Heritage conservation is often defended in the language of protection. We are told that roofs, shelters, barriers, and “improvements” are necessary to shield fragile monuments from rain, sun, wind, and human contact. Yet the first duty of conservation is not to impose a new idea upon an old site, but to respect the logic of the site itself. The most revealing heritage projects are therefore not always the ones that add the most infrastructure, b…
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