color urban

COLOR SURVEY AND RESEARCH IN ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN SPACES

Jose Luis CAIVANO caivano@fadu.uba.ar University of Buenos Aires and Conicet (National Council for Research) Argentina Grupo Argentino del Color

1 • Color restoration in historical cities or districts 2 • Color rehabilitation or intervention in depreciated or abandoned urban areas in low-income neighborhoods 3 • New urban color projects in new urban designs 4 • Color image of the cities how a city is perceived what color is a city

1 • Color restoration in historical cities or districts implies making a color survey to take some action: to restore the original colors that a group of buildings or historical center had at a certain time Methodology: extracting color samples, measuring them, dating the pigments used, deciding which color should be restored, using restoration techniques (painting, cleaning, etc.)

1. Color restoration in historical cities or districts

Karin Fridell Anter, “Colours in Pompeiian cityscape�, AIC 2005

1. Color restoration in historical cities or districts

Giovanni Brino, AIC 1993

“The ‘colour plan of Turin’, carried out by the writer between 1978 and 1983, represented the first attempt in Italy at a rational response to the problem of restoring façades on a city-wide scale, on the basis of objective historic documentation.”

1. Color restoration in historical cities or districts

Angela GarcĂ­a, Ana Torres and co-workers, Valencia, Spain

1. Color restoration in historical cities or districts

Angela GarcĂ­a, Ana Torres and co-workers, Valencia, Spain

1. Color restoration in historical cities or districts

Angela GarcĂ­a, Ana Torres and co-workers, Valencia, Spain

1. Color restoration in historical cities or districts

Angela GarcĂ­a, Ana Torres and co-workers, Valencia, Spain

1. Color restoration in historical cities or districts

Velluters Neiborhood, Valencia, Spain

materials and color data

1. Color restoration in historical cities or districts

Velluters Neiborhood, Valencia, Spain color chart

1. Color restoration in historical cities or districts

door column wall glass frame defense base sidewalk

Buenos Aires downtown inherent colors: assesment by visual comparison with standard color samples

1. Color restoration of buildings and neighborhoods of the modern movement in architecture Bruno Taut’s buildings

Bruno Taut

2 • Color rehabilitation or intervention in depreciated or abandoned urban areas in low-income neighborhoods Methodology: survey of color preferences of the neighbors proposal of color schemes or color palettes to be discussed and approved by the neighbors implementation of the project: by collective collaboration with the neighbors by governmental or private sponsorship

2. Color rehabilitation or intervention in depreciated or abandoned urban areas in low-income neighborhoods

color rehabilitation project facade samples

model of settlement

Theano F. Tosca

2. Color rehabilitation or intervention in depreciated or abandoned urban areas in low-income neighborhoods

before the chromatic intervention

after the chromatic intervention city of Tirana, Albania (Europe)

2. Color rehabilitation or intervention in depreciated or abandoned urban areas in low-income neighborhoods

Belgrano street, Cordoba, Argentina, 1996

before

Maria Avila and his research group at the University of Cordoba

after

2. Color rehabilitation or intervention in depreciated or abandoned urban areas in low-income neighborhoods

Belgrano street, Cordoba, Argentina, 1996 Maria Avila and his research group at the University of Cordoba

after

before

Puebla, Mexico, 1993

before

after

2. Color rehabilitation or intervention in depreciated or abandoned urban areas in low-income neighborhoods

Color intervention in a fishermen’s village: “San Pedro Pescador”, Chaco province, Argentina Ricardo Nill, Susana Geat (Northeast National University) Interrelaciones de color entre botes y casas Barrio San Pedro Pescador, Antequera, Chaco

Búsqueda de patrón de color Barrio San Pedro Pescador, Antequera, Chaco

Familia:......................................................................................

Ocupación: ................................................................................

Ubicación:..................................................................................

typological analysis

Elementos

Material, características y color de cubierta Materiales, terminaciones y color de fondo de pared

Color de borde marco Material y Color marco

houses

Material y color hoja Material y color zócalo Material y color marco Material y color celosía u otra Material y color hoja de ventana Color de borda Color de fondo

boats

La Yuí Color y familia tipográfica (con serif, sin serif, boldt, etc) Color línea flotación Otros (nombrar)

Colores / Observaciones

Relevamiento de color en viviendas Barrio San Pedro Pescador, Antequera, Chaco

typological analysis

Familia:......................................................................................

Ocupación: ................................................................................

Ubicación:..........................................................................

materials and different parts of the houses

Material, características y color de cubierta Materiales, terminaciones y color de fondo de pared

Color de borde marco Material y Color marco Material y color hoja Material y color zócalo

Material y color marco Material y color celosía u otra Material y color hoja de ventana

color charts with different possible color combinations

examples of application

Normativa de sistema de identificación Local de venta de pescado Barrio San Pedro Pescador, Antequera, Chaco

Tipos de cartelería Barrio San Pedro Pescador, Antequera, Chaco

Tipo bandera

Tipo ménsula

Color de borde Color de fondo Color de imagen

Tipo tótem Tipo doble pié

Material del soporte

Venta de: B ogas D orados P acúes S urubíes, etc

Tipografía, tamaño y color

Leyenda

Dimensiones del cartel

proposal of signs for identification of streets and places (using images and names of the fishes of the region)

the proposals were presented to the inhabitants children also had a word to say

starting to prepare surfaces and materials

painting

3 • New urban color projects in new urban designs

the color specialist usually works as an advisor, a consultor, or as part of the design team Methodology: applying the imagination, inspiration, or knowledge on color harmony and color combination

3. New urban color projects in new urban designs

Werner Spillmann

4 • Color image of the cities how a city is perceived what color is a city

Methodology: objective color: photographic survey, color measurement, visual color assesment subjective color: asking people with which color they remember a city

What are the colours of Zurich?

Lino Sibillano AIC 2011 a) The 21 most used main colours for facades (covering 66 % of the buildings). b) The 11 most used striking colours for facades (covering 66 % of the buildings with a striking facade colour). c)

The 8 most used saturated colours for facades (covering 66 % of the buildings with a saturated facade colour).

a

b

c

Mar铆a Mercedes Avila (C贸rdoba, Argentina)

perceived color: palettes

perceived color: palettes

perceived color: palettes

perceived color: palettes