NO.5.

Coverage of archaeological ruins of the Abbey of St-Maurice, Switzerland, 2011

Location : Switzerland - Saint-Maurice
Designer : savioz fabrizzi architectes
Project Year : 2011
Photos by : Thomas Jantscher

The abbey of saint maurice was built almost 1500 years ago. it is situated against a cliff in a section of the road between geneva and the simplon pass. this particular site was likely to be chosen for its defensive position given by the cliff. however the planned fortification proved a failure due to rock fragments falling from the cliff on to the building.
Throughout the history rock slides had an important influence causing several damages: in 1611 a huge rock fall caused a convulsion of the abbey, 1942 a rock destroyed the cross-spire and portal-nave of the building. those slides have constantly been occurring and marked the site throughout history.
our project endeavors to demonstrate this particular treat of history. by suspending 170 tons of stones, it expresses the ever lasting hazard the site had been exposed to. the roof gives the interior a calm and almost contemplative ambience. it is built above the fundamental buildings in order to keep the dialogue between the facades and the cliff face. the “stone-roof” serves as a filter for light and produces an evenly spread and regular illumination.

#conservation , #presevation
#canopies , #archaeological_park

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NO.7.

Museum Site of Blue Mosque – Cemetery of Iron Age, Tabriz, Iran, 1998

سایت موزه مسجد کبود، عصر آهن، تبریز، ایران، 1377

سایت موزه عصر آهن تبریز، محوطه باستانی است که در شمال، شمال شرقی و شمال غربی مسجد کبود تبریز واقع شده‌است. شامل گورستان و آثار سفالی مربوط به عصر آهن است.
آثار بدست آمد شامل ۳۸ گور به صورت جنینی دفن شده یافت شد. گور نوزادان بصورت ساده بوده و گور نوجوانان در سازه‌های مربعی با دو ظرف سفالی همراه است. اکثر اجساد یافت شده در سنین پایین مرده‌اند. کودکان با اسباب بازی‌هایشان دفن شده‌اند و زن‌ها با جواهرات و مردها با ابزار جنگی شان. در کنار بعضی اجساد ظروف سفالی و اثرات غذا یافت شده که اعتقاد آنان بر آیین مهرپرستی را تایید می‌کند و کسانی ک ظروف بیشتری در کنارشان یافت شده احتمالاً ثروتمندتر بوده‌اند. سنگ چینی دور اجساد نمادی از دیواره رحم است و اجساد به حالت جنینی یا چمباته‌ای دفن شده‌اند.

#conservation , #presevation
#museum , #archaeological_park


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NO.9.

Umayyad Palace of Amman, Jordan, 1991

Place: Jordan
Construction date/period: First half eighth century, reign of Hisham (724–43)?
Construction materials: Stone, mortar
Architectural pattern: Sculpted stucco, mosaics
Dimensions: Approx. 21,000 m²
Reconstructed wooden dome: Antonio Almagro Gorbea

Situated on Citadel Hill, a lofty plateau overlooking the city of Amman, the palace complex was built during the first half of the 8th century in the capital of the wealthy region of Balqa', in the north of modern Jordan. It doubtless functioned as an urban palace, combining an emir's residence with the seat of government and thus establishing a precedent for many other such buildings, among them the Abassid palaces in Baghdad and Samarra and the caliphal city of Madinat al-Zahra. Facing it was a mosque, whose remains echo the facade of the sole surviving room of the palace. Its three-part structure, its ramparts and the disposition of its living quarters place the complex in the tradition of the "desert castles", especially those, slightly later, of Mshatta and Ukhaydir, but also the contemporaneous Qasr Kharana. However it differs from them in the irregularity of its ground plan, attributable to the reutilisation of the substructure of a Roman temple. Such reuse of ancient foundations was very frequent in early Islamic times, as attested by the Grand Mosque in Damascus. More generally this recourse to such earlier materials as blocks of stone and columns was routine in medieval times, as much in the Islamic world – the Grand Mosque in Cordoba, for example – as in Western castles and churches.
The Amman palace also differs from the majority of "desert castles" in its frequent borrowings from Iranian culture, these being especially visible in the two domed cruciform rooms, each preceded by an iwan, of which only one has survived. Situated at the entry to the palace and in its most northern part, they most likely served as a diwan-i Amm and a diwan-i Khass: public and private audience chambers. An almost identical layout is to be found in the eleventh-twelfth century palace of Lashkari Bazar in Afghanistan, although here there are reminders of the desert castles.
The association of a domed room with the iwan goes back to Sassanid times, as borne out by the remains of the palace of Bishapur. It was often made use of in Iran, in both religious and civil architecture.
The still-standing cruciform chamber betrays Iranian influences both in its barrel vaults and the use of squinches under the dome. Such characteristics of the stucco ornamentation as narrow plinthless columns and arches bearing sawtooth patterns are also to be found at Qasr Kharana, a small building of the same period equally remarkable for its Iranian features. By contrast the vegetal embellishments – running foliation, palmettes, rosettes – circumscribing a tree-trunk or arranged geometrically have equivalents in Syrian decoration of this period. Thus a stucco screen wall in the palace of Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi presents very similar motifs and these are already present in the Dome of the Rock.
The use of stone masonry is another characteristic of the region and the stone mosaics of the private section, whose geometrical patterns are probably similar to those of the palace of Qastal in Jordan, display the architects' familiarity with Roman and Byzantine techniques. In Alastair Northedge's opinion the builders, well versed in local practice, had been told by their clients to provide something in the Iranian style.
In its marrying of Eastern and Western traditions the palace of Amman represents a landmark in the new sharing of decorative patterns and building techniques between the two.

#museum_site , #restoration , #archelogical_site
#presevation , #dome

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NO.14.

Mercat del Born, Spain, 2013

Mercat del Born is a former public market and one of the most important buildings in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain constructed with iron. Located in the lower and eastern side of the la Ribera neighborhood, it is the largest covered square in all of Europe and marked the start of Modernisme in Catalan architecture.

Design
The market is rectangular, with two large domed, intersecting buildings, and 4 smaller naves. The structure is supported on cast iron columns with a flat roof covered in glazed tile

History
The market was designed in 1873 by the municipal architect Antoni Rovira i Trias (who also designed the Mercat de Sant Antoni) and built between 1874 and 1878 by master builder Josep Fontserè i Mestre and engineer Josep Maria Cornet i Mas. The structure of cast iron columns and metallic horses was fabricated by La Maquinista Terrestre i Marítima.
The market came into operation in 1878 and was in use as the central market in town until 1971. At its closure, it was functioning as a wholesale market, but was replaced with the opening of Mercabarna in Zona Franca.

Restoration
Restoration work started and stopped several times since the closure of market. Each successive city government had a different plan for the very large space. At some points, there were even plans to lease it to a retail establishment such as FNAC who had expressed interest.
After closure, it fell into a state of disrepair and was restored 1977 to 1981 under the direction of Pere Espinosa.
In 2002 work was started to install the Biblioteca Provincial de Barcelona, but during excavations, extensive ruins of the medieval city were discovered. It was then decided to preserve the ruins and move the library project to another location.
Currently, the market covers these archaeological ruins which were part of the la Ribera district that was demolished in the early eighteenth century after the defeat of Catalonia in the War of Succession in 1714. This portion of la Ribera was forcibly demolished to make way for the construction of the Ciutadella military structure as ordered by the new Spanish king, Philip V.
The plan that finally came to fruition in 2013 was to expose the subterranean ruins for visitors while preserving space around the exterior of them for mixed use, cultural center, in addition to having a museum about the War of Succession onsite. At the same time, it is now possible for pedestrians to pass freely from Passeig del Born through to the other side that leads to the park of Ciutadella.
The official inauguration of the restored market was September 11, 2013 which was the 299th anniversary of the fall of Barcelona following its siege that marked the end of an independent Catalonia state and the start of nearly three centuries of suppression of Catalan autonomy by the Spanish Kingdom.

#marcet , #biblioteca , #restoration , #presevation
#culture_center , #museum , #archeological_site , #lighting

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