NO.60.
Medieval Mile Museum Kilkenny Ireland / McCullough Mulvin Architects
• Architects: McCullough Mulvin Architects
• Location: Kilkenny, Ireland
• Lead Architects: Niall McCullough, Ronan O’Connor
• Area: 700.0 m2
• Project Year :2017
• Photographs: Christian Richters
• Manufacturers: Flos
St Mary’s Hall, formerly St Mary’s Church, High Street, Kilkenny was founded in the thirteenth century as the parish church of the City. In use as a Parish and Masonic Hall since the mid-20th century, it was purchased by Kilkenny Borough Council in 2010 with assistance from Kilkenny County Council and the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government.
The building is a cruciform 13th century stone structure with a later tower at its Western end; it sits in a substantial walled graveyard to the rear of High Street. The graveyard has recently been opened as a garden to the public; it contains many important tombs and monuments from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.
The church had acquired depth and complexity in monuments and nave aisles, elements which were later shorn off, the aisles removed, the chancel demolished- a shape expanding and contracting, already through a violent cycle of change. As found, the interior was cut up into separate rooms and levels to make a parish hall.
The project intention was to restore the church as a museum, retaining some of the 20th century interventions, and to honour its medieval spatial complexity by re-constructing the North aisle and chancel to the original plan but a different internal section and materiality using the base of the original walls in an non-interventive way. The chancel room overlooks the town, re-establishing its dominant form in the urban landscape; the space beneath it becomes a tomb-filled undercroft. Both of the new gabled elements are finished in lead, with rooflights directed to levels of archaeology below.
The St.Mary's project is in essence a conservation project. The design team led by McCullough Mulvin Architects commenced work on the project in March 2012. The Part 8 Planning process was conducted in late 2013. Initial works were three-fold consisting of:
1. Archaeological excavation and extensive surveys of the church fabric with a view to analysing its structure and fabric for conservation purposes and in preparation of contract documents using Public Works Contract.
2. Careful removal of the 1960's interventions in the church- This work was completed in late July 2014 using an Enabling Works Contract by local firm, Ashgrove Construction.
3. Monuments Room: Monuments have been removed from the floor and walls (where necessary) under strict Archaeological/Conservation supervision, placed in protective packing and stored for re-use in the completed project.
The project includes for full restoration of the existing building and two modern extensions, one to the north on the footprint of the original north aisle & the "Kilkenny Room" which will replicate the former Chancel to the east.Graveyard-Memorial Repairs & RestorationPhase 1 of a programme of conservation & repair of 20 monuments was completed in March 2014.
This project included the Shee Mausoleum and those located in the former unroofed Chancel area at the East end of the church where a new room to be called the Kilkenny Room will be constructed.
Following a two stage tender process Duggan Brothers Contractors Ltd., Templemore, Co. Tipperary were appointed as Main Contractors for the project and work commenced on 9th February 2015. Contract sum is € 4.09 million excluding VAT. The project is due for completion in mid-2016.
The installation of the crane was completed on 13th May and is a most welcome addition to the Kilkenny skyline! Regular up-dates will be provided as work progresses on this exciting project.
#Ireland , #church, #archeology, #landmark , #museum , #lighting , #interior_design , #historic_site , #extention , #restoration , #addition , #interior_design , #vitrine , #event , #children
@revitalization
Medieval Mile Museum Kilkenny Ireland / McCullough Mulvin Architects
• Architects: McCullough Mulvin Architects
• Location: Kilkenny, Ireland
• Lead Architects: Niall McCullough, Ronan O’Connor
• Area: 700.0 m2
• Project Year :2017
• Photographs: Christian Richters
• Manufacturers: Flos
St Mary’s Hall, formerly St Mary’s Church, High Street, Kilkenny was founded in the thirteenth century as the parish church of the City. In use as a Parish and Masonic Hall since the mid-20th century, it was purchased by Kilkenny Borough Council in 2010 with assistance from Kilkenny County Council and the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government.
The building is a cruciform 13th century stone structure with a later tower at its Western end; it sits in a substantial walled graveyard to the rear of High Street. The graveyard has recently been opened as a garden to the public; it contains many important tombs and monuments from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.
The church had acquired depth and complexity in monuments and nave aisles, elements which were later shorn off, the aisles removed, the chancel demolished- a shape expanding and contracting, already through a violent cycle of change. As found, the interior was cut up into separate rooms and levels to make a parish hall.
The project intention was to restore the church as a museum, retaining some of the 20th century interventions, and to honour its medieval spatial complexity by re-constructing the North aisle and chancel to the original plan but a different internal section and materiality using the base of the original walls in an non-interventive way. The chancel room overlooks the town, re-establishing its dominant form in the urban landscape; the space beneath it becomes a tomb-filled undercroft. Both of the new gabled elements are finished in lead, with rooflights directed to levels of archaeology below.
The St.Mary's project is in essence a conservation project. The design team led by McCullough Mulvin Architects commenced work on the project in March 2012. The Part 8 Planning process was conducted in late 2013. Initial works were three-fold consisting of:
1. Archaeological excavation and extensive surveys of the church fabric with a view to analysing its structure and fabric for conservation purposes and in preparation of contract documents using Public Works Contract.
2. Careful removal of the 1960's interventions in the church- This work was completed in late July 2014 using an Enabling Works Contract by local firm, Ashgrove Construction.
3. Monuments Room: Monuments have been removed from the floor and walls (where necessary) under strict Archaeological/Conservation supervision, placed in protective packing and stored for re-use in the completed project.
The project includes for full restoration of the existing building and two modern extensions, one to the north on the footprint of the original north aisle & the "Kilkenny Room" which will replicate the former Chancel to the east.Graveyard-Memorial Repairs & RestorationPhase 1 of a programme of conservation & repair of 20 monuments was completed in March 2014.
This project included the Shee Mausoleum and those located in the former unroofed Chancel area at the East end of the church where a new room to be called the Kilkenny Room will be constructed.
Following a two stage tender process Duggan Brothers Contractors Ltd., Templemore, Co. Tipperary were appointed as Main Contractors for the project and work commenced on 9th February 2015. Contract sum is € 4.09 million excluding VAT. The project is due for completion in mid-2016.
The installation of the crane was completed on 13th May and is a most welcome addition to the Kilkenny skyline! Regular up-dates will be provided as work progresses on this exciting project.
#Ireland , #church, #archeology, #landmark , #museum , #lighting , #interior_design , #historic_site , #extention , #restoration , #addition , #interior_design , #vitrine , #event , #children
@revitalization
Carriage House
The carriage house underwent a complex development. The archive and transformer station were located here. Both existing operations are removed on the ground floor and replaced thanks to the location of the carriage house by the function of a café. The second floor is used for the office of the administrator of the chateau complex. The subsequently placed partitions and the modern staircase were removed throughout the building. New masses were set into the space modified in this way in the places where the carriages had once stood. These new elements are the necessary social facilities of the café, bar and seating and are made of translucent laminate. The big question was the exterior appearance of the carriage house, which was regrettably modified in the 1970s, when the ground floor of the building was raised by a floor and again during the actual implementation by ca 70 cm. Mainly, the presentation of the ledge deformed the material solution of the entire building. Therefore, there was a correction of the ledge by the removal of the beams, thanks to which the overall height of the carriage house was slightly reduced. With regard to the exterior facade, the decorative ledges have been removed, which are not proved in any of the original drawings or photographic documentation. The outer appearance of the carriage house should blend in with other buildings with which it had formed a complete configuration in the past, so the outer facade was covered with a light lime stucco.
Children’s Pavilion
An important element is the seasonal building of the summer pavilion, which provides a natural base for children’s activities. This object is a summer pavilion - a tent made up of triangular segments of a lightweight steel construction, where the panelling forms a translucent canvas. The tent is inspired by a child’s dragon that has dragged into the chateau gardens and separated the farm buildings from the English Park. The summer pavilion with a children’s program uses the natural connection to the café located in the carriage house and thus allows also seating. The object is divided into three parts, and mainly thanks to the choice of different activities for the differently aged children from the youngest with access only with the parents to the oldest, where more demanding activities are expected for the greater autonomy of children.
English Park
Part of the overall modifications was also the resolution of the English park, where the main emphasis is placed on the element of water. Since there were water elements in the park in the past, we tried to restore them. The water element naturally starts at the highest point where the chateau pond is preserved. The water management route starts from the greatest distance between the trees and is designed using computer technology with Voronoi geometry. The route of the water element ends in a grotto, which we restored according to the original documentation. The route of the water element is completed in a grotto, which we have restored according to the original documentation. The English Park was disturbed by a large monumental stage from the 1950s, which we have removed and replaced by a mobile alternative, which enables the stage to be built from mobile parts. Within the resolution of the entire park, several small elements were further designed, such as an aviary for peacocks, which is based on the shape of a bushel on which peasants can sit. Another small element is benches representing a kind of crystal, inspired by the chateau sgraffito.
Material Used :
1. Translucent laminate
2. Steel
#Czech_Republic , #castle , #UNESCO , #world_heritage_convention , #park ,
#landscape , #interior_design , #multifunction , #school , #children
@revitalization
The carriage house underwent a complex development. The archive and transformer station were located here. Both existing operations are removed on the ground floor and replaced thanks to the location of the carriage house by the function of a café. The second floor is used for the office of the administrator of the chateau complex. The subsequently placed partitions and the modern staircase were removed throughout the building. New masses were set into the space modified in this way in the places where the carriages had once stood. These new elements are the necessary social facilities of the café, bar and seating and are made of translucent laminate. The big question was the exterior appearance of the carriage house, which was regrettably modified in the 1970s, when the ground floor of the building was raised by a floor and again during the actual implementation by ca 70 cm. Mainly, the presentation of the ledge deformed the material solution of the entire building. Therefore, there was a correction of the ledge by the removal of the beams, thanks to which the overall height of the carriage house was slightly reduced. With regard to the exterior facade, the decorative ledges have been removed, which are not proved in any of the original drawings or photographic documentation. The outer appearance of the carriage house should blend in with other buildings with which it had formed a complete configuration in the past, so the outer facade was covered with a light lime stucco.
Children’s Pavilion
An important element is the seasonal building of the summer pavilion, which provides a natural base for children’s activities. This object is a summer pavilion - a tent made up of triangular segments of a lightweight steel construction, where the panelling forms a translucent canvas. The tent is inspired by a child’s dragon that has dragged into the chateau gardens and separated the farm buildings from the English Park. The summer pavilion with a children’s program uses the natural connection to the café located in the carriage house and thus allows also seating. The object is divided into three parts, and mainly thanks to the choice of different activities for the differently aged children from the youngest with access only with the parents to the oldest, where more demanding activities are expected for the greater autonomy of children.
English Park
Part of the overall modifications was also the resolution of the English park, where the main emphasis is placed on the element of water. Since there were water elements in the park in the past, we tried to restore them. The water element naturally starts at the highest point where the chateau pond is preserved. The water management route starts from the greatest distance between the trees and is designed using computer technology with Voronoi geometry. The route of the water element ends in a grotto, which we restored according to the original documentation. The route of the water element is completed in a grotto, which we have restored according to the original documentation. The English Park was disturbed by a large monumental stage from the 1950s, which we have removed and replaced by a mobile alternative, which enables the stage to be built from mobile parts. Within the resolution of the entire park, several small elements were further designed, such as an aviary for peacocks, which is based on the shape of a bushel on which peasants can sit. Another small element is benches representing a kind of crystal, inspired by the chateau sgraffito.
Material Used :
1. Translucent laminate
2. Steel
#Czech_Republic , #castle , #UNESCO , #world_heritage_convention , #park ,
#landscape , #interior_design , #multifunction , #school , #children
@revitalization
NO.120
La Rectoria Chidren’s Summer Camp / OAB
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NAVÈS, Lleida, SPAIN
Architects: OAB , Carlos FerraterNuria Ayala
• Area:1130.0 m²
• Year:2015
Collaborators: Alexandre Pararols
Structural consulting: Javier Monte
The Rectoría de la Selva hostel is located where the rectory of the church of Sant Climent once stood. The current church was built during the 17th century and, like the belfry, is made of squared and textured stone. The church is south-facing, with a rectangular apse to the north. Not all was newly built, for part of the front wall and the lower stretches of the belfry might have made use of the earlier Romanesque church. On the main façade there is a great portal with a semicircular arch and large voussoirs, plus a small rose window of stones of a certain size.
The inside of the church is simple, in the classical style, while the liturgical features are contemporary, since the original altars were destroyed during the civil war. Above the church vault there is a chamber, built at the same time as the church and the rectory. The rectory, an annex on the west wing of the church, is square in plan and has two floors. It is a building typical of El Solsonès, with a stone structure, thick walls and a gabled roof with a lining of wood. It also has a north-facing porch. Visible from the porch is the newly constructed building, which was created when it was already a hostel, with a service area. This complex, of more than 25,000 m2, also has a camping site, swimming pool and multisports court, as well as another newly constructed building perfectly integrated within the landscape, which functions as a lounge area.
A youth hostel is an installation intended, permanently or temporarily, to provide accommodation, as a place of passage, for staying or performing an activity in, for young people as individuals or collectively, and also, in certain circumstances, for families, adults and groups of children.
The object of this project is the upgrading of the existing edification and of the leisure activities to suit present-day needs and criteria. It is for this reason that we have studied the use of the construction and have arrived at the conclusion, along with the client, that the actual layout is wanting.
This is why we propose the functional redistribution of the different areas, with the design emphasis on programmatic criteria for inserting the current uses within the structural scheme and the present architectural configuration.
Furthermore, the roof must be remodeled as it is not in good repair, with a lot of rainwater leakage, which is obviously prejudicial to interior habitability. When positing the complete replacement of the roof, we have thought it opportune to create various skylights, in order to facilitate the entrance of natural light to the interior atrium.
The complex has vehicle access, both to the hostel and to the exterior open space of the Vicaría de la Selva, so as to undertake the outside activities that are programmed.
It must also be said that the parameters and personal choice of the Fundació Catalana de l’Esplai mean that its buildings have to be adapted for use by the disabled and designed from the first according to sustainable criteria—which is how we have tackled this project.
The new programmatic layout will lead to the appearance of small apertures in the interior space’s subdividing walls, plus new partitions in the rooms.
#Spain , #church, #children , #hostel , #camping
@revitalization
La Rectoria Chidren’s Summer Camp / OAB
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NAVÈS, Lleida, SPAIN
Architects: OAB , Carlos FerraterNuria Ayala
• Area:1130.0 m²
• Year:2015
Collaborators: Alexandre Pararols
Structural consulting: Javier Monte
The Rectoría de la Selva hostel is located where the rectory of the church of Sant Climent once stood. The current church was built during the 17th century and, like the belfry, is made of squared and textured stone. The church is south-facing, with a rectangular apse to the north. Not all was newly built, for part of the front wall and the lower stretches of the belfry might have made use of the earlier Romanesque church. On the main façade there is a great portal with a semicircular arch and large voussoirs, plus a small rose window of stones of a certain size.
The inside of the church is simple, in the classical style, while the liturgical features are contemporary, since the original altars were destroyed during the civil war. Above the church vault there is a chamber, built at the same time as the church and the rectory. The rectory, an annex on the west wing of the church, is square in plan and has two floors. It is a building typical of El Solsonès, with a stone structure, thick walls and a gabled roof with a lining of wood. It also has a north-facing porch. Visible from the porch is the newly constructed building, which was created when it was already a hostel, with a service area. This complex, of more than 25,000 m2, also has a camping site, swimming pool and multisports court, as well as another newly constructed building perfectly integrated within the landscape, which functions as a lounge area.
A youth hostel is an installation intended, permanently or temporarily, to provide accommodation, as a place of passage, for staying or performing an activity in, for young people as individuals or collectively, and also, in certain circumstances, for families, adults and groups of children.
The object of this project is the upgrading of the existing edification and of the leisure activities to suit present-day needs and criteria. It is for this reason that we have studied the use of the construction and have arrived at the conclusion, along with the client, that the actual layout is wanting.
This is why we propose the functional redistribution of the different areas, with the design emphasis on programmatic criteria for inserting the current uses within the structural scheme and the present architectural configuration.
Furthermore, the roof must be remodeled as it is not in good repair, with a lot of rainwater leakage, which is obviously prejudicial to interior habitability. When positing the complete replacement of the roof, we have thought it opportune to create various skylights, in order to facilitate the entrance of natural light to the interior atrium.
The complex has vehicle access, both to the hostel and to the exterior open space of the Vicaría de la Selva, so as to undertake the outside activities that are programmed.
It must also be said that the parameters and personal choice of the Fundació Catalana de l’Esplai mean that its buildings have to be adapted for use by the disabled and designed from the first according to sustainable criteria—which is how we have tackled this project.
The new programmatic layout will lead to the appearance of small apertures in the interior space’s subdividing walls, plus new partitions in the rooms.
#Spain , #church, #children , #hostel , #camping
@revitalization
NO.121
Burgos Railway Station Refurbishment / Contell-Martínez Arquitectos
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TRAIN STATION, RENOVATION
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BURGOS, SPAIN
• Architects: Contell-Martínez Arquitectos
• Area: 2347.0 m²
• Year: 2016
• Manufacturers: Heradesign, Viroc, Mazarrón tejas
• Quantity Surveyors: Vicente Sevila, José Ignacio Maté
• Strcture: Francisco Javier Cases
• Sv Engineering: Leing S.L.
• Old Railway Station: 2.347,46 m2
• Pergola: 226,94 m2
• Urbanization: 4.853,00 m2
• WORK SELECTED AT THE XIV SPANISH BIENNIAL OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING (BEAU)
• WORK SELECTED IN THE VI 2016-2017 EDITION OF THE ARQUIA PROXIMA PROGRAM
• WORK SELECTED IN THE III TIS HISPALYT ARCHITECTURE AWARD 2015-2017 - REHABILITATION CATEGORY
Text description provided by the architects. The project aims to rehabilitate the Old Railway Station to accommodate a recreational and leisure program intended primarily for children and youth. The intervention extends, on one side, over the Station Square (former Travelers Courtyard) as a pedestrian and relationship space and, on the other side, a boulevard that is today where the railways used to be.
In order to contextualize and integrate the building, a new pergola is built adapting its shape to this new boulevard. It serves not only as a transition between the scale of the building and the green area but also it remains to the great iron and glass marquee that protected the railways and the platforms. This pergola serves now as support for the cafe as well as it dilutes the boundaries of the building in relation with the west side wooded area.
The intervention proposed in the Travelers Building seeks to recover its essence, adapting the construction to the new intended use. This is achieved by reinterpreting in depth the spatial whole conception, as well as the physical and visual relationship between the parts that characterize it as an architectural piece.
The building is structured along a linear axis and is divided into the different areas requested in the program: In the east wing, the children's area; in the west one the restaurant and cafe area; in the access space, at the old mezzanine level, the administration and on the first floor, the youth area. Finally, the three towers are joined through walkways with stairways at the ends.
The core of vertical communications and services is strategically built in the central body, this allows the individual use of the different building areas without the need to duplicate communication elements or toilets, while allowing facilities concentration.
In the access to the building from the Travelers Courtyard, the original space is recovered thanks to two canopies that penetrate in the building, which also serves as windbreaks. These define the access point and the original geometry by reinterpreting that element.
Inside, loading walls are cut down on the ground floor to achieve a fluid space and to get visual continuity between the different bodies. At the same time, the mezzanine slab, which was executed with little fortune in the middle of the twentieth century fragmenting the original height of the ground floor space, is completely eliminated. This level is only partially recovered at the access, after crossing a threshold with the original height of the Train Station, which achieves a compression of the space prior to accessing to the lateral bodies.
#Spain , #train_station, #children , #metal , #lighting , #interior_design
@revitalization
Burgos Railway Station Refurbishment / Contell-Martínez Arquitectos
•
TRAIN STATION, RENOVATION
•
BURGOS, SPAIN
• Architects: Contell-Martínez Arquitectos
• Area: 2347.0 m²
• Year: 2016
• Manufacturers: Heradesign, Viroc, Mazarrón tejas
• Quantity Surveyors: Vicente Sevila, José Ignacio Maté
• Strcture: Francisco Javier Cases
• Sv Engineering: Leing S.L.
• Old Railway Station: 2.347,46 m2
• Pergola: 226,94 m2
• Urbanization: 4.853,00 m2
• WORK SELECTED AT THE XIV SPANISH BIENNIAL OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING (BEAU)
• WORK SELECTED IN THE VI 2016-2017 EDITION OF THE ARQUIA PROXIMA PROGRAM
• WORK SELECTED IN THE III TIS HISPALYT ARCHITECTURE AWARD 2015-2017 - REHABILITATION CATEGORY
Text description provided by the architects. The project aims to rehabilitate the Old Railway Station to accommodate a recreational and leisure program intended primarily for children and youth. The intervention extends, on one side, over the Station Square (former Travelers Courtyard) as a pedestrian and relationship space and, on the other side, a boulevard that is today where the railways used to be.
In order to contextualize and integrate the building, a new pergola is built adapting its shape to this new boulevard. It serves not only as a transition between the scale of the building and the green area but also it remains to the great iron and glass marquee that protected the railways and the platforms. This pergola serves now as support for the cafe as well as it dilutes the boundaries of the building in relation with the west side wooded area.
The intervention proposed in the Travelers Building seeks to recover its essence, adapting the construction to the new intended use. This is achieved by reinterpreting in depth the spatial whole conception, as well as the physical and visual relationship between the parts that characterize it as an architectural piece.
The building is structured along a linear axis and is divided into the different areas requested in the program: In the east wing, the children's area; in the west one the restaurant and cafe area; in the access space, at the old mezzanine level, the administration and on the first floor, the youth area. Finally, the three towers are joined through walkways with stairways at the ends.
The core of vertical communications and services is strategically built in the central body, this allows the individual use of the different building areas without the need to duplicate communication elements or toilets, while allowing facilities concentration.
In the access to the building from the Travelers Courtyard, the original space is recovered thanks to two canopies that penetrate in the building, which also serves as windbreaks. These define the access point and the original geometry by reinterpreting that element.
Inside, loading walls are cut down on the ground floor to achieve a fluid space and to get visual continuity between the different bodies. At the same time, the mezzanine slab, which was executed with little fortune in the middle of the twentieth century fragmenting the original height of the ground floor space, is completely eliminated. This level is only partially recovered at the access, after crossing a threshold with the original height of the Train Station, which achieves a compression of the space prior to accessing to the lateral bodies.
#Spain , #train_station, #children , #metal , #lighting , #interior_design
@revitalization