Anonymous asked:

look up the Heidentor ruin in Austria for a clever way to "restore" ruins without actually restoring them

chaotic-archaeologist answered:

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You’re right, I think that this is a fantastic, minimally invasive way of “recreating” a structure so that it doesn’t damage the site! Visitors can look through a see through window with an image etched onto it that will superimpose a recreation of what experts think the building may have originally looked like.

For those with ResearchGate access, you can also read an article about the physical display and other digital reconstructions of this site.

-Reid