JaapJan Berg will present the research of the International New Town Institute on cultural heritage in New Towns during the conference Meaning and future of our cultural heritage of the post-war period.

Many people do not associate the post-war years directly with cultural heritage. However, the architecture, urban design and monumental art from that period are very characteristic of these years of recovery, optimism and renewal. Now it’s time to think about the future of this heritage. The conference will show the heritage from the period 1940-1965 in a new light.The conference hopes to answer the following questions: what can the heritage of the post-war period mean for future users? What is needed to be able to transform this heritage? What do we do with vacant buildings and their monumental art? How do we deal with the public space and the Green? The conference is part of the Week of the reconstruction.

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