I really love seeing buildings with amazing character given new life and new purpose. Preserving but most importantly give new purpose to buildings is a delight to encounter and thoroughly underrated and over looked when talking about 'conservation'.
This church in Santpedor, Catalan was once part of a large convent built in the 18th Century by Franciscan Monks but sacking, abandonment and the subsequent progressive deterioration of the building led to most of the buildings being finally demolished in the year 2000.
The church was the only salvageable element of this complex and this year David Closes Arquitecte finished the renovation of this dilapidated shell in to an auditorium and community centre.
The work on this building looks like a unification. You can see the deterioration and thus understand the additions the building has underwent. It is a delight to see the consideration of form and context.
The renovation shows the buildings wounds and keeps it's spacial values by keeping utilities out of the main original structure while using contemporary building language and materials to emphasis the existing remenance. Even additions such as the approach route, stairs and ramps frame the amazing and diverse views in and out with the building.
The project has maintained the original dimensions of the building while also integrating the features not intended by the original buildings, such as the partial roof collapse that now streams in natural light to the preserved unity of the nave.
The future of this project expects to add historical archives to additional spaces with in the building, hopefully cementing its place with in a community through learning.
I don't really want to be down on this building but it just have cold bridging written all over it but when has a community centre/library/church ever been appropriately climate controlled?
This church in Santpedor, Catalan was once part of a large convent built in the 18th Century by Franciscan Monks but sacking, abandonment and the subsequent progressive deterioration of the building led to most of the buildings being finally demolished in the year 2000.
The church was the only salvageable element of this complex and this year David Closes Arquitecte finished the renovation of this dilapidated shell in to an auditorium and community centre.
The work on this building looks like a unification. You can see the deterioration and thus understand the additions the building has underwent. It is a delight to see the consideration of form and context.
The renovation shows the buildings wounds and keeps it's spacial values by keeping utilities out of the main original structure while using contemporary building language and materials to emphasis the existing remenance. Even additions such as the approach route, stairs and ramps frame the amazing and diverse views in and out with the building.
The project has maintained the original dimensions of the building while also integrating the features not intended by the original buildings, such as the partial roof collapse that now streams in natural light to the preserved unity of the nave.
The future of this project expects to add historical archives to additional spaces with in the building, hopefully cementing its place with in a community through learning.
I don't really want to be down on this building but it just have cold bridging written all over it but when has a community centre/library/church ever been appropriately climate controlled?
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