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plan that restore it to its original form

Which "original form". The 12th Century form? 13th Century? 15th? 19th? The way it looked a week before the fire?

I can assure you that if they restored to its true original form people would be far more pissed about that than any possible "modern" design.

Considering how utterly dreadful « restoration » is in mainland China, I'd rather stick to our procedures.

I wonder what's your evidence of implying China's restoration is poor or bad.

Restoration in the forbidden City has been remarkable. https://youtu.be/avrRiNUmOlY it clearly has kept its original style and sentiment.

How far back is the "original"? Is it to the state before the 1840's restoration?

From the perspective of the Church, maximizing the opportunity for updating spaces based on the current models of liturgical practice and pastoral (including evangelization) needs is rather more the default than “repair the old to be like the old”.