ABSTRACT
The following chapters, Chapter 3 and Chapter 4, present the relevant History and Theory of Heritage Preservation, and History and Theory of Sustainable Design. Only through understanding the cultural, political, and design issues of the past can we be equipped to plan for the future. These two chapters present the origins of each movement and a chronological investigation of the way each movement developed. The guiding principles of where preservation and environmental theory overlap, as well as their historical origins are themes through both chapters. To substantiate or ground the discussion of theories, specific authors and works of scholarship are discussed. The chapters take a longitudinal look at the trajectory of each field, emphasizing the large trends, critical thinkers and works, and moments of transition in dogma. Treaties, policy and practice-regulating documents, and international agreements will be employed to provide evidence of specific world-views at moments in time of the Heritage Preservation movement in chapter three. Chapter 3 briefly chronicles several governmental bodies, organizations and critical authors who have defined the movement. In the history and theory discussion, attention will be paid to the transition from preservationists saving individual buildings to the contemporary conception of preservation as integral with the notion of stewardship and whole place preservation, as well as intangible heritage as a topic of preservation attention. Hinging from the critical notion of stewardship, a sustainable design history and theory will be presented through a preservation-sympathetic lens in Chapter 4: History and Theory of Sustainable Design. Again taking the form of a schematic review, the history of the sustainability movement will be discussed. The sustainability movement has multiple discernable roots, to be detailed in the chapter. Following critical authors and works of scholarship, policy and practice the chapter will address the realities of today’s diverse, pluralistic nature. Following a discussion of the formalized overlap and ongoing work on integrating the two subjects, questions blurring the clear delineation of preservation and environmental conservation conclude the chapter.
