About Historical Centers: Is the Trend towards Decor Really Irresistible?

摘要

We argue that the projects in the historical centers of European cities are characterized either by truth, either by authenticity and either by spectacle (decor). There is always a formatting of space and behaviors, but for culture or entertainment. This is confirmed when companies using Internet, which are specialized in the industry of "events", manage historical monuments. Also, a monument can be used for entertainment, as if it was a piece of decor. To deal with the topic of the limits of the trend towards decor (in historical centers) we use the ideas of the French philosopher Lipotevsky. In a society with three characteristics, democracy, individualism and consumption, when in a group tastes and desires are shared, it can obtain decisions in accordance with the preferences of its members. Therefore the set of the projects in the historical center of some city should be somewhere inside a triangle truth - authenticity - spectacle. It is because if there is need of entertainment, there is also a need of authenticity. This ambiguity exists for a long time in tourism and architecture.