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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Turbine building

  • Turbine building
  • Turbine building
  • Turbine building
  • Turbine building

The project has focused on defining essential interventions within the Turbine Hall of the Sant Adrià de Besòs 3 Xemeneies to host the Manifesta Festival (Sept–Nov 2024). The main objectives were: • Ensuring universal accessibility through new adapted vertical circulation cores, removal of level differences, and improved access to rehabilitated spaces. • Guaranteeing safety by updating railings to current regulations, ensuring compliance, and executing critical repairs. • Providing essential installations for operational needs during the event. This intervention marks the first step in reclaiming the Turbine Hall for public use. After over a decade of closure, only minimal yet essential works were undertaken to enable public access. This rehabilitation serves as a pilot phase before a full-scale transformation, initiating the long-term reactivation of the building.

Category

Built heritage

Edition

7
Shortlisted

Year

2024

Author

Consorci del Besòs
Jordi Murtra

Batllori & Trepat Arquitectes
Marta Urbiola

Project team

Project: Carme Ribas, Francesc Romero, Tania Magro, Cristina Marquez
Construction management: Marc Trepat, Joana Solà

External collaborators

Quantity surveyor: Francesc Xairó i Associats
Structures: Crespiera Simó Diagonal Arquitectura
Installations: E3 Solinteg

City

Sant Adrià del Besòs

Country

Spain

Surface area sqm

3.749,69

Cost €

1.887.236,05

Client

Public
Consorci del Besòs

Original Programme

Industrial

Programme

Culture

© Photographer

Albert Oriol Trepat Pérez

Períod

Contemporary

Type of intervention

Addition

Level of intervention

Partial