This is how vernacular architecture in countless corners of our planet is defined, and 
precisely, for this reason, it turns out to be so kind and simple. 

The abandoned post-industrial buildings are based on its radical opposite

and for the same reason they surprise us.

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Magic happens when both scales are combined. When a titanic

industrial structure exhibits small signs of human activity

as if ants were dissembling the corpse of a failed system. 

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The appropriation of a place by society should not rely only on artistic expression or on

the participation in this process. Walking through some historical streets in our cities,

the simplicity of some constructions allows us to understand the space

as a whole. We understand how the bricks were piled up 
to build a wall. We appreciate how the openings for doors

and windows were created.

We know the purpose of the shapes of the roofs. 
To put it simply, we know why

and how things were built.

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Buildings were elements understood by society and therefore there was a sense of belonging.

The same must happen with the interventions that will provide these structures

from the past with a new life. 
They must be understood by the society 
they will be home to.