On this lookbook, we characteristic 9 residential initiatives that show distinctive methods of interacting with a web site’s historical past by weaving current ruins into their designs.
Till just lately, it has been widespread follow to cover away outdated constructions throughout adaptive reuse initiatives.
Nevertheless, the architects on this listing embrace the previous by stitching home areas with the stays of former buildings, creating creative encounters with preserved architectural stays.
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Nickzy Residence, Hungary, by Béres Architects
Rigorously preserved stone partitions are featured on this Hungarian guesthouse renovation by native studio Béres Architects.
Twentieth-century plaster finishes have been stripped again to reveal the 400-year-old house’s authentic stonework, reestablishing its visible prominence towards fashionable white-rendered partitions.
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El Priorato, Spain, by Atienza Maure Arquitectos
The interiors of this Sixteenth-century Spanish clergy home had been restored by Atienza Maure Arquitectos to create ambiguity between the prevailing construction and new interventions.
Concrete vaults, white-painted partitions and restricted fixtures sit alongside heritage-protected arches to create minimal differentiation between the supplies and areas.
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Mediona 13, Spain, by Nua Arquitectures
Within the historic centre of Tarragona, Spain, Nua Arquitectures strengthened this dwelling’s crumbling stone and timber construction with brightly colored metal supporting components.
In response to the studio, the metal insertions add one other layer to the house’s seen “reminiscence” and draw consideration to the historic constructing material.
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Croft Lodge Studio, West Midlands, by David Connor Design and Kate Darby Architects
David Connor Design and Kate Darby Architects enclosed the decaying stays of a 300-year-old constructing underneath a steel-framed shell in England’s West Midlands space.
The daring new studio maintains each side of the heritage-listed construction throughout the inside dwelling areas, together with the rotting timber, useless ivy and outdated birds’ nests.
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Cascina, Italy, by Jonathan Tuckey Design
For this farmstead restoration in Italy, British studio Jonathan Tuckey Design prioritised returning the Nineteenth-century buildings to their authentic state with minimal alterations.
The prevailing beams and trusses of the distinctive barn roof had misplaced their structural integrity, main the studio to layer a brand new roof atop the timber with out disrupting the inner aesthetic.
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Ardoch Home, Scotland, by Moxon Architects
Moxon Architects expressed eye-catching particulars of Nineteenth-century ruins inside this outbuilding refurbishment within the Scottish Highlands.
Alongside new finishes of uniform clay plaster, items of the crumbling masonry had been preserved throughout the guesthouse’s renovated partitions and doorways as refined connections to the sooner constructing.
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The Parchment Works, Northamptonshire, by Will Gamble Architects
The stays of a Seventeenth-century parchment paper manufacturing facility and cattle shed had been introduced into focus inside this residential extension by Will Gamble Architects.
New interventions had been meant to be discreet, exposing authentic structural components internally, whereas configuring glazing to look out onto uncovered ruins from the bottom flooring.
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Redhill Barn, Devon, by TYPE
This 200-year-old English barn was in a state of disrepair earlier than TYPE restored it into a contemporary household dwelling.
Aiming to tell apart between outdated and new, the studio lined up to date wall finishes and wooden panelling towards remnant stone partitions, whereas utilizing current columns to dictate the home’s format.
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Cuddymoss, Scotland, by Ann Nisbet Studio
Scottish structure follow Ann Nisbet Studio inserted a timber-framed dwelling right into a stone wreck in Scotland and outlined new dwelling areas throughout the surviving kinds.
To encourage layered encounters of the location, views of the panorama had been additionally aligned with current window apertures from the bedrooms.
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