Juxtaposition of Old and New: The Most Drastic Height Difference

An interface where old and new are juxtaposed. A new building of over ten stories stands directly adjacent to a four-story old apartment building, with only the legally mandated minimum distance between them. The side of the new building features large areas of solid wall without windows or only smoke vents, as that side is anticipated to be redeveloped in the future. The rooftop additions and water tanks of the old apartment building are in the shadow of the new building. The setback of the new building creates an additional pedestrian space at ground level, which does not align in height with the arcade next door. Avoid: allowing sufficient buffer distance between old and new, beautifying the old building, omitting the windowless solid wall on the side of the new building, and smoothly connecting the ground level elevations.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一處新舊緊鄰的界面。一棟十幾層的新大樓直接貼著四層的老公寓而立,兩者之間只有法定的最小間距;新大樓的側面是大面積沒有開窗的實牆或只有排煙口,因為那一側預期未來也會被更新;老公寓的屋頂加蓋與水塔在新大樓的陰影裡。新大樓的退縮讓地面層多了一塊人行空間,與隔壁的騎樓高度對不起來。避免:讓新舊之間有足夠的距離緩衝、把老屋一併美化、省略新大樓側面的無窗實牆、讓地面層的高程順暢接合。