by the combination of two uses (the existing residential and the new museum) has never been addresse...

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Tesis de maestría 2026 Acceso abierto

Echos of Giants from Criteria to a Meta-Tool for Recognizing and Reactivating Abandoned 20th-Century Monumental Landmarks as Architectural and Urban Heritage

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This research aims to examine a reactivation framework strategy for abandoned 20th-century “Macroarchitecture”, defined as monumental complexes that establish an impactful relationship with their urban context. The thesis investigates the deep physical and psychological detachment caused by the decline of these importa...

other engineering and technologies engineering and technology

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Reclaiming the Grey Zones Between Memory and Material: Reimagining Post-War Architecture in Eastern Europe Through Adaptive Reuse

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Large-scale prefabricated residential complexes constructed throughout Central and Eastern Europe (jointly known as the Eastern Bloc, in the context of the “Iron Curtain”, the aftermath of WW2) during the second half of the 20th-century remain among the most widespread yet critically debated units of the region’s built...

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Between Construction and Ruin: Pindú Castle and the Recognition of Contemporary Architectural Heritage

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This thesis examines Pindú Castle in Asunción, Paraguay, an unfinished architectural project by artist and architect Jenaro Pindú, as a case study for exploring the recognition of contemporary architectural heritage. While Pindú is widely acknowledged within Paraguayan cultural circles, his architectural work remains i...

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Bridging Heritage and Sustainability in Urban Assessment Tools: The Case of Kaunas

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This research is part of the ARURCOHE – Architectural and Urban Contemporary Heritage Erasmus Mundus Master. This Erasmus Mundus project promotes advanced training geared towards safeguarding, conserving and reusing the architectural and urban heritage of the 20th century. In particular, my work fits into the interdisc...

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Beirut’s Post-War Modernist Heritage: From Sites of Memory to Sites of Conscience

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The present dissertation investigates how Beirut’s 20th century Modernist buildings can be re-evaluated through what is defined in this research as the Attributes of War Framework. Originally conceived as architectural landmarks of post-independence ambition and progress, many of these structures were transformed by th...

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A Holistic Interpretation of the Atlantic Wall Ensemble as a Modern Military Cultural Landscape: The French Portion as a Case Study

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This research provides a contemporary and holistic interpretation of the Atlantic Wall ensemble as a modern military cultural landscape. It aims to set the groundwork and outlines guidelines for the future development of a Presentation Plan and a Conservation and Management Plan for this Second World War heritage, cont...

history and archaeology humanities and the arts

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Reclaiming the Urban ‘Τόπος’: On the Potentiality of Athens’ Contemporary Architectural Heritage to Reactivate Urbanity Through a System of Resilient and Inclusive Spaces for Vulnerable Communities

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Athens’s overdensified urban fabric is commonly referenced as a concrete jungle, lacking green spaces and overwhelmed with chaos. A jungle so uncontrollable through time that threatens the loss of Τόπος (topos), and the aura, memory, and plurality within its limits. Despite its undeniable cultural significance, Athens...

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Trauma and Space: The Erasure of Soviet Architecture in Contemporary Memory

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This thesis examines the contemporary erasure of post World War II Soviet architecture in Europe, with a focus on Berlin and its relationship with the built legacy of the German Democratic Republic. Rather than interpreting demolition and reconstruction as purely political or functional decisions, the research approach...

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Rethinking Conservation in Contexts of Dissonant Interruption: Engaging (with) the Afterlife of Beirut’s Abandoned Modern Ruins

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Beirut’s urban fabric teems with mid-twentieth-century architectural legacy that still occupies a threatened position within Lebanon’s heritage scene. This thesis investigates the conditions shaping the city’s modern architectural heritage’s vulnerability and explores how conventional conservation strategies could be r...

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