The Old Church of Vilanova de la Barca

© Adrià Goula

Architects: AleaOlea architecture & landscape

Location: 25690 Vilanova de la Barca, Lleida, Spain

Architect In Charge: AleaOlea architecture & landscape

Area: 200.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Adrià Goula

Promoter: Incasol. Institut Català del Sòl. Generalitat de Catalunya

Constructor: Construccions Jaen-Vallés ? Urcotex Inmobiliaria

Technical Architects: Baldomer Ric

Owner: Ajuntament de Vilanova de la Barca

© Adrià Goula

© Adrià Goula

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The Old Church of Vilanova de la BarcaThe Old Church of Vilanova de la Barca (Lleida, Spain) is a 13th-century Gothic building that was partially demolished in 1936 because of the bombings of Spanish Civil War. Since then, the church was in a general state of ruin preserving just its apse, some fragments of the naves and the western façade. The main aim of the project was the restoration of the original appearance of the church and its transformation in a new multi-purpose hall. The most important part of this intervention has focused on the covering elements.The project establishes a new brick façade based on a latticework texture and a new gabled Arab tile roof. The whole system is conceived as a new architectural ceramic shell that i...