Recovering industrial heritage: restoration of the wine cellar cooperative in Falset (Catalonia, Spain)
Publication date
2019ISSN
2075-5309
Abstract
Awareness regarding conservation of industrial heritage is recent. Several policies have been adopted to start protecting these buildings because of their historic, artistic and scientific values. Wine cellars are an important example of industrial heritage in Catalonia due to the tradition of this product in the territory and the influence of Art Nouveau and Catalan ‘Noucentisme’ in their construction and style. The wine cellar in Falset, built by Cèsar Martinell in 1919, has recently been restored and still maintains its original function. This article analyses its history, its architectonic and construction characteristics, as well as the restoration process carried out in 2009, which consisted of recovering its original appearance and allowed to emphasize the architectural value of the building. This restoration is a prototypical example whose experience can be applied in other cases of restoration of wine cellars both for the characteristics of the building and for its good restoration practices. This restoration enabled the wine cellar to continue carrying out its original industrial function, providing suitable conditions to add a new cultural use as well.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
00 - Prolegomena. Fundamentals of knowledge and culture. Propaedeutics
631 - Agriculture in general
72 - Architecture
Keywords
Arqueologia industrial
Cooperatives -- Catalunya
Cellers
Arquitectura -- Conservació i restauració
Noucentisme
Modernisme (Art)
Arqueología industrial
Cooperativas -- Cataluña
Bodegas
Arquitectura -- Restauración
Novecentismo
Arquitectura modernista
Industrial archeology
Cooperatives -- Catalonia
Cellars
Architecture -- Conservation and restoration
Noucentisme
Modernism (Art)
Pages
26
Publisher
MDPI
Collection
9;12
Is part of
Buildings
Citation
Cuerva Contreras, Eva; Urbano Lorente, Judith; Cornadó Bardón, Còssima. Recovering industrial heritage: restoration of the wine cellar cooperative in Falset (Catalonia, Spain). Buildings, 2019, 9(12), 243. Disponible en: <https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/9/12/243>. Fecha de acceso: 25 mar. 2021. DOI: 10.3390/buildings9120243.
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