The Application of Transparency in Renovation of Historical Building

Abstract:

After the choice “to be or not to be” of the historical building had been decided, the incoming challenge question is how to make these buildings of old era to be well kept in modern times, which lead to the renovation issue of the historical buildings. The relationship between new and old becomes a new focus in design. This article will state the notion of Transparency, and then try to utilize it as one of the means in design by three aspects: material, function and space. Moreover, the author would analysis the application during the conservation and renovation, and emphasizes the importance of Transparency in harmonizing the new and historical buildings.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 671-674)
• Pages: 2250-2254
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.671-674.2250
• Online since: March 2013
• Authors: Shan Yao Zhu, Bin Qing Zhai
• Keywords: Function, Material, Renovation, Space, Transparency

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