NO.18.

Utah Church Lifted 40 Feet above ground without moving an Inch, United State,2015

A building weighing seven million pounds currently appears to be floating in mid-air in Provo City, Utah. The huge exterior walls of the century-old temple rest on 40-foot-high stilts, which make the building appear to be as light as a paper mock-up. The building was damaged in a 2010 fire, and it's now being restored and converted into a Mormon temple by the LDS church.
A historical treasure and city landmark, the Provo Tabernacle was originally constructed from 1883 to 1898 and has since been used as a gathering place for community meetings and cultural events, most notably an annual performance of Handel’s Messiah. After a fire gutted the building in 2010, Church leaders decided to restore the building and convert it into a Mormon temple.
In the course of which, a large area has been excavated around and beneath the temple walls with the church remaining in place on stilts, giving the building an extraordinary appearance, while not actually moving it. To preserve the most important parts of the Provo Tabernacle, which was destroyed in a fire two years ago, engineers gutted the interior of the building and dug down to create space for a two story basement. Workers first stabilized the building shell by removing two of the five rows of brick in the wall and placing steel ties around remaining rows. A concrete wall was then inserted on the inside of the brick to give it more stability and strength. Stilts were ten installed and the crew excavated the soil 40 feet below the tabernacle, clearing room for the large construction site currently in full operation.

#restore , #convert , #preserve , #church
#landscape , #city_centre , #construction

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Finally, the Kılıç Ali Paşa Hamam shows a successful case of holistic thinking, considering the building as a whole, rather than just assessing individual elements. Never veering away from scientific methodology and bringing together specialists of various scientific fields (art and architectural historians, archaeologists, chemists), the Kılıç Ali Paşa restoration has succeeded in exposing an original Sinan piece and has brought a delightful Ottoman monument into the contemporary cultural spotlight.

#restoration , #conversation , #revitalization , #turkey_hamam
#traditional_bath , #authentic , #integrity , #preserve , #sinan
#addition , #aesthetic_compatibility , #lighting , #interior

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NO.34.

Thalia Theatre, Portugal, 2008

• Architects: Gonçalo Byrne Architects & Barbas Lopes Architects
• Location: Lisbon, Portugal
• Architects: Gonçalo Byrne, Patrícia Barbas, Diogo Seixas Lopes
• Collaborators: Hugo Ferreira, João Neves, Lígia Ribeiro, Luca Martinucci, Tânia Roque
• Engineering: AFAconsult, Natural Works
• Contractor: ACF
• Area: 1600.0 sqm
• Project Year: 2008
• Photographs: DMF

Two generations of Portuguese architects have reconverted the ruins of a neoclassical theater in Lisbon, near the city zoo. The remains of the building were covered by a layer of concrete and spread in a glass pavilion, forming a multipurpose space where events and performances can take place.
The Thalia Theater was inaugurated in 1843, as a private place for the Count of Farrobo. It is located on the outskirts of Lisbon, in front of a palace and gardens, also owned by this aristocrat. In 1862, a fire burned the building with all its luxurious decoration of golden wood, mirrors and candelabra.
For almost 150 years, the Thalia Theater was in ruins. In 2008, the Ministry of Education and Science of Portugal commissioned a study to reconvert the Thalia Theater in a space of multiple uses.
In order to preserve the ancient walls of the Thalia Theater, the exterior was completely covered by a layer of terracotta concrete forming a large monolithic body. It consists of the original volumes of the audience and the stage, 23 meters high. Within these two spaces the ruins were left intact in a show of their own.
An adjacent one-story, fully glazed structure houses the additional program as a reception, services, and cafeteria. The new wing embraces the Thalia Theater and faces the busy contiguous street through a continuous surface of crystals that reflect the surroundings.
The project for the reconversion of the Thalia Theater in Lisbon combines the old and new parts of the building in an urban complex overlooking the nearby zoo. Bring back the memory of the past as a place for fantasy, imagination and civic life.

#ruin , #theater , #multiple_use , #preserve
#addition , #reconversion , #lighting , #urban_complex

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NO.35.

Villers Abbey Visitor Center, Belgium, 2016

•Architects: Binario Architectes
•Location: 1495 Villers-la-Ville, Belgium
•Area: 420.0 sqm
•Project Year: 2016
•Photographs: François Lichtle, …
•Manufacturers: Abet Laminati, Dorma, Heradesign
•Structure: JZH et partners
•Fluids: SECA benelux
•Lightning: Henriette Michaux
•Landscape: Du Paysage (Virginie Pigeon et Sébastien Ochej)
•Scenography: L'Escaut

The Villers abbey site is crossed and split by the N275 national road so it loses logic and unity. Architecture, through a common intervention in landscape and scenography fields, tries to reunite the full Cistercian composition plan. The project leads to a truly sequence from the parking to the ruins and prepares the visitors. The new path goes by the mill (reception hall, scenography spaces, models room), reaches the hill across the new footbridge, continues through the garden, crosses the second bridge over the national road and finally goes down into the ruins. The project highlights a common thread by means of sober materials (corten, wood, concrete) set up in various ways.

#ruin , #historic_site , #multiple_use , #preserve
#addition , #landscape , #lighting , #interior, #signage

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NO.36.

Rock the Kasbah, Interior design by Philippe Xerri, Tunisia, Since 2011

•Designer: Philippe Xerri
•Location: Tunisia
•Project Year: Since 2011

Philippe Xerri is a Parisian designer and artist established in Tunisia since 2011.
Impressed by traditional techniques and the high quality of Tunisian craftsmanship, Philippe started designing ethnic-chic and modern furniture. The result is the “Rock the Kasbah” collection defined by the designer himself as “rock and design”! All his creations are tainted with a 1920’s and 1950’s style. Tunisia of course is a big aesthetic influence, as well as ancient civilizations’ heritage like Carthage, Tunis…Tunisian culture really transpires in Philippe Xerri’s creations as he is deeply inspired by people’s generosity, their hospitality and art of making the guest feel at home. Today, Rock the Kasbah collections are sold throughout the world, including Paris where Philippe Xerri opened his show-room.
Admiring the ancestral skills, he collaborates with thirty people from the best ateliers to create furniture and objects of decoration, successfully blending an urban spirit from the 50’s with an oriental charm thanks to its use of coloured fabrics.

#handicraft , #interior_desigh , #new_design , #preserve , #adaptive_reuese

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#Croatia , #square , #lighting , #plaza , #city_centre , #historical_centre , #archeology , #conservation , #tower , #landmark , #landscape , #historic_site , #ruin , #preserve
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