Abstract
PurposeAlthough residential neighbourhoods are the largest and most resilient share of a city and the process of urban conservation and renewal is ongoing, methods to assess their values are limited. This paper presents the results of a systematic literature review, revealing the state of the art and its knowledge gaps with regard to methods for assessing values of architecture in residential neighbourhoods.Design/methodology/approachThe systematic literature review is based on studies selected by a research protocol, using a digital database of peer-reviewed literature. A metanarrative approach is used to synthesise the qualitative data from reviewed articles. This review has two stages: (1) giving an overview of the field and (2) categorising research methods and disciplines.FindingsThe review revealed a wide variety of studies from different disciplines and deduced its key trends, titled as “storylines”, concerning the methods to assess significance, integrating a broader scope of values and different perspectives. In particular, the “storylines” outside traditional heritage disciplines offer methods to include more stakeholders, link value assessment to policy development or highlight heritage potential. Results reveal the diversity in concepts and strengthen the need for an interdisciplinary vocabulary on values and methods, enabling planners and policymakers to compare their results and help to create more attractive and resilient cities.Originality/valueBy reviewing and comparing the selected studies from a wider range of disciplines and research fields, this paper shares insights into the complementary characteristics of the different types of value research, outlining the added value of the different perspectives.
Highlights
The assessment of values in architecture and urbanism is at the core of the discipline of heritage conservation and is based on various international documents and charters published over the 20th century (ICOMOS, 1964; Council-of-Europe, 1975; International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), 1994; Australia ICOMOS, 1999; UNESCO, 2011)
In current professional and academic practice, what methods are being explored to assess the values of architecture and urbanism? What disciplines hold alternative strategies for assessing values that can be informative or useable for heritage strategies and development? Do multidisciplinary teams provide new methods for broader assessment? What research designs hold possibilities for assessing the everyday qualities of residential areas? This paper presents a systematic literature review to reveal the state of the art and its knowledge gaps with regard to methods assessing the values of architecture in residential neighbourhoods
The research method This paper reports on a systematic literature review, designed to synthesise the findings of several studies investigating similar questions
Summary
The assessment of values in architecture and urbanism is at the core of the discipline of heritage conservation and is based on various international documents and charters published over the 20th century (ICOMOS, 1964; Council-of-Europe, 1975; ICOMOS, 1994; Australia ICOMOS, 1999; UNESCO, 2011). The need to discuss the methods for assessing values and varied range of disciplines in the heritage field was addressed already during 1998–2005 by the Getty Conservation Institute in its research titled “Research on the Values of Heritage”. The “right to decide” of these specialists is validated by the authorities who fund their work (De la Torre, 2002). Their methods of assessing heritage significance heavily rely on historical, art historical and archaeological notions held by International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation Vol 39 No 3, 2021 pp.
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