Accessibility in public space associated with the modern project from a heritage perspective. The case of the Candelaria neighbourhood in Seville

Abstract

The modern project has especially considered housing as the focus of the main reflections throughout the twentieth century. However, the valuation of the public space linked to these projects designed to align with the aforementioned approaches seems to have been little studied, in general, from a heritage perspective and specifically in terms of accessibility. These issues will be studied in the La Candelaria neighbourhood in Seville. The aim is to reflect on the need for a new heritage characterisation of public spaces in a 21st century neighbourhood, from a broader approach that takes into account parameters such as spatial quality, accessibility, safety and well-being and goes beyond their current heritage protection. The methodology, structured in 3 phases, begins with a first phase of analysis in which the neighbourhood is studied from an urban scale to understand its relationship with the historical evolution of Seville, the articulation of the neighbourhood with the city and immediate areas, and the original project, as well as its current state of conservation. Secondly, a perceptive analysis of the citizens will be carried out and thirdly, the percentage of compliance with Seville's accessibility plan will be reviewed. In the second phase, the heritage characterisation will take place, where the results show new heritage attributes that enrich the heritage assessment developed so far, but, nevertheless, expose low levels of accessibility to the neighbourhood. In the third phase, the information obtained allows proposals to be drawn up to enhance the attributes of these public spaces and improve their accessibility conditions in line with their heritage status.