What does restoration means, and how can architecture reasserts itself within an existing context?
Violet Leduc defined restauration as the reestablishing of finished state, instead of repairing or rebuilding an edifice.
Ruskin, was more interested in thinking of the building as a representation of nature and as an analogue for natural process such as aging. His approach can be summarized as:" let the building die" because the decay and fragments could be beautiful, even sublime.
Although the two have contrasting views, they both agree that replacement and duplication are not the solution when it comes to restoration of historical edifices, because of the integrity of the building materials.
Scarpa's approach was different from the two of them. He didn't want to intervene to "recover" the original architecture, to to "update" the building. In recovery, the building was restored to an finished state of its former existence.
Violet Leduc defined restauration as the reestablishing of finished state, instead of repairing or rebuilding an edifice.
Ruskin, was more interested in thinking of the building as a representation of nature and as an analogue for natural process such as aging. His approach can be summarized as:" let the building die" because the decay and fragments could be beautiful, even sublime.
Although the two have contrasting views, they both agree that replacement and duplication are not the solution when it comes to restoration of historical edifices, because of the integrity of the building materials.
Scarpa's approach was different from the two of them. He didn't want to intervene to "recover" the original architecture, to to "update" the building. In recovery, the building was restored to an finished state of its former existence.
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