Analysis of facade solutions as an alternative to demolition for architectures with visual impact in historical urban scenes

Some urban regulations oblige to replace buildings with visual impact in the surroundings of a historical monument, what implies undesired sustainable and social consequences. We conducted study evaluate if alternative façade solutions can improve assessment cityscape integration preferences for six tall Serranos Towers Valencia (XIVth Century). Results show that, although replacing is most integrated solution, some alternatives also landscape visually-impacting architectures are better preferred than demolition. Citizens favor intermediate positions between actual state demolition, people unfamiliar area more inclined towards