Arguments for preserving the sustainable heritage of colonial Algiers

Due to climate change, we can no longer consider heritage objects as frozen curiosities from another time period, not even when they derive from the period of the French occupation (1830–1962). They are rather living objects – classified in UNESCO’s terms as ‘modern heritage’ – which we inherited from our parents to pass on. Whether the heritage object is architecture or a landscape, its value can be defined according to its use. Practical...