Caixa Mosaico el reúso y el arte como estrategía para la recuperación de la memoria histórica en Lisboa, Portugal

Abstract

The "Caixa Moxaico" project is an innovative and sustainable proposal of mainly public and cultural use. This proposal is the result of the combination of traditional and modern elements of the center of Lisbon, based on the concept of creative reuse by Derek Latham (Creative Reuse of Buildings) in buildings that no longer fulfill their main function, giving them a new use and a new energy, generating a purpose that relates them to current needs. This project is based on the 18th edition of Saint Gobain's international competition held this year in the city of Lisbon in Portugal. This edition focuses on the revitalization of a polygon within the urban area of Boavista near the Tagus River through the intervention of three pieces; the interior structuring of a library, the design of a convivial residence for artists and local inhabitants and the exterior public space that relates the entire urban piece, connects the surrounding roads and maintains the visual permeability between the hill of Santa Catalina and the Tagus River. The purpose of this proposal is the integration of the previously mentioned pieces that help to recover the historical memory of the city center, involving elements that are compatible with new technologies as well as with local traditional practices, serving as an attractor focus for the new and existing populations that will inhabit this space.