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.

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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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Renaissance of the Convent of Saint-François

  • Renaissance of the Convent of Saint-François
  • Renaissance of the Convent of Saint-François
  • Renaissance of the Convent of Saint-François
  • Renaissance of the Convent of Saint-François

This building built in 1480 and classified as a historic monument had fallen into ruin. Amelia Tavella restored it without breaking with the vestiges of the past. Back to the cemetery, the convent overlooks the village that it watches over. It has a front and a back stage. Beyond, you can see the breathtaking panorama of the Corsican mountains, winding through passes and ridges that seem to merge with clouds, their appearance changing with the rhythm of the seasons. Here the heart of the Alta Roca pulsates. Beauty is religious, supernatural. Nature has become an integral part of the building. Over the years, vegetation has crept between the stones, forming a natural armor that protects it from erosion and collapse. A fig tree emerges from the façade, its wood and roots becoming structural elements, replacing lime that could not withstand the passage of time. Amelia Tavella celebrated this harmony with nature, honouring her role in safeguarding the building during her long sleep, until her remarkable resurrection.

Category

Built heritage

Edition

7
Finalist

Year

2022

Author

Amelia Tavella
Amelia Tavella

Project team

heritage architect: Perrot-Richard

External collaborators

Economy, OPC, VRD: INGENIA
Structure: ISB
Acoustic: Acoustique Conseil
Thermal studies: Garcia Ingénierie
Writer: Nina Bouraoui

City

Sainte Lucie de Tallano

Country

France

Surface area sqm

1.000

Cost €

2.500.000

Client

Public
Collectivité de Corse

Original Programme

Mixed Use

Programme

Religion - Funerary

© Photographer

Thibaut Dini

Períod

Ancient

Type of intervention

Restoration

Level of intervention

Total / Integral