Renovating Old Buildings: New Things Don't Pretend to Be Old

Boutique hotel interior, a hotel converted from an old building. The original structural walls, wooden roof trusses, and terrazzo floor are left visible. Newly added partitions, stairs, and furniture use clearly contemporary materials: steel plates, clear glass, plain wood veneer. At the junction of old and new, a 2-centimeter recessed groove or a set-back plane is left. The image should allow one to immediately distinguish what is original. Avoid: imitating old styles, seamless connections between new and old materials on the same plane, repainting the entire building to cover original traces.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

精品飯店室內,老建築改成的旅館,原有的結構牆、木屋架與磨石子地留在看得見的位置,新加的隔間、樓梯與家具用清楚是當代的材料:鋼板、清玻璃、素面木皮,兩者交界處留一道兩公分的凹縫或退一個平面。畫面能一眼分出哪些是原本就有的。避免:仿舊做舊,新舊材料無縫接在同一平面,整棟重新粉刷蓋掉原有痕跡。