PEÇAS RESGATADAS (RESCUED PIECES)

Distinct (formal and informal) practices of reusing construction components in the city of Porto, or that had their previous use in the city.
Video sampling of visual records of the movements of "rescued pieces", moving backwards from the present (Bench in the Fernão de Magalhães neighbourhood) to 1916 (the statue "O Porto").


IMAGE CREDITS
CAPÍTULOS
  1. Statue "O Porto" from the former Paços do Concelho (Town Hall) — Paços do Concelho (1916), Porto → ~7 reuses, Porto
  2. Pediment from the former Paços do Concelho: — Paços do Concelho (1916), Porto → Jardim do Roseiral, Palácio de Cristal gardens, Porto
  3. Door/window surround from the former Paços do Concelho, — Paços do Concelho (1916), Porto → Jardins do Palácio de Cristal, Porto
  4. Elements of a demolished building on the former Rua Elias Garcia, Porto → R. Do Gen. Silveira 34, Porto
  5. Chapel of the Three Kings (Três Reis Magos), Porto → Capela de S. Tomé, Cantanhede
  6. Azulejos from Rua Arquiteto Nicolau Nasoni, 21-27 →  2 reuses at destinations (Rua da Pena n.º 78 e n.º 80 / Rua de Serpa Pinto n.º 39-41-43) 
  7. Railing/guard from R. de Sá de Noronha 54, Porto → Rua Trindade Coelho, and railing from Rua Trindade Coelho → Rua Trindade Coelho
  8. Ramadinha Kiosk — Largo da Ramadinha, Porto → Praça de Carlos Alberto, Porto
  9. “Pillar”, Miragaia, Porto → JMM Demolições Museum, Penafiel
  10. Azulejos (façade), Mira Artes Performativas, R. do Padre António Vieira 68, Porto → Azulejos (interior atrium), Mira Artes Performativas, R. do Padre António Vieira 68, Porto


Fotos “Tela”: Ana Vitória / NADA NOVO

>Tela (Screen) INVENTÁRIO
Video sampling of visual records of the movements of "rescued pieces", moving backwards from the present (Bench in the Fernão de Magalhães neighbourhood) to 1916 (Statue "O Porto").

(painted tubes and tubular connectors with three inlets in round galvanized steel, screws, nuts and washers, carabiners, turnbuckles, sheathed steel cable, steel cable clamps, corrugated tubing offcuts, vinyl flooring, galvanized steel plates with screw, wooden wedges, extruded polystyrene offcuts)


Sound object: João Martins / NADA NOVO
>Campânula Vibração/ Tremor (Dome Reflector Vibration / Tremor) INVENTÁRIO
Sound object 

(dome / reflector from an industrial light fixture in anodized aluminium, loudspeaker, nylon cable tie, speaker cable, metal fasteners, metal ball chain, protective glass with metal rim, steel spring clips and rubber ring, extruded polystyrene offcut)