Technology: Building with the Context - Split Identities as Design Concept
Building "in" a context differs from building "with" the context more clearly than one might at first expect. The former denotes a philosophy regarding two discrete entities - the existing building and the new construction - that do not communicate with one another. The apparent respect for the older structure might very well conceal a lack of interest. Putting an existing building on a pedestal can also be equivalent to an unwillingness or inability to reflect critically on it.
