The main contradiction that needed to be cleared was between modern and historical architecture’s relationship to ornament and decoration. The densely decorated interior of the cathedral stands in direct contrast with the modernist aesthetics, which got rid of any decoration and finds beauty in clearly visible structures and in the material itself. Although contemporary architecture does not stick rigidly to these century-old principles, applied decoration of the past is still alien to it. The main advantage of the current changes is that they did not ignore decoration entirely, but rather keep them under control: the additions in the liturgical space all fit into the context, show, however, a gentle shift towards a sleeker style – they bring a bit of relief into the thickness of the space. In case of the new furniture, the ornament is integrated into the material.
In other spaces, like in the crypt an inverse solution comes into effect: the formerly abandoned spaces were given a new quality. The heavy pillars received unified white plastering and rhythmical illumination, the alteration of light and shadow gives contemporary aesthetics to the old space.
These solutions shape the spaces in an organic way toward the needs articulated in the present – the refurbishment did not dissolve the building into fragments, but rather managed to develop it continually, adding meaning and functions relevant to contemporary users.

#restoration , #renovation , #conservation , #redevelop
#lighting , #interior , #addition , #refurbishment , #Cathedral

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NO.26.

Saeed Al Maktoum Museum, UAE, 1986
خانه شیخ سعید آل مکتوم، امارات متحده عربی، 1986

خانه شیخ سعید یکی از نقاط دیدنی کشور امارات متحده عربی و از مکان‌های تاریخی و جاذبه های گردشگری شهر دبی است. این خانه محل سکونت حاکم پیشین دبی، شیخ سعید آل مکتوم بوده‌ است. تاریخ ساخت آن به سال ۱۸۹۶ در عهد شیخ مکتوم بن حشر آل مکتوم بر می‌گردد. این بنا تا سال 1958 میلادی (پایان عمر شیخ سعید آل مکتوم) مقر حکومت بوده ‌است. مساحت این بنا در حدود ۳۶۰۰ مترمربع می‌باشد که در سال ۱۹۸۶ میلادی توسط شهرداری دبی بازسازی شده و هم‌اکنون به عنوان موزه ملی اسکناس، عکس‌های تاریخی شهر دبی و همچنین بخشی به معرفی خانواده حکمران اختصاص داده شده است. به لحاظ موقعیت قرارگیری این خانه در منطقه ای استراتژیک، نزدیک به دهانه خور و کنار تونل شندغه واقع شده ‌است. از جمله مصالح بکاررفته در ساخت خانه می توان به آهک و ساروج اشاره نمود. ساختار کالبدی خانه بگونه ای است که پیرامون یک حیاط بزرگ پنج بخش مستقل برای زندگی پنج خانواده در نظر گرفته شده‌ است. هر بخش شامل یک ایوان، مهمان‌خانه و تعدادی اتاق می‌باشد. بادگیرها، درب‌ها و پنجره‌های کنده‌کاری‌شده، نورگیرهای مشبک چوبی و گچی همه و همه تصویرگر خانه‌های قدیمی دبی می‌باشند. این خانه پس از اتمام مراحل مرمت به‌ عنوان یک موزه تغییر کارکرد داده است. عکس‌های قدیم دبی، اسناد تاریخی، پول‌های رایج در زمان‌های نه‌چندان دور و مجموعه‌های تمبر از دیگر دیدنی‌های این موزه می‌باشند.

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#restoration , #renovation , #conservation , #house
#lighting , #interior , #refurbishment , #museum , #revitalization

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Posterity has been inclined to place the blame for the fire at the feet of the Spanish soldiers at Koldinghus, and it is entirely probable that they, unused to the Nordic winter, fired up all too zealously in the castle's fireplace. The real cause, however, was sooner the fact that the maintenance of the chimneys had been neglected – but whatever the case may be, Jutland's last royal castle, which in 1808 still stood in the Baroque form it had attained through Frederik IV's rebuilding in the years around 1720, had been lost. At the time, however, people were most occupied by the fact that the fire had ruined large amounts of grain. In all it was estimated at 6,000 barrels of rye and oats, which people then made a great effort to salvage in the hope that it could be used as cattle feed?

Koldinghus was not rebuild as a royal castle, and very quickly became one of the romantic ruins which the age loved. In 1813 Christian Molbech passed by, and he writes: “Nature, which so likes to beautify death and destruction, had already here and there adorned the red lots with lively grass growth. The castle bailiff's cow wandered calmly in and out of the windows in search of food on the grass-covered gravel slopes between the walls where courtiers lived in days of old, and in the great, vaulted kitchen where the court was cooked for, a lonely pig had made his spacious dwelling”.

#restoration , #renovation , #conservation , #castle , #fire , #recostruction
#lighting , #interior , #refurbishment , #culture , #revitalization

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TOWER
15 Observation deck at the top of the Giant Tower
12-14 Tower Rooms, closed at the moment
11 Toys
3rd FLOOR
7 The Ruin Hall
8 Classroom, teaching
9 Temporary Exhibitions
10 The Great Hall
16 Danish Silver 1550-1900
17 Collection of the Erik Fjeldsøe Foundation (Danish Silver 1550-1800)
18 GANGSTEDFONDENS Silver Collection
19 Danish Silver Skønvirke (Thorvald Bindesbøll etc.)
20 Goldsmith Holger Kysters livingroom (early 20th century)
21 Danish Silver 20th Century
2nd FLOOR
6 The Ruin Hall
24 Historicisme (ca. 1830-90)
25 Rococo (approx. 1730-70); Louis Seize (approx. 1760-1800); Empire (approx. 1800-50)
26 Renaissance (approx. 1550-1630)
27 Baroque (approx. 1630-1740)
28 Neoclassicism (1770-1800)
29 The Library Reading Room, porcelain and delft ware




1st FLOOR
1 Tickets, Museum Shop, Wardrobe
4 The Ruin hall
5 King Christian 3.s Chapel (auditorium)
30 The Castle Chapel
31 Church Art, Middle Ages
32-33 Koldinghus History Center
34 Temporary Exhibitions
BASEMENT
2 Basement, toilets
3 The Ruin Hall
35 Café Koldinghus
36 Dungeon

#restoration , #renovation , #conservation , #castle , #fire , #recostruction
#lighting , #interior , #refurbishment , #culture , #revitalization

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NO.52.

Glasgow Women's Library, London,2015

Location: United Kingdom - Glasgow
Designer: Collective Architecture
Project Year: 2015


Info
• Client Glasgow Women's Library
• Additional Notes Location: 19-23 Landressy Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow Type Of Project: Extension, refurbishment and structural alterations to existing Category B Listed Library Client: Glasgow Women’s Library Architects: Collective Architecture Project Architect: Steven Byrne/ Cathy Houston Structural Engineers: Ove Arup & Partners Funding: Various Tender date: February 2014 Site start date: 24 November 2014 Completed: November 2015 Contract duration: 11 months Gross internal floor area: 850sqm Total cost: circa £850K M&E consultant: Ken Boyle Consulting Engineering Quantity Surveyor: EC Harris Ltd CDM consultant: CDM Project Safety Ltd Main contractor: Maxi Construction Ltd

Refurbishment of a Catergory B listed Library in Bridgeton, Glasgow for The Glasgow Women's Library.
Shortlisted for RIBA London Awards 2017.
Collective Architecture won a limited competition to redevelop a Category B' listed library in Bridgeton, Glasgow for The Glasgow Women’s Library. The library, built on 1903, is one of seven “Carnegie” libraries donated to the city. A local landmark, the building is grand in appearance with feature bays, intricate ornamentation and beautifully carved statues.
Glasgow Women’s Library provides a major resource for the City of Glasgow, Scotland and beyond. Their reputation extends nationally with a growing membership and volunteer team. The archive collection has steadily expanded, with items on display for public view and has gained growing importance through its accredited museum status. The library, refurbished for the Glasgow Women’s Library, now caters for an organisation with a national reputation, and provides accommodation which is capable of hosting major events, screenings, talks, exhibitions, as well as offering support services for people across Glasgow.
Throughout the design process, key stakeholder, client and community engagement workshops were crucial to the successful delivery of the project. Collective Architecture worked closely with the Glasgow Women's Library to develop informal reading spaces and an open plan mezzanine area, with new lift access, within the former Main Reading Room. The Reading Room is located above a new ground floor cafe and kitchen and a space for exhibitions. A major requirement was for a new strong room archive, designed over two levels at the rear of the gallery. This houses the permanent collections, as well as special pieces of display which required to be climatically controlled to ensure their survival.

Located to the gable fronting James Street, a new stand alone lift shaft provides accessibility to the existing first floor for all. This has been designed as a feature art work, with CNC cut cladding incorporating significant book titles which were chosen by the Glasgow Women’s Library Board Members.

The Glasgow Women’s Library was project managed by Clyde Gateway, who are responsible for the wider redevelopment of Bridgeton, where the library is situated.
hub West Scotland were involved in the successful delivery of the project.
The building was officially opened to the public on 7th November 2015 by the Rt. Hon. Nicola Sturgeon MSP, First Minister of Scotland, who described The Glasgow Women’s Library as ‘truly a national treasure’. In addition, on the 14th of December 2015 The Glasgow Women’s Library were awarded the title of ‘Recognised Collections of National Significance’ status by Museum Galleries Scotland, joining Scotland’s elite list of must see museum collections. The title covers the entire collection of museum and archive holdings and further cements Glasgow Women’s Library’s status as the only accredited museum dedicated to women’s history in the whole of the UK.

#Additions , #Dialogues with History , #Libraries , #Typography , #Refurbishment , #redevelop , #interior_design , #interior_architecture , #stair

Spaces around the main structure were renovated into open-air exhibition halls. The temple now looks like a museum of Chinese architectural history, or a rural architecture classroom. The relic is revived. Its value is manifested. Its charm will since endure.
For architects, the design in the field of cultural relics’ protection has always been conservative. At the same time we also opposed radicals ideas but would not give up the exploration of new innovations in the existing environment as well as producing new ideas to conserve the cultural relics in present context. The sustenance of a cultural relic cannot simply rely on a singular village, but also the support of tourism, and special outreach to the public. The project of the environmental improvement of the Five Dragons Temple is a new exploration in cultural relics environmental design. It break the usual conservative approach and uses a spatial sequence of etiquette to accentuate the history, rather than using the sense of history to highlight its “originality”. Frankly speaking, the spatial sequence did not derive from the original path of worship, but instead is a route for narrative for the present day. The narration first directs the respect towards the cultural relics, thus awakening the culture and customs of the locals in which are difficult to find nowadays in remote villages. By doing so, it integrates into the present village lives the missing pieces of folk culture that has been passed down since ancient times.


#China , #Access , #Adaptation , #refurbishment , #temple , #interior_design , #stair , #landscape
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This unitary plane of amber cream natural stone of small format and neutral tone, is removed on the perimeter to reveal the original remains of floors and baseboards. The recovery and restoration of the existing gaps establishes conceptual ties with the intervention carried out in the 16th century in which the relationship of the buildings with the gardens intensifies. The natural lighting of the rooms through said openings - now glazed - is complemented by an indirect system directed towards the coatings preserved at the base of the walls, generating a warm and enveloping atmosphere, integrating the new pavement with the historic factories.


#Spain, #interior_design , #palace , #basin , #lighting , #archeology , #refurbishment

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#elevator , #disability , #spain , #refurbishment