Isla del Rey : a marine biology center

Abstract

In our changing times many of our necessities have geared us to search for new spaces that can accommodate them. This thesis attempts to devise the use and expansion of a distinguished 18th Century building dominating a small island, Isla del Rey; in the deep sea port, Port de Mao, of Menorca. The task allows for the exploration of a specific type of intervention, which transforms both the isolated object of the historical building and the landscape of the site into a mutually dependent organization within the island a nd beyond. This design process considers the morphology of this extension (rather than addition) as an open system, so eloquently described in H. Wolfflin's Principle of Art History ...