Part 1 1.1 Experience in Portugal
Reusing a preexisting space : Using geometry to create a type, or reuse a type to provide it with a new function
Standard concept of reuse
existing built environment predetermined conditions
intervention adapt itself in the interior space or next to; new programmatic conditions
16th and 17th century renaissance cloister, Baroque style facade and the central staircase Image on courtesy of Santa-Rita Arquitectos, Hotel in Convento da Graca, Tavira, Portugal
adaptation of each convent wing to guest-rooms and common lounge areas; the construction of new service facilities; the insertion of a new room gallery and planting hotel landscape. Image on courtesy of Santa-Rita Arquitectos, Hotel in Convento da Graca, Tavira, Portugal
Image on courtesy of Santa-Rita Arquitectos, Hotel in Convento da Graca, Tavira, Portugal
superimposed, over a two thousand year-old legacy of a roman cryptoportico Image on courtesy of Santa-Rita Arquitectos, National Museum Machado de Castro, Coimbra, Portugal
preservation of the renaissance loggia, adaptation of the Palace for new exhibiting spaces Image on courtesy of Santa-Rita Arquitectos, National Museum Machado de Castro, Coimbra, Portugal
opening of the cryptoportic galleries for archaeological visits and the construction of a temporary exhibit extension on the southwest side. Image on courtesy of Santa-Rita Arquitectos, National Museum Machado de Castro, Coimbra, Portugal
Adaptive reuse projects for 17th century monasteries in art museums and hospitality complexes, as Project Architect for Santa-Rita Arquitectos in Lisbon, Portugal: Abstraction and preexistence at the intersection of three distinct levels: 1. Exploration of a tectonic language 2. Survey of preexisting functional and structural constrains, 3. Strategy to engage the compression of ‘these worlds’ as if one abstraction ‘enters one context’.
first purpose-built Museum in Portugal, is a building in the form of a classical temple with a colonnaded portico, a monastic space with a central cloister, Image on courtesy of Santa-Rita Arquitectos, National Museum Jose Malhoa, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
Image on courtesy of Santa-Rita Arquitectos, National Museum Jose Malhoa, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
Image on courtesy of Santa-Rita Arquitectos, National Museum Jose Malhoa, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
a permanent adaptive reuse: reusing geometry to: •
create a space, or
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reuse a space to provide it with a new function;
Master Plan for the entire 36.5 acre campus at the City College of New York located at 135th Street and Convent Avenue. Architect George B. Post, Gothic design terra cotta details are one of the campus’ most distinctive features. Image on courtesy of George Ranalli Architect, MasterPlan for City College, NY
Image on courtesy of George Ranalli Architect, MasterPlan for City College, NY
Promote Global Summer Schools focus on Local interventions in the city of Providence with new manufacturing, rehabilitation and sustainable analysis technologies Ultimately, exploring the campus, human, spatial and production equipment resources by promoting special projects in adaptive reuse. Image on courtesy of Will Meeker, Prototyping the napping space studio, CCA Department of Architecture
Thank you chair series – coming soon
Rhode Island School of Design, Interior Architecture Department Thursday, May 5th, 2011