Within the framework of rXa, ARCAM collaborates with the Netherlands Cultural Heritage Agency and Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies that organized a ‘Course on Urban Heritage Strategies’. The course was tailored towards professionals who work in a number of selected cities and countries with heritage that (partly) has Dutch roots. Brazil is one of them and three architects that participate in rXa (Cristiano Borba, Robson Canuto and George da Guia) participated in the course. The course aimed to build the capacity of its participants to formulate and implement strategies for heritage in cities with its focus on urban heritage in inner-city locations. All the participants had to work on an action plan to propose further development of a certain case in their home country.
ARCAM organized an excursion for the whole group of participants that showed how Amsterdam deals with heritage near its inner city. After an introduction by Bureau of Monuments and Archeology on the Amsterdam heritage policy we visited Westergasfabriek and NDSM-werf.
The research case of the professionals from Recife consists of a plan for revitalization of the old inner city and former harbour from Recife. This historical core of the city consists of the Bairro do Recife and São Antonio that used to be called ‘Mauritsstad’ and was constructed by the Dutch during the reign of Maurits van Nassau from 1636 tot 1643. The ‘Dutch’ urban outlay is still visible. Nowadays it is a lively urban area until 5 pm, but after that time it is completely empty. How can the existing heritage help to make a coherent neighbourhood that is more lively and safe? In their research they posed different questions like: what is the value of shared heritage, what opportunities does redevelopment of urban heritage offer and can urban heritage awareness be enhanced?
Flora van Gaalen
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