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Adaptive Reuse of the Built Heritage: Concepts and Cases of an Emerging Discipline
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Adaptive reuse as discussed by the authors is the process of repairing and restoring existing buildings for new or continued use, and it is becoming an essential part of architectural practice, as mounting demographic, economic, and ecological challenges limit opportunities for new construction, architects increasingly focus on transforming and adapting existing buildings.Abstract:
Adaptive reuse – the process of repairing and restoring existing buildings for new or continued use – is becoming an essential part of architectural practice. As mounting demographic, economic, and ecological challenges limit opportunities for new construction, architects increasingly focus on transforming and adapting existing buildings.
This book introduces adaptive reuse as a new discipline. It provides students and professionals with the understanding and the tools they need to develop innovative and creative approaches, helping them to rethink and redesign existing buildings – a skill which is becoming more and more important. Part I outlines the history of adaptive reuse and explains the concepts and methods that lie behind new design processes and contemporary practice. Part II consists of a wide range of case studies, representing different time periods and strategies for intervention. Iconic adaptive reuse projects such as the Caixa Forum in Madrid and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam are discussed alongside less famous and spontaneous transformations such as the Kunsthaus Tacheles in Berlin, in addition to projects from Italy, Spain, Croatia, Belgium, Poland, and the USA.
Featuring over 100 high-quality color illustrations, Adaptive Reuse of the Built Heritage is essential reading for students and professionals in architecture, interior design, heritage conservation, and urban planning.read more
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Identifying parameters for a performance-based framework: Towards prioritising underutilised historical buildings for adaptive reuse in New Zealand
TL;DR: The performance-based framework has been validated to justify the relevance of its applicability to the different outlined parameters, towards prioritising underutilised historical buildings for adaptive reuse in New Zealand.
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Italian Architectural Heritage and Photovoltaic Systems. Matching Style with Sustainability
TL;DR: In this article, a preliminary evaluation of rehabilitation projects allows to improve building sustainability and, in the meanwhile, to prevent any irreversible alteration of the cultural heritage, leading to identify evaluation criteria for the introduction of PV systems in pre-industrial buildings.
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Adaptive reuse of the built heritage: concepts and cases of an emerging discipline. By Bie Plevoets and Koenraad Van Cleempoel. Routledge, London, 2019. 256 pp. £36.99. ISBN9781138062764
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Assessing cultural heritage adaptive reuse practices : Multi-scale challenges and solutions in rijeka
TL;DR: Evidence of challenges for policyand decision-makers to be addressed in policy-making is provided and solutions to overcome them are suggested to facilitate the adaptive reuse of cultural heritage in the city of Rijeka and similar contexts.
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Identifying Challenges and Solutions in Cultural Heritage Adaptive Reuse through the Historic Urban Landscape Approach in Amsterdam
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a preliminary baseline of challenges faced by the city of Amsterdam from the perspective of various involved stakeholders, and suggest solutions to address them, and provide a reference for future practice, policymaking, and decision-making.