Anastylosis

Celsus Library in Ephesus (Turkey), anastylosis carried out 1970–1978

Anastylosis (from the Ancient Greek: αναστήλωσις, -εως; ανα, ana = "again", and στηλόω = "to erect [a stela or building]") is an architectural conservation term for a reconstruction technique whereby a ruined building or monument is re-erected using the original architectural elements to the greatest degree possible, combined with modern materials if necessary. With the Venice Charter, it was established that the latter should be unobtrusive while clearly recognizable as replacement materials.[1] It is also sometimes used to refer to a similar technique for restoring broken pottery and other small objects.[2]

  1. ^ Houbart, Claudine (2014). "Deconsecrating a Doctrinal Monument: Raymond M. Lemaire (1921–1997) and the Revisions of the Venice Charter". Change over Time. 4 (2): 218–243. doi:10.1353/cot.2014.0019. hdl:2268/165204. ISSN 2153-0548. S2CID 143161967.
  2. ^ HOUBART, CLAUDINE. ""Reconstruction as a creative act": on anastylosis and restoration around the Venice Congress" (PDF).