Retour d’expérience sur des campagnes de labellisation « Patrimoine du xxe siècle /Architecture contemporaine remarquable » : critériologie et méthodologie

Abstract

This contribution provides an experience feedback on study and labelling missions conducted by a private consultancy within the framework of the “Patrimoine du xxe siècle” (“Heritage of the 20th century”) and then the “Architecture contemporaine remarquable” (“Outstanding Contemporary Architecture”) labelling campaigns commissioned by the “directions régionales des Affaires culturelles”, the Regional Directorate for Cultural Affairs, at the instigation of the French Ministry of Culture. It recounts the development of a research methodology with operational purposes and its implementation, from the buildings initial identification to their presentation to the “commission régionale du patrimoine et de l’architecture”, the Regional Commission of Heritage and Architecture, as well as extensive archival and document research, field studies and the drafting of monograph records. It comes back to the selection process of the buildings and the creation of evaluation grids for the corpus established in the studies carried out in the last five years. It also addresses the issue of the adjustments which had to be made along with the emerging issues following the transformation of the label and the creation of the “Outstanding Contemporary Architecture” label in 2017, both from a methodological perspective and the support provided to the owners.

Keywords

• methodology
• « Outstanding Contemporary Architecture » label
• heritage selection
• consultancy
• identification
• criteriology