Interrelations between the Media and Architecture: Contribution to Sustainable Development and the Conservation of Urban Spaces

Juan Monserrat-Gauchi, Manuel Novo-Domínguez and Rosa Torres-Valdés
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Juan Monserrat-Gauchi: Department of Communication and Social Psychology, School of Economics and Business Sciences, University of Alicante, Rd., 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, (Alicante) Spain
Manuel Novo-Domínguez: Department of Communication and Social Psychology, School of Economics and Business Sciences, University of Alicante, Rd., 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, (Alicante) Spain
Rosa Torres-Valdés: Department of Communication and Social Psychology, School of Economics and Business Sciences, University of Alicante, Rd., 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, (Alicante) Spain

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 20, 1-21

Abstract: The pace of architectural construction in the Western world today involves exploitation of environmental and natural resources that is unsustainable in the long term. The purpose of this article is to introduce a line of research on urban and industrial architecture, its use and its ultimate purpose in terms of social development and sustainability. We offer an overview of the main architectural movements that advocate the rational use of resources and of existing urban architectural constructions, and we explore the role of governments and the media in the use of architectural spaces. Various cases are considered, mostly in Spain, of derelict architectural spaces which, thanks to interventions by artists or major brands, have been given new uses with a view to contributing to a more sustainable world.

Keywords: sustainability; architecture; advertising; culture; recovery; urban planning; urban landscape (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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