Professional training, along with legal instruments, economic incentives, technological advancements, and public awareness of the value of heritage assets, is a cornerstone in protecting a country's cultural heritage. Indeed, training architecture professionals to act with sensitivity and technical expertise regarding built heritage helps consolidate efforts toward the conservation of these assets and reinforces the contribution that the professional field can make to passing on heritage values to future generations.
An increasing number of final degree projects (PFC) in architecture schools are focusing on interventions in sites of heritage interest or value, enabling their enhancement through repurposing, expansion, and/or rehabilitation. This demonstrates a growing interest among graduating students in intervening in pre-existing structures, as well as the interest of the faculty guiding these projects.
