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摘要

"Longtemps les architectes ont considéré que ce qu'on appelait la réhabilitation ou la restauration n'allait pas dans le sens la sonnent pourtant pas, Piercy Conner et Ryan De Matos de la modernité. " écrivait Patrick Bouchain dans "Construire autrement" en 2006. Les deux tours présentées ici jouent de ont voulu les réinsérer dans la continuité de l'histoire, leur cette dialectique entre la mémoire d'identités passées et la modernité de nouveaux usages. Ces bâtiments à la retraite, qui ne restituer une dimension contemporaine et la vie.%The model of the Martello tower was brought to England by Nelson, who had been impressed by the strength of a Genoese round tower at Mortella in Corsica. Many have been removed, and Tower Y at Bawdsey in Suffolk might have suffered a similar fate had not designer Duncan Jackson bought it to make it his home. Piercy Conner Architects did the conversion, working inside walls 3 m thick said to be made of 75 000 bricks. Externally, little betrays new use, if not a skull cap, just visible above the artillery platform, and a gangway leading to the upper level entrance. Inside though, fine timber details appear, while the brickwork of the spectacular central pillar rising up 6 m. to the vault, plus the walls, has been stripped back to original purity. Under the roof cap, kitchen, dining room and lounge have been laid out to benefit from panoramic views of the bare surrounds.