Projeler/Projects: Transoco
PORTEKİZ’İN ESKİ YAHUDİ YERLEŞKESİNDE
İNŞA EDİLEN YAHUDİ KÜLTÜR MERKEZİ,
ÇARPICI KÜTLESİNİN GELENEKSEL DOKUYLA
BİRLEŞMESİYLE BİR KENT İMGESİ OLMAYA ADAY.
IN PORTUGAL’S FORMER JEWISH DISTRICT, THE JEWISH
CULTURAL CENTER PROVIDES AN URBAN ICON WITH ITS
STRIKING MASS IN THE TRADITIONAL URBAN FABRIC.
sokağa ve bu sokakların geleneksel mimarisine
açılan cepheleri tanımlıyor. Binanın dış cephesindeki
taş döşeme ve kaplamaların hepsi yöreden elde
edilen granit levhalarla oluşturulmuş. Bu da, rengi
ve dokusuyla binanın, surlarla çevrelenmiş kasaba
ve tarihi kalenin kentsel ortamıyla bütünleşmesini
sağlamış. Taş levha tabaka aynı zamanda binadaki
pasif iklimlendirmeye de yardımcı oluyor. Granit taş
kaplama kullanımı ayrıca, granitin doğasıyla gelen
yansıtma özelliğinden kaynaklı olarak çevresindeki
eski binaların, yeni yapının kendi cephesinde tekrar
görünebilir olmasını sağlıyor.
82 NATURA • MART - NİSAN 2014 / MARCH - APRIL 2014
ruined plot in the dense urban environment of the old
town, the aim was to re-erect a building that reinforces
the corner geometry of the site located in an acute angle
on the intersection of two narrow streets to establish a
strong symbolic presence of Jewish culture in the area in
addition to using the limited space in the most efficient
way.
The Cardoso Center is dramatically perceived as a carved,
large granite block from the exterior where the voids
are sculpted on the surface of this large stone monolith.
The carved granite mass with its openings crafted with a
distinctive stereotomy of wide and narrow bands of stone
creates a sheer wall that prevents views to the interior
space from the street. One of the most significant features
of the building is this highly dramatic architectural mass
of stone that is designed based on the existing remnants
of a historic medieval building. In this way the design
addresses how a modern building can exist in a historic
urban fabric by interweaving the remnants of the old
building within the mass of the new edifice. At the
southwest end of the building, the remains of the historic
building are preserved on the ground floor, while the new
building rises above it on the upper floor. It is here in this
intersection that the design addresses how a relationship
between old and new can be successfully established.