Publicomos

Réf.

41366

Type

conference item

Titre

Hamina area as an example of the possibilities of restorative renovation

Langues

English

Auteurs

Soikkeli, Anu / Yli-Suutala, Anita

Date

2008

Pages

10 p.

Titre de conférence

16th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Finding the spirit of place – between the tangible and the intangible’

Lieu de conférence

Québec, Canada

Date de conférence

29 sept – 4 oct 2008

Mots-clés

renovation / restoration / conservation of historic monuments / historic town centres / architecture / market places

Pays mentionnés

Finland

Monuments et sites

Hamina Area in Li, Finland

Résumé en anglais

The Hamina area in Ii is a market place that sprangup in the 1500s; the oldest existing buildings are from the 1800s. Energy-economic renovations were done in the 1970s under the supervision of government-approved specialists, but the renovations ignored the viewpoint of building conservation. Individual buildings lost their architectural historical value and their authenticity. Still, the buildings together with their outbuildings and courtyards form a relatively whole, intimate entity. A new wave of renovation is beginning in the area. At thesame time it is possible to restore the original outward appearance of individual buildings. Thus, for many of the buildings the renovation will mean dismantling the drastic modifications of the 1970s and re-renovating them, while respecting the original architectural features of each building.

Document joint

77-2XgU-32.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)