Articles by Valeria Silva

This renovation project is an exemplary alternative to the all-too-common practice of demolition and reconstruction, which tends to replace complexity with standardized solutions. Here, the approach was to recover and transform, minimizing waste and giving new value to materials via preservation rather than replacement.

This renovation project is an exemplary alternative to the all-too-common practice of demolition and reconstruction, which tends to replace complexity with standardized solutions. Here, the approach was to recover and transform, minimizing waste and giving new value to materials via preservation rather than replacement.

At the quiet end of a street, integrated in a cluster of buildings that belong to the same extended family, there was a ruin. A young and growing family decided to rebuild it, due to a deep emotional connection, as it once belonged to the client’s grandparents.  Right next to it stands her parents’ house, where she lived for many years. The desire to reinhabit this ruin stems from a longing return to a place of memories and to live close to family core, where the client’s parents, now grandparents, will closely witness the growth of their grandchildren.

At the quiet end of a street, integrated in a cluster of buildings that belong to the same extended family, there was a ruin. A young and growing family decided to rebuild it, due to a deep emotional connection, as it once belonged to the client’s grandparents.  Right next to it stands her parents’ house, where she lived for many years. The desire to reinhabit this ruin stems from a longing return to a place of memories and to live close to family core, where the client’s parents, now grandparents, will closely witness the growth of their grandchildren.