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In the field of architecture, a patrimonial nomination marks an explicit context for urban intervention, from the conceptual level till the project. In spite of the fact that heritage plays an important role in some strategic fields of contemporary life, such as the economic and social fields, it is also still a controversial issue. The main dichotomist position was reached in the early 30’s of the 20th century, by the two Athens Charters, in which architects discuss the field of heritage and its importance for contemporary life, leading to conflicting views. On the one hand, we have a group that defends that the perspective of heritage is an ineffective way to confront urban growth, and, on the other hand, there are those who assume heritage as a strategic opportunity for sustainably maintaining urban development. However, even the former, mostly influenced by modern architecture and Le Corbusier’s rationale, embrace the new reality and react differently to heritage. After all, protecting and conserving modern architecture is to preserve what will achieve heritage status in the future. The purpose of this paper is to discuss how a patrimonial nomination could be recognized and accepted as one more way to improve a city’s development and particularly its quality of life by those who deal with urban space projects and management.This study highlights the link between the University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia World Heritage Application process’ options with strategic projects and plans for the University City of Coimbra, by several architects. It is assumed that Coimbra had its own Le Corbusier’s Plan Voisin in the middle of 20th century. However, all this controversial urban intervention was claimed as outstanding Universal Value and Coimbra’s World Heritage Application achieved the hoped-for result, on the 22nd of June of 2013, the University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia was awarded the World Heritage title by UNESCO. In this case, thinking about the architects’ perspectives and projects could be one more opportunity to rethink the city that we want for the future, supposing that it will be better than the present one.
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