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Architect Ricardo Bofill transformed a building used as a concrete factory during the First World War into a 45-year home. The architect thinks that ‘La fabrica’ , the name given to the building by Bofill, once again shows how to give a second chance to buildings.
Architect Ricardo Bofill’s path fell in 1973 to a cement factory near Barcelona, Spain. Thinking about what he could do to the ruined factory, Bofill decided to buy the factory. Bofill and his team had slipped their arms to renovate the original factory, which had been shut down in the First World War. After 1.5 years of renovation using detonators and demolition crew, fields such as gardens, rooms and bathrooms were added to the factory. The exterior of the factory is surrounded by vegetation and the interiors have been modernized.
Architect Bofill stated that the building will continue to grow and develop even 40 years after the renovation, and stated that he lives in an enclosed area that holds his own space away from the outside world and from the rush of everyday life.
Recent examples of architectural approaches that we often hear about and transforming some of the places that never come to mind into living spaces are becoming increasingly common. Using a church as a home is not a step that anyone can dare, maybe sitting in a water tower or a cement factory. As architect Bofill realized, this type of old factory, workshop or unused warehouse buildings, and even worship areas are transformed into an exquisite living spaces.
How did this architectural movement begin … How did it get into our lives?
This approach, also called “loft architecture”, is rooted in America around the 1970s. What lies behind this architectural approach and what is really important is that the old factory buildings that were not used have been thought of as the first solution for the homeless. Later, in New York, these buildings, discovered by artists who need spaces that are large, raw and incomplete to “create and live”, are the most important reasons why lofts entered into our lives.
Interfiks Flooring Systems rejuvenate old floors in architectural approaches…
It is possible to say that transforming old buildings requires a more detailed study than building a whole new structure. Renewing these structures, which may have been built with limited resources without having any of the advances offered by today’s developing technologies is hard work.
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