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examples of transformation Throughout my research, I was able to find several examples of architecture that’s been modified/transformed into new uses. One example is the Dominican Church. The church is located in Holland and was constructed in the early 13th century. The function of the this space remain worship space until its partially destruction during world war I & II. The church was vacant for decades. In the year 2001, a bookstore company bought this building, thus it was converted into a bookstore shop. The interesting part about this design is that all the bookshelves and walkways are giant free standing objects, as if they were giant “furniture” coexist with the
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ancient architecture. It was a way that the architects express the respect to the history by not adding on new floors and structures that cover the existing. The new and old therefore can be easily identified.
smart way to combine 3 spaces into 1 without adding costs and use of land.
Lastly, I was looking for a function that’s changing in just a day. The gift shop in Seattle library that has an interesting approach Also, talking about functions of space change in terms of the condition being expressed and the use of space. By letting the movable through time, the OMA Prada Transformer crossed my mind. It is a very interesting shelving retract open/close, it announced its condition. This way the costumers don’t need architectural use of space that allow differa big sign saying “open”. Furthermore, when ent programs to happen. Depending on the the bookstore its closed, it creates potential season and program, the architecture can be lifted up by a crane and flipped to other additional space for other programs uses. sides. There are three sides and they all have specific functions of their own. It is a