Minimal Intervention

Minimal Intervention

Minimal Intervention is a restoration approach where designers use the smallest amount of change to keep a building or object stable and safe, while keeping as much of the original material and look as possible. This method often uses reversible techniques, so future designers can undo or update the work if needed. In practice, this can mean using clear coatings to protect surfaces, filling cracks with materials that match the original, or adding hidden supports that do not change the appearance. Minimal Intervention helps keep the story and age of the object visible, letting people see the real history without covering it up with new work.

restoration techniques, preservation, reversible methods, heritage conservation, original materials

— Kevin Green