Abstract
Abstract. The historical center of São Luís is host to a diverse historic and urban ensemble, reminiscent of the 18th and 19th centuries. The architectural typology which can be found there illustrates the strong influence drawn from the Portuguese style known as Pombalino, developed during the reconstruction process of Lisbon after the 1755 earthquake. Due to the historical relevance of these buildings which encapsulate this period in time, it is important to preserve and maintain the buildings located in this region. Adaptive reuse projects have an important role to play in preserving architectural ensembles like this. The first part of the adaptive process is to document and understand the original configuration of the building with the aim of maintaining the elements with historical relevance. Therefore, this project proposes the use of a shape grammar approach to analyze floor plans, aiming to further contribute to adaptive reuse projects for ‘Sobrado’ buildings. The process focuses specifically on a case study building and aims to document and identify the specific placement of elements in the floor plan in an effort to provide a deeper understanding of future adaptive reuse.
Highlights
To preserve and adaptively reuse a historic structure, the asbuilt and as-used geometry (Napolitano et al, 2019a) as well as existing damage conditions (Napolitano and Glisic, 2019) must be properly documented
This paper focuses on the analysis of an architectural typology prevalent in the historical center of Sao Luıs
The final output from this computational tool is a labeled floor plan representing key structural features of the existing building, which can be used during the adaptive reuse process
Summary
To preserve and adaptively reuse a historic structure, the asbuilt and as-used geometry (Napolitano et al, 2019a) as well as existing damage conditions (Napolitano and Glisic, 2019) must be properly documented. This city maintains an important historical center, recognized by UNESCO as World Cultural Heritage in 1997. This work utilizes shape grammar concepts to document and understand the arrangement of elements in the space distribution This pro- cess will focus on floor plans analysis. The final output from this computational tool is a labeled floor plan representing key structural features of the existing building, which can be used during the adaptive reuse process.
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