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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Railway Museum of Catalonia

  • Railway Museum of Catalonia
  • Railway Museum of Catalonia
  • Railway Museum of Catalonia
  • Railway Museum of Catalonia

The project involves the restoration of the former steam locomotive depots and repair workshops in Vilanova i la Geltrú, transforming them into a museum with two new buildings added. The intervention is divided into two phases. The first phase includes the rehabilitation of the crane bridge hall roof and the restoration of existing halls, along with the construction of two additional halls called "Capelles." The museum is located within the complex of buildings that once housed the workshops and boasts one of the finest collections of steam vehicles, set within a remarkable example of late 19th and early 20th-century industrial railway architecture. The work includes the restoration and expansion of the complex, exterior improvements, utility connections, outdoor furniture installation, and urban development of the surrounding area. Structural reinforcements, exterior woodwork restoration, and the maximization of natural light distinguish the new constructions from the original ones.

Category

Built heritage

Edition

7
Shortlisted

Year

2020

Author

Jordi Roig Arquitectes
Jordi Roig, Joan Olona, Jose Ramón Pastor

Project team

Pepe Ramos, Laura Alconero, Alfredo Martínez

External collaborators

David Camacho, Ampar Lecha, Sergi Villalba, Gerardo Wadel, Fernando Álvarez, Mercè Martin, Elvira Altadill, Josep Mª Verdú, Miquel Farré, Xavier Costa, Miguel Angel Alvarez, José Javier Ruiz

City

Vilanova i la Geltrú

Country

Spain

Surface area sqm

2.086,00

Cost €

2.184.047,34

Client

Public
Fundación de los Ferrocarriles Españoles y ADIF

Original Programme

Industrial

Programme

Culture

© Photographer

José Hevia

Períod

Modern Architecture

Type of intervention

Transformation

Level of intervention

Total / Integral