Reflections on some problems of regenerative architecture

Abstract

Architecture has its own language, which records stories and retains emotions in a special way. Only time will inevitably make buildings old and inconvenient, but now our choice is no longer to abandon or destroy them. We can add functions and extend connotations through transformation, and the existing buildings can be revitalized again and move us. On the other hand, the construction industry already accounts for 40 percent of the world's energy use, and in the developed world, around 65 percent of the total projected building stock by 2060 has already been built, a reminder that perhaps we really need to look to the existing buildings around us in the future.