1. The New Zealand Historic Places Trust Pouhere Tanga has a comprehensive set of guidelines for the restoration and preservation of historic sites. Some of those highlighted during Robin Byron's talk include:
- Consideration should be given to not just the facade but the original interior and its mouldings, floor levels and detailing need to be taken into account.
- Any new adaptations need to be reversible, for example dropped ceilings simply hung from the original.
- Try to maintain a building or site in its original use so as to maintain as many features and details as possible. If this is not viable then adaptatively reuse the building rather than pulling it down or completely gutting it.
- When intervening make sure the contemporary addition is apparent and not 'pretending' to be part of the original.
- Heritage buildings should try to have a functional life to remain relevant.
2. Historic Baches on Rangitoto Island
The majority of the heritage protected baches on Rangitoto remain in use by the families of the original owners. They are open to the public weekly during the summer and the continued occupation creates an environment where old and new are combined and welcome the visitor, feeling more like a visit to a grandparents bach than a historical site. There are no barricades between visitor and the rooms and their furnishings which further breaks down the sense of a museum or shrine. Most features in the buildings are original and there is an almost total lack of modern amenities but due to many summers spent camping or at my own Grandfathers bach this was a nostalgic reminder of years gone by rather than a glimpse into an archaic past - which is what I think the owners and preservators are hoping to acheive.
References
http://www.historic.org.nz/en/Publications/SustainMgtSeries.aspx
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The majority of the heritage protected baches on Rangitoto remain in use by the families of the original owners. They are open to the public weekly during the summer and the continued occupation creates an environment where old and new are combined and welcome the visitor, feeling more like a visit to a grandparents bach than a historical site. There are no barricades between visitor and the rooms and their furnishings which further breaks down the sense of a museum or shrine. Most features in the buildings are original and there is an almost total lack of modern amenities but due to many summers spent camping or at my own Grandfathers bach this was a nostalgic reminder of years gone by rather than a glimpse into an archaic past - which is what I think the owners and preservators are hoping to acheive.
References
http://www.historic.org.nz/en/Publications/SustainMgtSeries.aspx
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