UID:
kobvindex_INT0004871
Format:
[iv], 28, [10] pages :
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illustrations ;
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30 x 21 cm.
Content:
MACHINE-GENERATED SUMMARY NOTE:
"Society is facing one of its biggest challenges of the century: The loss of identity of urban areas. With the world’s population constantly growing, the need for new buildings are constantly increasing. About 8 billion people populate the planet in 2020. This number has more than doubled within the last 60 years. With this intense need for space, some are resorting to drastic measures. Old, historic structures (from before the industrialisation), that seem unusable are being torn down and replaced by new, modern structures. These actions cause towns to lose their identity by replacing traditional architecture with modern structures. The optical values might not be the only things that are lost when a structure is torn down. Its materiality might also be demolished in the process. Nevertheless, it seems as if the way people used to populate houses does not suit modern architectural needs. Rooms are too small, modern technology is missing and too few windows exist, are just a few of the issues that seem unsolvable within old structures.
Is there no way to conserve existing structures while modernising them at the same time?
This research analyses a proposed 3-step approach to find a solution on how to conserve historic structures while respecting the materiality and heritage, while at the same time modernising them to today’s architectural needs.
By combining three conservational philosophies: ‘preservation’, ‘exposure’ and ‘adaptation’, one might find a suitable solution to keep the heritage of a building while satisfying modern architectural needs. This approach has been applied to an apartment of a building from 1545 and gives insights to technical installations and conservational methods to verify the proposed solution."
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DISSERTATION NOTE: submitted as bachelor thesis in Interior Design, Berlin International University of Applied Sciences, 2020.
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MACHINE-GENERATED CONTENTS NOTE:
1. Introduction 1
2. Critical Conservation 4
2.1 Change of needs towards building infrastructures 4
2.2 Conservational measures for cultural and technical building elements 7
2.3 Historic treatment - philosophies and their possibilities 7
2.4 The 3-Step conservation approach 9
3. Preserving existing materials, structures and surfaces 10
3.1 Value of heritage buildings 10
3.2 Case study - Überlingen Townhouse 12
4. Exposing existing materials, structures and surfaces 15
4.1 Occasions and methods for exposure 15
4.2 Case study - 16th century gothic building complex 16
5. Adapting existing materials, structures and surfaces 18
5.1 Building services 18
5.2 Contemporary additions with traditional materials 19
5.3 Case study - Single family timber frame house 20
6. Design implementation 25
6.1 Research application to a historic ‘Ärztehaus' apartment 25
7. Conclusion 28
List of figures
Bibliography
Appendices
Language:
English
Keywords:
Academic theses
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Academic theses
