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a Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands b Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands WhatsAppLINKEDINFACEBOOKTWITTERPRINTMORE Date: 14 May 2021 This research investigates the potential of glass as a new design tool to highlight and safeguard our historic structures. Current restoration and conservation treatments with traditional materials bear the risk of conjecture between the original and new elements, whereas the high consolidation demands often result in visually invasive and irreversible solutions. Nowadays, aspects of materiality and aesthetics appear as integral parts of the restoration practices, indicating new materials and technologies in the form of ambiguous gestures rather than absolute and permanent manifestations that prevail over the historic structures. The inherent transparent properties render glass a distinct material that enables ....