CONSERVATION, PRESERVATION, RESTORATION, ADAPTIVE REUSE

Basilica Minore del Santo Niño

In the restoration of ___________ the heaviest bell was placed at the foot of the bell tower and also constructed a wishing well.

Conservation

It is the process by which individuals or groups attempt to protect valued buildings from unwanted change.

F; Conservation

T/F:

Architectural preservation describes the process through which the material, historical, and design integrity of humanity's built heritage are prolonged through carefully planned interventions.

Architectural conservator-restorer

The individual engaged in the pursuit of architectural preservation is called

Preservation/Conservation

They were used interchangeably to refer to the architectural school of thought that either encouraged measures that would protect and maintain buildings in their current state, or would prevent further damage and deterioration to them.

John Ruskin

William Morris

Two of the main proponents of preservation and conservation in the 19th century were art critic ____________ and artist ____________.

John Ruskin, Seven Lamps of Architecture

"Without architecture, we cannot remember..."

Restoration

Conservationist school of thought that believed historic buildings could be improved, and sometimes even completed, using current day materials, design, and techniques.

F

T/F:

Restoration is very similar to the Modernist architectural theory, except it advocates the destruction of ancient structures.

Eugène Viollete-le-Duc

One of the most ardent supporters of the restoration school of thought in the 19th century was French Architect ________________.

England; William Morris

Victorian restoration of medieval churches was widespread in ___________ and elsewhere, with results that were deplored at the time by ___________.

Preservation

Rehabilitation

Restoration

Reconstruction

Current treatments of architectural preservation.

Preservation

Places a high premium on the retention of all historic fabric through conservation, maintenance and repair. It reflects a building's continuum over time, through successive occupancies, and the respectful changes and alterations that are made.

Rehabilitation

Emphasizes the retention and repair of historic materials but more latitude is provided for replacement because it is assumed the property is more deteriorated prior to work.

T

T/F:

Both preservation and rehabilitation standards focus attention on the preservation of those materials, features, finishes, spaces, and spatial relationships that, together, give a property its historic character.

Reconstruction

Establishes limited opportunities to recreate a non-surviving site, landscape, building, structure, or object in all new materials

-organic materials-plentiful and renewable

- susceptible to the two most significant impediments to preservation and conservation: the elements and life (both human and animal)

Common architectural conservation/preservation problems in Earliest building materials

Assessment

Treatment

Conservation process

Assessment

The first step in any building conservation project is a sensitive assessment of its history and merits

Treatment

The phrase covers a wide span of activities, from the cleaning of the interior or exterior of a building. Rebuilding of damaged or derelict building.

Adaptive Reuse

Process of reusing an old site or building for a purpose other than which it was built or designed for.

Industrial buildings

political buildings (palaces, buildings which cannot support current and future visitors of the site)

community buildings (churches, schools)

The types of buildings most likely to become subjects of adaptive reuse

reducing urban sprawl and environmental impact

Adaptive Reuse is seen as an effective way of ___________.

1. Societal value of a given site

2. Potential for the reuse of a particular site

3. Historical importance of the site

4. Natural ecological conditions of the site

Criteria for adaptive reuse