Netherlands,/Tavira
Rua Jaques Pessoa/Travessa Do Trem
Eng° JOSÉ MACÁRIO CORREIA
PRESIDENTE
DA CÂMARA MUNICIPAL
DE TAVIRA
opened this building on 30th March 2007 at 09.30.
After a 2 year renovation by
CRC,
initiated by Dona Anna Jacoba
Zachariasse
The Trem Project: How
it started.
Since 1984 the Dutch couple Anna Jacoba Zachariasse and her Husband Jan Krielaars (who is an architect) visit Tavira.
From the first visit on, they were impressed by the potential and positive
atmosphere in this mediaeval city.
They visited an exposition on the market square in Tavira, showing interesting plans for developments of the harbour,
the theatre, pedestrian area, vision on parking problems etc.
Jan Krielaars thought : “A municipality that
really had a vision on the future”.
Mr. Krielaars’ speciality is renovating old houses in the
Mrs Zachariasse is a remedial teacher for dyslectics.
They decided to search for a “pied a terre” in this nice town.
When walking along the boulevard in Tavira, an announcement-plate of a local estate agent
at the façade of an old building, caught their eyes. A first phone-call followed.
The owner at that time wanted to demolish the building and rebuild it completely.
After visiting the property several times, Anna Jacoba
and Jan decided
to buy the 3 houses in July 2003.
Jan Krielaars’ first idea was not to demolish but restore the construction,
by building a traditional steel skeleton in the existing building, to guarantee the stability.
But Jan couldn’t find a company to fix that job in time.
At that time Tavirian Architect
Mr. Francesco Taveira
all ready had a project in the camera for the formar
owner.
Mr. Taveira brought Jan Krielaars in contact with Tavirian contractor Carlos Carmo from the company CRC,
who had done several renovating projects in his town.
CRC was familiar with an easyer and lighter way of contructing,
“light steel” .
Jan agreed CRC’s proposal,
and trusted the capacity of the CRC-team.
The first plan was send to the Camara of Tavira in November 2003.
Francesco Taveira was concerned with the responsibility and “paperwork” of the project
and helped Jan & Anna Jacoba with
keeping the nerves under control.
Simple problems gave big effects: At the Camara, the idea had settled that the formar owner made new plans,
drawings were lost in space. Architect Taveira went to a new office.
The roof appeared to be worse than expected. “Murphy’s law in optima forma”.
In 2005 everything came in a rapid at once. The project was split in 6 independent units / apartments,
to make it easier to sell or rent out.
The Dutch couple specially is satisfied about the way the Portuguese craftsmen were able to restore the original details,
as well from the interior as the
exterior .
The clear colours are chosen from research on the job and also inspired by the typical Algarvian fishermen’s boats,
that are seen less than in the past.
The Mayor of the CÂMARA MUNICIPAL: Eng° JOSÉ MACÁRIO CORREIA,
did the ceremony of the official opening of the
building on 30 March 2007 at 09.30.
The final delivery shall be around summer holyday 2007
