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Luise Rellensmann Jens Casper
Many people think of heritage as something that comes before us and that we take over to take care of. This, however, is not the case. Heritage is something that we are making, that we are part of creating and that is of our choice. Heritage is a proposition and not a given.
The Garage Manifesto was co-authored in a collaborative process by cultural scientists, architects, urban and regional planners, and preservationists from World heritage studies and architectural preservation within a cross- disciplinary seminar investigating a so far unattended urban typology: GDR garage complexes.