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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Ruins, Scars and Traces

  • Ruins, Scars and Traces

"Ruinas, cicatrices y huellas", stands out for its multidisciplinary approach and its ability to encourage debate on the rehabilitation of architectural heritage. It documents the restoration of the ruins of San Agustín de San Cristóbal de la Laguna in Tenerife, highlighting findings that tell the story of the site and the recovery process. Its reflective narrative addresses the past and future of the site, evidencing its transformation into a dynamic public space. It approaches rehabilitation from diverse perspectives, including the preservation of ruins, scars and traces as part of collective memory, along with the reuse of pre-existing objects. It provides an interactive experience by allowing readers to explore the ruin as they discover each find. This inclusive approach to the dissemination of architectural heritage positions it as a valuable contribution to understanding and appreciating both history and process. Its graphic style and narrative provide an interactive experience.

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Disclosure

Edition

7
Winner

Year

2023

Author

SIC Arquitectura y Urbanismo
Esaú Acosta Pérez, Miguel Jaenicke Fontao, Teresa Marrazo Bertet

Project team

Texts: Miguel Ángel Fernández Matrán, José María García de Miguel, Alba Fuentes-Porto y Ovidia Soto Martín, Gerardo Guerra Martín, Miguel Machado Bonde, Javier Soler Segura, Josué Ramos Martín, Fray Osmín Peraza Peraza, Antonio Tejera Gaspar

External collaborators

Printing: Estugraf
Proofreading: Alberto Haj-Saleh

City

San Cristóbal de La laguna

Country

Spain

Client

Public
San Cristóbal de La Laguna City Council, Consejería de Turismo, Cultura y Deportes del Gobierno de Canarias

Programme

Book

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