Application of architecture principles in reviving historical buildings

Abstract

Heritage Preservation is an essential and fundamental topic in the context of issues of concern around the world. It is a clear indication of the progress of civilizations, the one from which subsequent generations derive their culture and their architectural identity. The distortion of the architectural style of heritage buildings due to inappropriate conservation process and other factors is a problematic reality in many countries, especially in recent decades. The paper not only focuses on studying and explaining the goals of conservation but mainly clarifies the mechanisms related to the concept of the conservation process and the way of its development and evaluation as well. This is in order to achieve appropriate treatments in preserving the style and characteristics of heritage buildings through the approach of analyzing of architectural principles. The paper evaluates the conservation process through an analytical approach to the old documents of restored heritage buildings, photographs, detailed indicators, and surveying of buildings with surrounding areas to contribute the prevention of further mishandling and deterioration of architectural style of historical buildings. Furthermore, the research leads to forming a table that includes the architectural principles and characteristics indicators to evaluate a conservation process and analyze how to preserve an architecture style. The selected heritage buildings to be analyzed are very well-known representative samples of restored architectural heritage and they were studied to create a clear image of the efficiency of the architectural conservation process. The paper achieves conclusions and specific recommendations in accordance with engineering and scientific methods so that it can help develop the process of conservation and increase the community’s awareness regarding the importance of preserving and protecting the architectural style of heritage buildings.