To browse Academia. My master thesis concerns the restoration and reuse of the ravelin located opposite the main entrance of the Venetian citadel, the Fortezza, lying on the Palaiokastro hill above the historic center of Rethymno.
Between and , the prostitutes were imprisoned in municipal buildings constructed on its terreplein following a Cretan State Law In , the Greek government occupied the ravelin to convert it into a Prison, whose operation ceased in The municipality claimed it to house the Archaeological Museum of Rethymno. According to the Museum study, its interior was demolished, and a new concrete structure was built inside its external walls.
The Museum operated from to Since then the building is used as a storage of antiquities. The thesis proposes its reuse as an Art-Cafe by developing a project respectful at its Palimpsest. For this reason, time and space analysis is carried out. The description of the current state of the building is based on a detailed survey compared with historical documents to identify the surviving past layers and technical analysis.
The heritage value assessment is preceded by the project proposal to justify the intervention level on the urban scale and the building. Finally, the project proposal includes a master plan aiming to restore the lost integrity of the area establishing a link with the city. The intervention on the building is based on the preceded analyses and value assessment, while useful conclusions are drawn.
Alkiviadis Prepis. Rokhsaneh Rahbarianyazd. The greater attention that today is given to the smaller historical centres stimulates the planning and the programming of instruments for their valorisation and the recovery. The actuation of these programs, starts from a detailed acquaintance of the systems and constructive techniques, and is implemented with a series of punctual recovery operations of the historical buildings, with particular attention for those that present important artistic qualities.
