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In many cases, the intervention of the architect has not even been necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Examples include former spontaneous rural developments, workers\u2019 colonies that have outlived their original function, surgical interventions within the urban fabric, or highly planned architecture with a vernacular vocation\u2014or fortunately absorbed by everyday life and spontaneity; all of them contemporary sensory oases without the pretension of what is designed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong><em><strong>*This route is part of the Itineraries program of the UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 Barcelona. 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