AHI Architectural Heritage Intervention

“Contributing to enhancing our heritage, as the way forward for 21 st Century architecture is our raison d’être; to emphasize a diverse, rich vision that necessarily complements the intervention is our mission, and achieving it with reflexive and purposeful efforts is the challenge”.

This project, founded in, and directed since, 2011 by Ramon Calonge, Oriol Cusidó, Marc Manzano and Jordi Portal, architects and members of the Group of Architects for the Defence and Intervention in Architectural Heritage (AADIPA), has, through the years become a platform that includes four actions that are both independent and transversal.
 
The European Award, a biennial event that brings together and showcases the multiple approaches of intervention in Europe.

The International Biennial, a framework that serves to compare and gain closer insight of quality interventions in architectural heritage in non-European countries.

The digital Archive, a live and open window that provides a panoramic view of interventions in the history of our surroundings.

The Forum, a meeting place where you can participate in on-going debates about the main preoccupations and lines of thought about interventions in architectural heritage in Europe.

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Old Ceramics Factory

Old Ceramics Factory

The Ancient Ceramics of Coimbra is located in the buffer zone of the “University of Coimbra - Alta e Sofia” complex, classified as UNESCO World Heritage. This is a handmade ceramics factory, the last pottery in Portugal. The project proposes the rehabilitation of the building both for its architectural, industrial and typological characteristics, as well as for its historical and immaterial value. Thus, the proposal created a museological route inserted in a cafeteria, in which the work of artisans, technologies and performances on materials are exposed in-situ, constituting the central elements of the route. Being a century-old industrial building, its morphology developed by addition and subtraction over the centuries, contributing to its irregular geometry and making the building an ensemble of “architectural pieces”. The proposed solution is based on a compromise between seeking to preserve the particular characteristics of this building and qualify it at the same time, engaging in the use of traditional techniques and materials.

Author

Atelier do Corvo
Luisa Bebiano Architecture

Collaborators

Lead architects: Carlos Antunes and Desirée Pedro (Atelier do Corvo); Luisa Bebiano
Team: Diogo Rodrigues, Ivan Sach, Ivo Lapa, João Miranda, Mário Carvalhal, Pedro Canotilho and Rui Santos
Engineering Team: ECA, Projectos

Edition

5
Shortlisted

Year

2018

City

Coimbra

Country

Portugal

Surface area sqm

692

Cost €

360.000

Client

Private

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Eduardo Nascimento