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ARQ1105 _ PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION DESIGN STUDIO
City, history and architectural heritage. From restoration to conservation, preservation and recovery of historical and cultural heritage. Notions of architectural restoration. Repurposing and reutilization of architectural spaces and of underused buildings. Recycling of constructive components. Coupling of new building techniques and materials with traditional ones. The recovery of historical centers. The design portion of this course deals with spaces of both symbolic and historical relevance in the city and their possibility of being repurposed for contemporary adequate uses. Verifies the possibilities for renovation of a given region through the intervention in a specific building in abandoned or deteriorated conditions. Different architectural programs are evaluated by confronting the possibilities for the integration of historical and contemporary components. Analysis of the action of time over architectural artifacts, where the transformation and adaptation of a given building to current conditions is realized through its preservation and renovation.
