JOSÉ GARCÍA-LEÓN mud and architect.
has attracted the attention of the enthusiastic and extensive press release that our City Council was quick to spread during the celebration of the 34th Meeting of UNESCO World Heritage, held in Brasilia early August. So broad and triumphant was the defense of the skyscraper might think, to relate well with other municipal activities, that the City would be the main promoter and driving force, which may fit well with reality. Let us dwell a bit on the possible reasons for such municipal festive celebration. Read More
The first reason might be for the relief which has produced its promoters that Unesco has included us even in the dreaded list of World Heritage in Danger. Who feared that this decision was produced and, after a somewhat ambiguous one report demonstrates little knowledge of mechanics of operation of the committees of Unesco. This, as an agency of the United Nations, acting in a very diplomatic and respectful to the decisions of member states. Before taking such drastic decision, usually collect successive reports on various aspects of the problem, making many calls and warnings to member state and only when they have been neglected and, especially, have materialized after the alleged assault would be taken a negative decision. Everything indicates that we would be in the beginning of the process. This was the procedure followed in the case of Dresden, which took four years to be resolved eventually disqualified. In this sense
should not be reassuring for developers, but on the contrary, the request for a further report on the wider environment than currently considered, as it demonstrates that the case is still alive and waiting to raise new arguments for a more informed decision. Also the larger the area concerned and it is closest to the water surface, the more apparent the negative impact of the tower. Hopefully for the commission of experts to develop is not designated by the City to technical personnel involved from the beginning to the promoter of Puerto Triana, as in the previous commission. Nor
that recognizes the outstanding universal value (VUE), the group formed by Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias should be happy, because more documentation, more zeal and rigor in its protection. The same is true of the requested extension of the area declared a World Heritage Site including, without limitation, the Puerto de Indias, one of the most brutal places is perceived disproportionate impact of skyscrapers. As to the required definition of a so-called "buffer zone" to better protect heritage assets, replacing the rickety 50 meters from the current rules will favor them little because anyone doubts that, when defining the protection zones Monastery of Santa Maria de las Cuevas, of the water surface or in the neighborhood of Triana, the plot of the Tower will not be affected by any of them or, more likely, by the three? It seems that Unesco wants better ground and loaded arguments and then decide and not in the sense that they would like their promoters.
other hand we are lacking in the municipal note two circumstances occurred in Brasilia and not reflected in it: That the Committee regretted that no Member State had stopped the construction of the tower, and that representatives of the Central Government were not particularly enthusiastic about the position of our munícipes.
What then holds City Hall? The Unesco has not approved anything: rather regrets that it has stopped the work and requests more information and protection. Perhaps the joy is because, once completed this first step, the next Committee meeting is not until June 2011, and is a new corporation the need to administer another poisoned legacy.
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