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Reading an Old Building:
Use and Reuse:
Have you ever struggled to scrape down layers of wallpaper and paint while remodeling your house? If so, you have literally stripped the history from a house.
Layers of paint and wallpaper are like an old diary -- they tell much about a pest culture and the personality and tastes of earlier occupants.
The orderly sequence of layers allows and architect to date walls, ceilings, floors, and moldings. What layers do you see?
Different occupants altered this room and then reused materials. Notice the changes in moldings around doors and baseboards. Can you discover where the doorway once connected two apartments? |