Amelia Tavella Architectes adds perforated copper extension to a Corsican convent
French studio Amelia Tavella Architectes renovated and extended a 15th-century convent on the island of Corsica, adding a perforated copper volume.
Built in 1480, the part-ruined Saint-Francois Convent is positioned on a hill overlooking a village and mountainous landscape.
Amelia Tavella Architectes added a copper extension to the convent
Prior to the renovation, the structure had become overgrown with greenery and its stone walls were eroding and crumbling.
Amelia Tavella Architectes looked to preserve the history and essence of the convent by adding a perforated copper extension that adjoined its ruined walls.
The copper extension adjoins the ruined stone walls
"I chose to keep the ruins and replace the torn part, the phantom part, in copper work which will become the House of the Territory," said studio founder Amelia Tavella. "The ruins are marks, vestiges, imprints, they also tell the foundations and a truth, they were beacons, cardinal points, directing our axes, our choices, our volumes."
The studio replicated existing architectural features in the addition
The building is currently used as a cultural centre for the nearby town.
Its new copper extension houses an exhibition room on its ground floor, a cultural space on its first, and a media library and children's spaces on the second.
The new volume was designed to follow the plan of the existing building, following the form of the stone wing.
Large arched openings on its ground floor were plac...
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