Jorge Llopis Verdú

Design of Residential Centres for the Elderly and the Perception in Their Spaces

This paper is part of the R+D+I Research Project recently approved by the MEC which is based on possible modifications in visual comfort on architectural spaces for improving the quality of life of the elderly (BIA2016-79308-R). In the project, a series of buildings in the Valencian Community that present various modifications for adapting them into geriatric institutions are studied and analysed. Two models have been selected, each of which presents a historical singularity (one, late nineteenth and the other, mid twentieth century) and architectural features located in very different environments. This study provides us information about some of the reforms carried out in their interior spaces to turn them into geriatric centres, as well as the conditions of habitability for such a vulnerable group. In the development of this document, different types of perceptive experiences of the users who live in these two spaces are analysed, after the field work in which the problems of adaptation and feeling of well-being permeate throughout. Proposals for improvements to visual accessibility and adaptation of the architectural space for senior citizens are proposed. Finally, we list some technological alternatives to know the type of stimuli in the built environment of senior citizens that might help to bring about improvements in this type of architecture.

Heritage Dissemination Through the Virtual and Augmented Realities

The heritage virtualization for conservation and diffusion is a reality that is endowing visitors with museum experiences which were unimaginable few years ago. The more and more widespread Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality applications are able to show virtual reconstructions of a certain cultural good in different ways and enhance user’s comprehension and interpretation. However, in order to preserve the scientific rigor of these reconstructions it becomes necessary to develop a methodology basing on both a historical-archaeological study and a suitable digitalised survey of the cultural good, which in addition contribute to the conservation of it. Following, some remarkable cases featuring Virtual and Augmented Reality applications are collected. All of them are good examples to see how these techniques improve heritage diffusion in museums, archaeological sites or through internet. Furthermore, a methodology presenting general guidelines for the development of this kind of applications is described using the experience and results of a research project entitled El Sanatorio de san Francisco de Borja de Fontilles. Modelo de analisis para la recuperacion integral de complejos sanitarios de valor patrimonial (HAR2013-42060-R) and funded by the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness of Spain.

Recovering Chromatic Space as a Sign of Identity in the Historic City

This article seeks to reflect on aspects that determine the signs of identity of historical cities through the land, architecture and color characteristics of its urban heritage image. In official agencies of European cities undertaking sensitive architectural interventions in their historic centers, there has been discussion for years over issues related to recovering the historic urban landscape. One of the issues addressed deals with recovering color as a sign of identity in culturally valuable historic architecture. Deciding on how to act and conserve materials and color as structural elements of the buildings entails fundamental nuances that define the urban landscape, and effectively conserving it must be granted certain importance in restoration projects. Likewise, it is hoped instrumental and scientific methods may be established to aide in building protection to advance the unique character of each place and territory.

Hacia una nueva concepción del espacio público en el Teruel de la Edad Moderna: desde el S.XVI hasta el inicio del S.XIX

Los diversos estudios sobre la evolucion urbana de Teruel han profundizado especialmente en dos momentos clave para entender la morfologia de su centro historico: el periodo fundacional en la Edad Media, y la devastacion y posterior reconstruccion sufrida por la ciudad como consecuencia de la guerra civil espanola ya en el siglo XX. El presente articulo pretende revalorizar una etapa crucial para la evolucion del espacio publico turolense, como fue la Edad Moderna, mediante el estudio de las diversas fuentes historicas existentes: escritas, graficas y arqueologicas, que ademas ha permitido la restitucion de la cartografia historiografica, constatando la importancia de la trasformacion formal y conceptual sufrida por el espacio publico, que rompe el estrecho cerco de las murallas medievales, abriendose a nuevos horizontes. Procesos formativos que hay que conocer para entender el pasado, el presente y el futuro de nuestras ciudades.

Graphical Reconstruction of the Historical Buildings from the San Francisco de Borja Fontilles Sanatorium

This paper explains part of the work being carried out as part of the San Francisco de Borja Fontilles Sanatorium. Analysis model for the comprehensive recovery of sanitary complexes with heritage value, research project, funded through the National research, development and innovation programme geared towards the challenges faced by society. This paper aims to show the graphic documentation obtained, using the very latest photogrammetric technology that not only allows technicians to reconstruct the image, but to use augmented reality technology, which enables active immersion through the use of modern virtual reality technology.

Putting the Colour Back into the Rua Junqueira in Lisbon

The aim of the present article is to explain the objectives, methodology and approval of a coordinated European Research Project leaded by the “Territory, Architectural and Design Research Centre” (CITAD) of the “Minerva Foundation, Culture, Education and Scientific Research” (FMCEIC) in Lisbon, together with the “Grupo de Investigacion del Color” (GIC) del Instituto Universitario de Restauracionm del Patrimonio (IRP). This project, entitled “Methodology for the development of a Color Plan in a Urban Environment” was founded by the “Technology and Science Foundation” (FCT). This project has lasted for three years and has been carried out by a multidisciplinary team of lecturers, doctors and professionals specialized in Colour in Architectural Heritage.

Graphical Analysis of the Landscape in and Around the San Francisco de Borja Fontilles Sanatorium

San Francisco de Borja’s Sanatorium of Fontilles was founded in 1905 for the treatment of leprosy. In its current configuration, the Sanatorium consists of a set of 29 buildings from different ages and styles. This large heritage has been promoted to join the International Coalition of Historic Sites of Exclusion and Resistance project, and aims to declare it as Heritage Site by UNESCO. The graphical analysis allows the definition of the set and the characterization of landscape, as a previous step to the formulation of a ‘Landscape Program’ that articulates the set of measures and actions in order to preserve, improve and enhance the outstanding quality of the set.

Teaching to Think Through the Hands a Teaching Experience About the Use of the Scale Model for Architectural Design

In the contemporary architectural environment, characterized by the massive introduction of computer graphics in the design process, the attention is caught, even in offices regularly proposing extremely formal complexity designs, by continuity in the employment of one of the oldest ways to display architecture and design: the three-dimensional model. In the “Analisis de Formas Arquitectonicas” course at the UPV (Spain), an articulated teaching methodology has introduced the use of the model to complement the sketch learning, as a graphic mechanism of formal comprehension for the architectural object.