New and Old Detached: Leaving a Gap in Between

A new volume added next to an old building. A gap from ground to roof is left between the new and old, connected by glass, through which the exterior surface of the old wall can be seen to continue uninterrupted. The new volume is slightly lower than the old building, and its materials are dark metal or fair-faced concrete. Avoid: allowing the new and old to directly abut and share a wall, making the new volume taller than the old building, using materials and vocabulary that imitate the old building, enclosing the exterior surface of the old wall indoors where it cannot be seen.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一棟老建築旁的新增量體。新舊之間留出一道從地面到屋頂的縫隙,以玻璃連接,從縫裡看得到老牆的外表面完整延續下去。新量體的高度略低於老建築,材料是深色金屬或清水混凝土。避免:讓新舊直接貼合共用牆面、把新量體做得比老建築高大、使用模仿老建築的材料與語彙、把老牆的外表面包進室內看不見。