Juxtaposed with Modern Architecture: Two Eras in One Frame

A preserved old paifang framed with a contemporary building behind it. The paifang is a complete traditional stone or wooden structure, medium-sized, with weathered materials and faded paint, and intricate details; approximately thirty meters directly behind it is a contemporary glass curtain wall or fair-faced concrete building, massive in volume, with a flat surface and almost no decoration. The central axes of both are deliberately aligned, so that looking through the main bay of the paifang, the facade of the new building is perfectly framed within the opening. The design of the new building deliberately remains quiet and neutral, neither imitating tradition nor trying to steal the show. The ground paving transitions from old to new. Avoid: having the new building imitate traditional forms, misaligning the axes of the two, having the new building's facade be complex and attention-grabbing, or restoring the paifang to a brand-new appearance.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一座保存下來的老牌樓與其後方的當代建築同框。牌樓是完整的傳統石造或木構,尺度中等,材料風化、彩繪褪色,細節繁複;它的正後方約三十公尺處,是一棟當代的玻璃帷幕或清水混凝土建築,量體巨大、表面平整、幾乎沒有裝飾。兩者的中軸線刻意對齊,因此從牌樓的明間望過去,新建築的立面被完整框在洞口之中。新建築的設計刻意保持安靜與中性,不模仿傳統也不試圖搶戲。地面的鋪面從舊到新有一段過渡。避免:讓新建築模仿傳統形式、把兩者的軸線錯開、讓新建築的立面複雜搶戲、把牌樓修復成全新的樣子。