Rooftop Addition: Growing Something New on an Old Building

Rooftop Addition: New Growth on an Old Building. A 19th-century stone corner building with a sharp glass and steel volume added to its roof, as if breaking out of the old roof; the new volume's斜角 extends beyond the original eaves line but rests on the old building's load-bearing walls. The old facade is completely preserved. Viewed from the street, the contrast between old and new is the focal point of the entire street. Avoid: making the addition mimic the old building's pitched roof, completely hiding the new volume behind the parapet wall, demolishing the old facade leaving only a skin, using the same stone material as the old building.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一棟十九世紀的石造轉角建築,屋頂上被加建了一個尖銳的玻璃與鋼構量體,像從老屋頂破殼而出;新量體的斜角越過原本的屋簷線,但落在老建築的承重牆上。老立面完整保留。從街上仰看,新舊的對比是整條街的焦點。避免:把加建做成模仿老建築的斜屋頂、讓新量體完全藏在女兒牆後、拆掉老立面只留下一層皮、使用與老建築相同的石材。