Diary of a historical building intervention in Oporto. The careful management of change

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The present contribution details an intervention in a 19th century building located in the Oporto Historical Centre buffer zone (UNESCO World Heritage since 1996). The building houses a bookseller and faced a series of problems stemming from structural overload and the lack of maintenance for over half a century. The first phase incorporated intervention on the roof. The rehabilitation project aimed at preserving the maximum of the pre-existing building, retaining the integrity of the former structure and making only punctual changes and substitutions where necessary. Whenever replacement was duly required, the new elements were proposed in harmonious relationship with the pre-existence without renouncing to their contemporaneityThis paper reports the methodological approach and the story of this intervention: surveys, decay mapping, project designs, site and maintenance program.

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