Los rótulos comerciales como patrimonio historiográfico de la ciudad
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2024
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Grupo de Investigación Arte, Arquitectura y Comunicación en la Ciudad Contemporánea, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Gamonal Arroyo, R., & Ecija Martínez, C. (2024). Los rótulos comerciales como patrimonio historiográfico de la ciudad. ARTE Y CIUDAD. Revista De Investigación, (26), 221–246. https://doi.org/10.22530/ayc.2024.26.679
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En las últimas décadas los rótulos comerciales han adquirido un enorme interés social y cultural como parte del paisaje urbano y arquitectónico que habita en nuestras ciudades. Lo que antes tenía una función meramente utilitaria para ayudar a identificar un negocio o producto, proporcionar información e incluso publicitar, ahora ha traspasado su dimensión estética y cultural para consolidarse como patrimonio histórico de nuestras urbes.
Esta puesta en valor nace de la fascinación de algunos profesionales del diseño que ven en estos elementos corpóreos piezas que merecen la pena ser preservadas. El objetivo de esta investigación tiene un enfoque etnográfico. Se trata de presentar las iniciativas existentes (principalmente en nuestro país) que consideran que los rótulos comerciales son fundamentales para mantener la identidad y la riqueza de las localidades, evitando su desaparición o cuanto menos su olvido mediante diferentes acciones que van desde su rescate y restauración hasta su documentación fotográfica e incluso su digitalización.
In the last few decades, commercial signage has gained significant social and cultural interest as part of our cities’ urban and architectural landscape. What once served a utilitarian purpose, to help identify a business or a product, provide information, and even advertise, has now transcended the cultural and aesthetic barrier to become part of the historical heritage of our cities.This recognition has its roots in the fascination of a few designers who believe that these tangible objects are worth preserving. The goal of this research has an ethnographic approach: it aims to showcase current projects(focusing mostly on Spain) that consider commercial signs to be essential to maintain the identity and richness of local communities by preventing their disap-pearance or avoiding being forgotten. They make this happen through various actions, ranging from their rescue and restoration to photographic documentation and even digitalization.
In the last few decades, commercial signage has gained significant social and cultural interest as part of our cities’ urban and architectural landscape. What once served a utilitarian purpose, to help identify a business or a product, provide information, and even advertise, has now transcended the cultural and aesthetic barrier to become part of the historical heritage of our cities.This recognition has its roots in the fascination of a few designers who believe that these tangible objects are worth preserving. The goal of this research has an ethnographic approach: it aims to showcase current projects(focusing mostly on Spain) that consider commercial signs to be essential to maintain the identity and richness of local communities by preventing their disap-pearance or avoiding being forgotten. They make this happen through various actions, ranging from their rescue and restoration to photographic documentation and even digitalization.












