Beperkte Voorraad Arquitectura Viva 162. Palimpsests

Cities are always palimpsests, and some buildings can also described as such. Like medieval parchments, which were scraped so that they could be used again when the demand for writing surfaces exceeded the supply, city land is periodically cleared to make room for new structures. Here are gathered projects like the Danish Maritime Museum by BIG and the Basiliani Hotel in Matera, Italy, by Domenico Fiore. Added a dossier on high-performance ceramics with projects by O’Donnell + Tuomey Architects, Périphériques Architects and others.