IN-PERSON: Prague – Section A

Abstract

Preserving the cultural heritage means to develop new ways to be accessed by the public, as the heritage is evidence of a culture but it also continues evolving with the society itself. Speaking about space, as Machado states, “the places that are not looked for, loose their sense of particularity, in other words, it doesn’t make sense a place without someone looking for it” (2018), so it happens with heritage. ‘Querétaro en capas’ was constructed under this premise, integrating a selection of maps as its core and developing new ways to be explored by general public and researchers. Through an interactive map, immersive galleries and temporal comparison images, the project works in an ‘augmented’ way, giving depth to historical and cultural heritage. Built under a Design Thinking methodology, this platforms is a rich tool to live the space and the heritage in a different and interactive way, merging the cultural, narrative and historical layers.