Glass Box: Additions Should Be Transparent and Quiet

A glass volume added to the side or roof of an old building. The frames are extremely thin, the glass has low reflectivity, and the volume is a simple rectangle without special shaping. The stairs and elevators inside are new vertical circulation. The outline of the old building is clearly visible both in front of and behind the glass. Avoid: using large reflective glass surfaces to obscure the old building, making the new volume into an exaggerated sculptural form, using frames so thick they form a new facade, making the volume of the glass box exceed half the size of the old building.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一座加在老建築側面或屋頂的玻璃量體。框料極細、玻璃反射低,量體是簡單的長方形沒有造型,裡面的樓梯與電梯是新增的垂直動線。老建築的輪廓在玻璃前後都清楚可見。避免:使用大面反射玻璃遮住老建築、把新量體做成造型誇張的雕塑、框料粗到形成新的立面、玻璃盒的體積超過老建築的一半。