1 Understand the historical context. It's essential to understand the contextual background of the project's site when you're designing. Discovering the timeline of its key historical events unlocks the secrets of the building and reveals the functional and economic reasons as to why it is the way it is today. By understanding these, you can respond to the site in a more sensitive and cohesive way and connect with its layers of history while creating a new, contemporary guise.
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