Author(s)

A. Charleson & M. Taylor

Abstract

Although over the past twenty years many unremforced historic masonry buildings in New- Zealand have been seismically strengthened, resulting architectural impacts have not been evaluated. In most cases strengthening schemes have been driven by engineering and economic concerns, rather than by architectural considerations. Thus paper seeks to redress the lack of architectural discussion and critique by studying three schemes that incorporate different structural strengthening systems; new concrete walls, steel braced frames and base-isolation. The impact of strengthening on exterior and interior architectural qualities is investigated and discussed from the perspectives of how the architectural experience of the building is changed, and how the upgrades relate to international guidelines. The paper c

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