Casa Graft

The principle of new and stranger entities added on the already existing built environment suggests a modification in wich each stratifi- cation phase is legible. The design process sometimes is not respectful of the originals composition and morphology, but might be the materialization of the collective will to preserve or enhance some values as living testimonials of its culture. The envelope is the star- tingpoint(signifier)notcapabletoexpressitsrole(signified)anymore.So it’s possible to operate through light interventions capable of overlay the existing one, suggesting new possibilities and potentials not foreseen before by the built envirnment. This approach is open to the opportunity to face the chaos through new indepent entities capable to graft over the objective reality and to give back new usage and reading possibilities. Human-scale objects able to turn the meaning of a space or a place: Transform in order to preserve.