Renovation of façades and historical reconnection of the Trinitat’s church by NUA arquitectures
05/12/2018.
[Tarragona] Spain
metalocus, LUIS ANDRES DE JUANES
metalocus, LUIS ANDRES DE JUANES
The project is proposed with a very limited budget, which tries to recover the facades of an old church in an urban environment with important Roman remains, in Tarragona.
Renovation of façades and historical reconnection of the Trinitat’s church by NUA arquitectures. Photograph by José Hevia / NUA arquitectures
Renovation of façades and historical reconnection of the Trinitat’s church by NUA arquitectures. Photograph by José Hevia / NUA arquitectures
Renovation of façades and historical reconnection of the Trinitat’s church by NUA arquitectures. Photograph by José Hevia / NUA arquitectures
Renovation of façades and historical reconnection of the Trinitat’s church by NUA arquitectures. Photograph by José Hevia / NUA arquitectures
Renovation of façades and historical reconnection of the Trinitat’s church by NUA arquitectures. Photograph by José Hevia / NUA arquitectures
Renovation of façades and historical reconnection of the Trinitat’s church by NUA arquitectures. Photograph by José Hevia / NUA arquitectures
Renovation of façades and historical reconnection of the Trinitat’s church by NUA arquitectures. Photograph by José Hevia / NUA arquitectures
Renovation of façades and historical reconnection of the Trinitat’s church by NUA arquitectures. Photograph by José Hevia / NUA arquitectures
Renovation of façades and historical reconnection of the Trinitat’s church by NUA arquitectures. Photograph by José Hevia / NUA arquitectures
Renovation of façades and historical reconnection of the Trinitat’s church by NUA arquitectures. Photograph by José Hevia / NUA arquitectures
Renovation of façades and historical reconnection of the Trinitat’s church by NUA arquitectures. Photograph by José Hevia / NUA arquitectures
Renovation of façades and historical reconnection of the Trinitat’s church by NUA arquitectures. Photograph by José Hevia / NUA arquitectures
Renovation of façades and historical reconnection of the Trinitat’s church by NUA arquitectures. Photograph by José Hevia / NUA arquitectures
Renovation of façades and historical reconnection of the Trinitat’s church by NUA arquitectures. Photograph by José Hevia / NUA arquitecturesción de fachadas y reconexión histórica de la iglesia de la Trinitat por NUA arquitectures. Fotografía por José Hevia / NUA arquitectures
Rehabilitación de fachadas y reconexión histórica de la iglesia de la Trinitat por NUA arquitectures. Fotografía por José Hevia / NUA arquitectures
Curren urban context and roman. Renovation of façades and historical reconnection of the Trinitat’s church by NUA arquitectures.
Current layout and layout of the Roman square of the Concilium Provinciae. Renovation of façades and historical reconnection of the Trinitat’s church by NUA arquitectures.
Elevation of the church before renovation. Renovation of façades and historical reconnection of the Trinitat’s church by NUA arquitectures.
Elevation of the church after the restoration. Renovation of façades and historical reconnection of the Trinitat’s church by NUA arquitectures.
Plant of the church and urban context. Renovation of façades and historical reconnection of the Trinitat’s church by NUA arquitectures.
Current volume of the church and possible Roman remains. Renovation of façades and historical reconnection of the Trinitat’s church by NUA arquitectures.
Current volume of renovated church. Renovation of façades and historical reconnection of the Trinitat’s church by NUA arquitectures.
Roof details. Renovation of façades and historical reconnection of the Trinitat’s church by NUA arquitectures.
Doors of surroundings. Renovation of façades and historical reconnection of the Trinitat’s church by NUA arquitectures.
Details of the access door. Renovation of façades and historical reconnection of the Trinitat’s church by NUA arquitectures.
Doors, model. Renovation of façades and historical reconnection of the Trinitat’s church by NUA arquitectures.
Renovation process. Renovation of façades and historical reconnection of the Trinitat’s church by NUA arquitectures.
Renovation of façades and historical reconnection of the Trinitat’s church by NUA arquitectures. Photograph by José Hevia / NUA arquitectures
On the contrary, the project is complex since the building is a monument declared BCIL (Bien Cultural de Interés Local) and its rehabilitation an ambitious process. The answer given by NUA arquitectures tries to dialogue with the existing city and sensitively recover the Roman memory of the city. A project that is hardly seen from afar and that is full of important and interesting nuances. Architecture that is not seen, however is recovered.
Description of project by NUA arquitectures
The site understood as an urban scenery of the memory where different temporary strata overlap and remind us every day that cities are living organisms in constant transformation.
The urban morphology of the old town of Tarragona has as a foundation the roman urban structure, which is still present and organizes inhabitants life’s.
The Plaça del Rei square arises as a result of a medieval transformation of the roman square Concilium Provinciae, an urban space that occupied the mid terrace of the Acropolis of the city. At the beginning of the 19th century, in a postwar context, was born in this multitemporal square the modern church of the Santíssima Trinitat, a baroque church reconstructed over the original building, that was destroyed by the general Suchet army before leaving the city, at the end of the French war.
For the restoration of the façades we propose an intervention that respect the current morphological structure of the monument, considering his austerity as a value, as a result of his circumstances along the history. The intervention is based on discover the different constructive layers and the most singular elements of the church. The project also wants to return the symbolic meaning to the façades discovering different elements and openings that were hidden.
In a second phase of intervention, it is proposed to incorporate in the restoration of the church the representation of the Themenos provincial roman forum pilasters rhythm on the facade wall of Santa Anna’s street, pretending with this pedagogical intervention of temporal superposition that the roman Tarraco square structure become more visible and understandable.
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Architects
NUA arquitectures (Maria Rius, Arnau Tiñena, Ferran Tiñena)
Collaborators
Carpenter.- Rels
Area
490m²
Dates
2015
Venue
Plaza del Rey nº8. Tarragona. Spain
Builder
Rècop Restauracions Arquitectòniques
Budget
€58,340.00
Maria Rius, Arnau Tiñena, Ferran Tiñena. NUA arquitectures
NUA arquitectures is a young practice based in Tarragona and founded in 2013 by Maria Rius, Arnau Tiñena and Ferran Tiñena that explores and works in areas related to architecture and design in different scales by sensitive strategies to the memory of places and the environment.
Studio's work explores areas of architecture and design at different scales through strategies sensitive to the memory of places and the environment, seeking to provide answers to the contemporary social and cultural challenges of cities and territories through interventions that have The main objective is to improve people's lives.
NUA architectures has diversified its activity in different fields and typologies, focusing projects from the urban perspective to the detailed design simultaneously. The work and work carried out in recent years have recognized it as one of the emerging young studios in Spain and Europe, within the framework of the last three editions of the Arquia/próxima program (2014, 2016 and 2018), and this one was selected year 2023 as one of the 40 most promising studios under 40 on the continent according to the European Center for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies, and the Chicago Athenaeum Museum (Europe 40 under 40).
In 2016 it was one of the 7 studios selected to represent Catalonia at the Venice International Architecture Biennale, and recently the studio's projects have been recognized in the European Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe awards (2019), in the FAD (2018), at the Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (2018, 2021, 2023), at the ASCER Awards (2017, 2023) and at the Alejandro de la Sota Biennial (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023 ), including the extraordinary award for the last 20 years of its edition in the rehabilitation category (1997-2017), among others.
NUA's work has been published in different national and international media, and has been included in AV's "Spain 2019" yearbook. Recently the Argentine publishing house Bisman has published a monograph on his work.
The studio has been invited to give lectures at several universities and institutions in Spain, Italy, Slovenia and the United States, such as the Design Museum and the Santa Mònica Arts Center in Barcelona, COAMadrid, the Barcelona Schools of Architecture, Madrid Donosti , Valencia, Milan or Cagliari, the International Archmarathon Congress in Milan, the International Congress of the Piranesi Awards, in Slovenia. the Congresp Scaliurbani of Livorno, or the College of Architecture of the Texas A&M University and the University of Virginia, among others.
NUA architectures has been part of the teaching team at the Reus School of Art and Design (EADR), of the Barcelona University School of Design and Engineering (ELISAVA) and is currently part of the School's Projects and Urban Planning teaching team. of Architecture of Reus (EAR-URV). He has also participated as an external jury in several critical sessions at the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB-UPC), at the School of Architecture of the International University of Catalonia (UIC), at the de la Salle School of Architecture (URL), and at the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University.
Studio's work explores areas of architecture and design at different scales through strategies sensitive to the memory of places and the environment, seeking to provide answers to the contemporary social and cultural challenges of cities and territories through interventions that have The main objective is to improve people's lives.
NUA architectures has diversified its activity in different fields and typologies, focusing projects from the urban perspective to the detailed design simultaneously. The work and work carried out in recent years have recognized it as one of the emerging young studios in Spain and Europe, within the framework of the last three editions of the Arquia/próxima program (2014, 2016 and 2018), and this one was selected year 2023 as one of the 40 most promising studios under 40 on the continent according to the European Center for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies, and the Chicago Athenaeum Museum (Europe 40 under 40).
In 2016 it was one of the 7 studios selected to represent Catalonia at the Venice International Architecture Biennale, and recently the studio's projects have been recognized in the European Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe awards (2019), in the FAD (2018), at the Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (2018, 2021, 2023), at the ASCER Awards (2017, 2023) and at the Alejandro de la Sota Biennial (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023 ), including the extraordinary award for the last 20 years of its edition in the rehabilitation category (1997-2017), among others.
NUA's work has been published in different national and international media, and has been included in AV's "Spain 2019" yearbook. Recently the Argentine publishing house Bisman has published a monograph on his work.
The studio has been invited to give lectures at several universities and institutions in Spain, Italy, Slovenia and the United States, such as the Design Museum and the Santa Mònica Arts Center in Barcelona, COAMadrid, the Barcelona Schools of Architecture, Madrid Donosti , Valencia, Milan or Cagliari, the International Archmarathon Congress in Milan, the International Congress of the Piranesi Awards, in Slovenia. the Congresp Scaliurbani of Livorno, or the College of Architecture of the Texas A&M University and the University of Virginia, among others.
NUA architectures has been part of the teaching team at the Reus School of Art and Design (EADR), of the Barcelona University School of Design and Engineering (ELISAVA) and is currently part of the School's Projects and Urban Planning teaching team. of Architecture of Reus (EAR-URV). He has also participated as an external jury in several critical sessions at the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB-UPC), at the School of Architecture of the International University of Catalonia (UIC), at the de la Salle School of Architecture (URL), and at the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University.
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