Ferran Vizoso and Jesús Cardona participated as speakers in the 41st AADIPA Course “Camins d’Aigua”, organised by the Association of Architects for the Protection and Intervention in Architectural Heritage (AADIPA) of the COAC. They presented the research “Arquitectura de sa pluja in Menorca” and the project for the integral restoration of the Aljub of Es Mercadal.

The aim of the conference was to highlight hydraulic heritage, which forms one of the foundations of cultures and civilisations worldwide. Through the presentations, the technical and technological complexity of this heritage was illustrated. It was shown that the limitations imposed by natural physical forces (gravity, friction, resistance…) on a shared global challenge, carrying water as far as possible from its source and harnessing all its energy, have not prevented the creation of an enormous diversity of solutions adapted to climates, materials, technologies, uses and societies.

The conference reflected on the heritage value of this legacy in all its dimensions (artistic, ethnographic, landscape, social, etc.) and at its various scales (territorial, urban, architectural and small auxiliary elements), as well as on how it should be protected. The presentations were organised into six thematic blocks according to use: water supply, sanitation, agriculture, recreational uses, transport routes and industrial and energy systems¹.

The presentation video can be viewed here:

And the publication can be consulted here: PUBLICACIONS – AADIPA

¹ Adapted from the presentation text of the 41st Course on the COAC: AADIPA – XLI Curso | COL·LEGI D’ARQUITECTES DE CATALUNYA