摘要

Astor House Hotel is China's earliest foreign-related hotel, a national key historical relic preservation unit, and one of the last remaining examples of colonial architectures in Tianjin. The early architectural form of the old building was a typical representation of Tianjin's British concession, with a high degree of international popularity. The remarkable historical evolution of the hotel over the past 150 years made this restoration project important, and the construction research and design, being extremely complex, aroused the great attention of the government, cultural relic protection agency, academic circle, non-governmental organizations, and the public. Thus, the protective restoration objectives, methods, and processes were of high sensitivity. The restoration design took into comprehensive consideration various factors, focusing on the hotel's historical value and symbolic significance as a typical representation of China's earliest foreign-related hotel and early colonial buildings. Based on multidimensional historical research on the hotel, The design restored the appearance of the hotel's old building to the state of the original period. The restoration project also used proper technology to enhance the security of the old building. The hotel's historical and cultural value and aesthetic significance was enhanced comprehensively through spatial representation, functional improvement, and rational organization of the cultural relic exhibition.