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Restoration
of BSAG
Images of the Restoration
Restoration
of BSAG
Photo
by Glória Horta
When
we started the restoration work, the main house was
abandoned and in an advanced state of deterioration.
Furthermore, during its years of occupation it had
undergone a succession of remodelings and “fix-ups”,
turning it from an elegant single-family home into
basically a tenement, which created a dissonant quality
and seriously detracted from its underlying charm.
The
inside had been completely modified by adding internal
walls to cut it up into separate units. As a result
of all these changes and the prolonged disuse, it
was in truly precarious condition for just about any
use, with most of its original esthetic qualities
seriously compromised.
Our Idea was not to restore it as a residence, but
to adapt it to a new use as a cultural space, bringing
back its original beauty and preserving as much of
the original construction as possible, while upgrading
its structural soundness and utilities.
The conceptual analysis led us to define the following
objectives in this effort:
-reclaim the original esthetic quality,
compromised by all the intervening changes;
-maintain the architectural quality
of the entire set of buildings;
-build
new installations and introduce all the technical
updates necessary for use as a cultural center,
including completely new wiring, plumbing, telephone,
soundproofing, acclimatization, fire control and other
safety features.
-transform spaces and build new constructions
to meet the new use and to rescue its esthetic qualities,
intervening with a contemporary language without destroying
the original harmony of the whole. For this reason,
we removed all the interferences that hindered reading
the original architectural idea.
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Images
of the Restoration
Photos by Severino Neto
Photo
by Glória Horta
Photo
by Severino Neto
Photo
by Severino Neto
Photo
by Severino Neto
Photo
by Severino Neto
Photo by Glória Horta
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Restoration
of Hotel 69
The
neighborhoods of Glória,
Santa Teresa, Catete and Lapa
Services
Travessa
Cassiano
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