Reconstruction

Group Members
Sruthi
Steve
Mozhin
Vivek
 Definition
• “Reconstruction" means returning a damaged building to a known earlier state
by the introduction of new materials. It is related to the architectural concepts
of restoration (repairing existing building fabric) and preservation (the prevention
of further decay), wherein the most extensive form of reconstruction is creating
a replica of a destroyed building.

• Although generating a useful representation is not always possible, a successful

reconstruction results in an architectural representation that aids in reasoning about
the system. This recovered representation is most often used as a basis for
redocumenting the architecture of an existing system if the documentation is out of
date or nonexistent, and can be used to check the “as-built” architecture against the
“as-designed” architecture.
 Scope
Architecture reconstruction has been used in a variety of projects ranging from
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanners to public telephone switches, and
from helicopter guidance systems to classified National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) systems.

The SEI has used architecture reconstruction to

• Revaluate the conformance of a satellite ground station system’s

implementation to its reference architecture
• Reconstruct three embedded automotive systems and evaluate their
potential for conversion to a product line
• Recover the architecture of a satellite-tracking simulation system
 Guidelines
• Have a goal and a set of objectives or questions in mind before undertaking an
architecture reconstruction project. For example, reusing part of the system in a new
application may be a goal.

• Obtain a high-level architectural view of the system before beginning the detailed
reconstruction process.

• Use the existing documentation to generate only high-level views of the system. In
many cases, the existing documentation for a system may not accurately reflect the
system as it is implemented, but it should still give an indication of the high-level
concepts.

• Involve the people who are familiar with the system early in the project to get a
better understanding of the system being reconstructed. Tools can support the
reconstruction effort and shorten the reconstruction process, but they cannot perform
an entire reconstruction automatically.
• • Assign someone to work on the architecture reconstruction project full-time.
Architecture reconstruction involves an extensive, detailed analysis of a system and
requires significant effort.

• Architecture reconstruction requires the involvement of people (e.g., architects,

maintainers, and developers) who are familiar with the system.
 Example
• The St Kilda Pavilion is a historic kiosk located at the end of St Kilda Pier, in St
Kilda, Victoria, Australia. The kiosk was designed by James Charles Morell and
built in 1904 by John W. Douglas.[ The kiosk was proposed and operated by
Francis Parer. Until the 1930s the structure was widely known as Parer's Pavilion;
however, its actual name was the Austral Refreshment Rooms. In the 1930s it was
renamed Kerby's Kiosk.

• On 11 September 2003 the structure was destroyed in an arson attack.

• After massive public support to rebuild the kiosk and the support of Premier Steve
Bracks, it was reconstructed to the original 1903 plans, utilising some of the
salvaged components, such as the cast iron roof, decorative cresting and weather
vane. An additional structure, expanding the capacity was erected directly behind
the kiosk and is obscured by the pavilion when viewed from the pier.

Source:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Kilda_Pavilion